You wonder handmade crafts made from salt dough. By plasticity, the dough is not inferior to the plasticine, and it is also absolutely safe, which means that it can be used for modeling figures by children of the most different age. The modeling of figurines from salt dough is very entertaining: since the kneading test, which can also be attracted to the child, and ending with painting the finished paint figures.
How to make salted dough for crafts - for this we need flour, salt and cool water. It is important to remember, regardless of which volume of the test you will need the ratio of flour, water and salt must compress 2x1x1 - 2 parts of flour, 1 part of the water and 1 part of the salt, if this equation is translated into the glasses it will turn out 1 cup of flour, half of the glass of water and half a cup Salt.
To begin with, in a bowl, mix flour and salt
Then make a small recess in the mixture of flour and salt.
To start, pour half water into the mixture.
Slowly start kneading the dough, for this you can use the plug or knead yourself.
Add the remaining water and continue kneading the dough.
We mix until the dough becomes smooth and elastic. When mixing, follow the consistency of the test, it should not be steep and crack. If the dough it turned out dry, you can add some water if sticky in this case should add a little flour.
When you achieve the desired dough consistency, you can start by modeling crafts. Bake ready-made crafts is necessary, in a preheated oven to 250 degrees, for an hour at a low temperature of approximately 60 degrees. After 45 minutes, the dough must be checked if not ready, take a look at it every 5 minutes to avoid burning.
After the craft is ready, let it cool and harden. Then the crawler can be painted and, if you wish to cover with varnish.
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