Earth Salt Dough Handprint

Materials:

  • 1½ cup flour
  • 1½ cup salt
  • ¾ cup water
  • Measuring cups
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spatula for mixing
  • Rolling pin
  • Circle shape for cutting out a circle shape – We used a mixing bowl.
  • Green paint
  • Blue paint
  • Paintbrush
  • String
  • Straw

Directions:

  1. Mix the flour, salt and water in a mixing bowl.
  2. Roll out the salt dough to about 1 cm thickness.
  3. Cut out a circle shape using a cookie cutter, bowl, etc.  Make sure the circle shape is large enough for your child’s handprint to fit.
  4. Press a handprint in the dough and use a straw to make a hole for string.
  5. Bake at 200 for 3 hours.
  6. After it has cooled, paint with green and blue paint like the Earth.

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