Daily Idea #325: Salt Dough

Mother’s Day is on Sunday and while I did some daily ideas last year around this time to thank our moms, I figured we could always do a few more this year to show our love for moms. So, for today’s daily idea we are making salt dough in which we can then make personalized charms.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup flour (or gluten free flour)

1/2 cup salt

1/4-1/2 cup water

Mix together the flour and salt. Starting with 1/4 of a cup, add water slowly to the flour and salt mixture. Knead together. The consistency should be firm and smooth— definitely not sticky. Separate the mixture into small sections (you decide how small) and roll into a ball. Then, flatten the ball with a “rolling pin”— some have said markers work really well as rolling pins. Once flattened to about 1/2 cm push a finger onto the salt dough to make a fingerprint or use small letter stamps to display a message. Bake at 250 degrees for about an hour or until hard. Let cool and paint.

NOTE: If you want to make this into a hanging charm make sure to make a hole in the dough before you bake it.