First you put in 2 cups of plain flour. Feel free to get the flour on your hands!
Then you add 1/2 a cup of salt.
Next, you add 3/4 cup of water...
...and mix.
This will make a very thick, sturdy clay that you can mold into small accessories for your doll house. We used toothpicks for modeling tools. At one point our clay got so dry that it was hard to make the items we wanted without the dough cracking. We each wet our hands, slung the extra water off, and worked the clay with our damp hands. This helped a great deal.
We have a set of canisters, a mantle clock, a round tray, a container with a lid, a candlestick holder, a box that we'll surely find a use for, and what will be a bag of flour for the kitchen.
Place the items on a baking tray and bake at 350 degrees until the clay is hard. Test carefully, supervise children, don't get burned. Small pieces will burn quickly, so watch closely. Some thicker pieces may take up to half an hour or so.
Tomorrow we will paint the pieces with acrylic gesso, let dry, and then decorate with acrylic paints.
I'll show you what we end up with!
Lynn
PS - This is how they ended up! I'll be honest, some cracked and were not usable. Make sure your mix is moist enough. It was still worth it to end up with even the doll house mantle clock. We love it and use it all the time. Sculpey works wonders too, but if you're aiming for frugal this may be a better choice.
2 comments:
I really appreciate this. I am too a little house on the Praire lover. I am on the 9th season tight now!, Thanks Christa
Salt dough also works great for making dollhouse food. And you can let it air-dry, it just takes a lot longer. I don't think you even have to gesso it. I love your mantle clock too! And the canisters are sweet.
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