Salt Dough

Looking for a fun and easy cooking activity? Why not try salt dough. It is easy to make and the kids will love it. We made up a batch and turned them into decorations to add to presents. The looked fab, and the kids had a ball. This is how we did it.

Salt Dough Recipe:

• 1 cup salt
• 1 cup plain (all purpose) flour
• 3/4 cup water

Come on Mum we are ready to cook!

Add the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.

Stir to combine.

Then add the water gradually.

 Knead the mixture until it becomes a dough-like consistency. It will feel very grainy because of the high salt content, but that's fine. If still too sticky add a touch more flour, if it won't hold together well then more water, a teaspoon at a time.

Before we got making Master E and Miss M had a play. They loved the springy texture of the raw dough.

The we rolled the dough out to approx 1cm thickness. 

And used star and heart cutters to cut out the shapes. We used straws to make holes to tie the ribbons though later. 

 Lay them on some greaseproof or baking paper and on a baking tray. We cooked them for about 3 hours at 100 degrees Celsius.

While the shapes were baking in the oven Master E and Miss M continued to play with the left over dough. This recipe made a lot more than we expected!

Cooking their dough on the stove.

We waited until the following day to paint our decorations. We used our favourte colours of the moment. Pink and Green!

Master E concentrating very hard on his painting.

Miss M showing off her handy work!

Our decorations drying on the baking tray.

This was lots of fun and went on for quite awhile. The kids loved cooking and then decorating their creations and the finished products looked fab tied to Mother's Day gifts.