salt dough {magnets too}

June 11, 2008

Salt dough has been around for who knows how long, but sometimes I think we leave it to preschool teachers to have all the fun with it. The boys and I mixed up a little dough and went at it. I am a firm believer that if your kids are being creative at the table, you should sit down and get a little messy yourself. While the boys made airplanes and random blobs I made myself a few magnets. Here is the recipe for basic salt dough:

2 cups flour
1 cup salt
About 1 cup of water
***combine (adding more flour if too sticky), knead, create, cook at 250 for a couple of hours, paint if desired***

I sprayed all of our creations with clear acrylic spray to keep the paint from coming off. To make magnets, use Crafter’s Goop and glue your creation to a basic round magnet (found at Walmart, Hobby Lobby).

Earlier Biggest Brother and I had made some collages from my JCrew magazine. It was surprising to me to see how the colors that he used the most of then (orange, blue, green) were the same paint choices he made for his salt dough creations. I took the pattern off a dress on my collage for my magnet design.

Just fyi for those wondering….we showed up for Salsa lessons and were the only couple! The teacher said I could share Chris or they would make it a salsa aerobics class. Bummer, so we dropped out of the class. We might try coordinating one on our own with the teacher if we can round up enough couples.

salt dough {magnets too}

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salt dough {magnets too}

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