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Finally, on our blog, the publication of articles on the topic of salted dough begins, and today I will share with you my experience of working with salted dough - recipes, manufacturing technology, drying, storage, sealing cracks and many other interesting and useful things. In general, about the test - everything from A to Z.

One of my favorite activities with young children is making salt dough products. You can't even imagine how many interesting things you can make of it. Salted dough is very easy to prepare and at the same time pleasant to the touch.

It is very simple to prepare it - flour and salt can be found in every home. Mix 2 cups flour, a glass of salt, and a glass of water. And for the products to turn out to be colored, add the dye that you use to dye the eggs.

Let's take a closer look at how to make salty dough for modeling with children, all the nuances and rules for working with the dough.

How to make salty dough.

There are many different recipes for making salty dough, but I find this to be the easiest and fastest.

* 1 cup salt

* 1 incomplete glass of water;

* 2 cups of flour;

* 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil.

If you are used to measuring everything in grams, then you can take the following recipe:

* 300 gr flour;

* 300 grams of salt;

* 200 grams of water;

* 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil.

For work, it is best to take extra fine salt. If not, sift regular salt through a sieve or grind in a coffee grinder and work with it.

Flour should be white, first grade.

Take only cold water for the test.

For elasticity, you can add 1 tbsp to the dough. a spoonful of vegetable oil.

You can add 0.5 cups of starch to the dough (while removing the same amount of flour). Then the dough will become more elastic and fine details, such as flower petals, are good from it.

And if you add a little PVA glue to the dough, the products will gain greater strength.

So, we make a salt dough for modeling with children:

1. Mix the salt and flour well in a bowl.

2. Add water gradually and knead to a soft dough.

3. Place the dough on a floured table and knead for about 10 minutes, adding a little flour at a time (this creates a nice smooth texture and removes air bubbles from the dough).
Leave the dough to stand for about twenty minutes before starting to work with it.

The dough should be pliable, soft, elastic, but not runny.

If the dough turned out to be thin, and you used all the flour according to the recipe (it depends on the type of flour, the softness of the water, and other indicators), continue kneading it until the desired state, until elastic, adding a little flour.

After resting, you can use the dough of your choice.

Working with the test.

Knead the dough longer to get rid of annoying air bubbles. Use a rolling pin to roll out. If you want a nice, level surface, use two identical pieces of wood. Just lay them parallel to each other, place a piece of dough between them, and roll them out with a rolling pin.

If the dough is too dry, a little dry, just moisten your hands with water and continue working. If, on the contrary, it is too wet, simply spray a mixture of equal amounts of salt and flour on the board and mix it in.

Materials and tools needed to work with the test that you may need depending on the manufacture of a particular product:

* rolling pin;

* dough rolling board;

* scissors - for making uneven surfaces;

* garlic press - when making hair;

* a cup - for kneading dough;

* scales or measuring spoon;

* plastic knife or stack;

* sharpened stick, toothpick or pencil - for indentations;

* brush, watercolors or gouache, felt-tip pens - for coloring;

* colorless quick-drying varnish;

* water can;

* hand napkin;

* salt, flour, vegetable oil, water.

The salty dough board must be smooth. Choose a material so that the dough does not stick to it while working. It is necessary to use the board, it will protect your table from scratches and dirt.

It is obligatory, after drying, to cover the product with varnish. You can take any colorless varnish, and even hairspray.

The use of various materials for decorating salted dough products.

Of course, painted, multi-colored figures will look very good. But if you show your imagination, then your products will come to life, acquire a unique individual appearance and beauty. Let's say your hero can make hair from any thread by gluing it with PVA glue, sew a dress from fabric or knit a blouse.

You can make eyes from black peppercorns or cloves (when sculpting, insert them into the dough, having previously moistened it with water).

Make a red dough, blind a strawberry and roll it in semolina, and then dry it in the oven.

You can come up with all kinds of ornaments and patterns by decorating the product with seeds, cereals, dried flowers.

When working with salt dough, you may also need the following materials: matches, fruit stalks, fishing line, bay leaves, tree leaves, bristles from an old brush, various fabrics - lace, mesh, canvas, etc.

Sculpt, using an extraordinary approach to the selection of materials for work: shells, pebbles, fabric, pieces of glass, mirrors, porcelain, fur, leather and much more interesting to add to the dough.

In general, fantasize, and you will succeed!

How to dry salt dough products.

Now, you made what you wanted from salt dough, everything worked out for you. But that's not all, in order to keep the appearance of the product unchanged, you need to dry it well.

This is best done in the oven at a low temperature - 50-100 degrees. Place parchment paper (or baking paper, you can use a cotton rag) on ​​a baking sheet, and then on it - salted dough products. This way they will not stick and will be better removed. Dry for 3-4 hours or more (depending on the thickness of the product).

Check the product regularly to ensure that it does not burn or swell. If, nevertheless, air bubbles form during the drying process, gently pierce them with a needle and gently press on the dough.

But before the oven, it is better to hold the work from the dough for two or three days in a dry room or in the sun (to preserve the texture).

When the product is dry, open the oven door and leave to cool completely. Only then can the product be removed from the oven, otherwise, small cracks may form.

Thin salted dough products can be dried in a warm room for several days.

What to do if the work is cracked.

Yes, unfortunately, when working with salty dough, this happens often, especially with beginners. But don't worry, it's not that bad. Try to seal the crack with PVA glue.

Add flour to PVA glue until you get a thick sticky paste. Moisten the crack a little with a brush (wet), and cover with a paste of glue and flour. Rub on top with a slightly wet brush. Let dry well.

This method is suitable if the product has not yet been painted. To seal cracks in painted products from salt dough, you will have to make a paste of the desired color.

That's all - the crack is hidden, no one will notice it now.

How to color a salt dough product.

Before you start painting the salt dough creation, you can lightly walk over it with fine sandpaper and make it smooth. Use fine sandpaper to sand sharp corners, etc. This will give you a nice smooth painting surface.

For coloring crafts made from salt dough, paints are suitable - watercolors, acrylics, gouache, as well as felt-tip pens, gel pens. But do not forget that the product must dry well before painting, and while painting, use as little water as possible so that the dough does not soften.

You can make the dough colored even before molding, at the kneading stage. To do this, you can use any food coloring, gouache, ink.

Or you can try to make marble colors. To do this, mix into the ready-made dough two different dyes, and having slightly wrinkled it, start sculpting.

Natural colors for adding to salty dough.

If you add milk to the dough, then after drying, the product will acquire a yellowish-golden hue. And the dough for the face can be painted with carrot juice. Cocoa powder (brown shades) and beet juice can also be used to color the salt dough.

After the paint has completely dried, cover the salt dough product with a colorless varnish.

Storage of salted dough.

If you and your baby did not immediately use the prepared salted dough, you can safely save it for further work. To do this, put the dough in a plastic bag and seal it tightly. You can take not a bag, but a plastic container. The main thing is that air should not get into it so that the dough does not dry out.

After packing, store the dough in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks.

Next time, remove the dough from the refrigerator and knead it well. If the dough is dry, wet your hands while kneading. If, on the contrary, there is a lot of moisture, mix in a little flour and salt.

Now you know how to make salt dough for modeling with children and all the nuances of working with it.

Sincerely.
Elena Medvedeva.

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A new hobby is gaining more and more popularity: bioceramics. Another name: testoplasty. Here, for sculpting all kinds of products, not clay is used as a material, but salted dough.

Features of salted dough

As a new, unusual, innovative material for modeling, salt dough has undeniable advantages. These include qualities such as:

• absolute harmlessness;
• environmental friendliness;
• availability;
• plastic;
• stability;
• neatness (does not leave dirt, is easily washed off with water);

It can be used by everyone, without exception. This is the most democratic material. The products are durable, convenient to work with, and can be made at home.

Entire families became addicted to the new art. Passion brings many pleasant emotions. Creations of their own hands delight small children, schoolchildren, adults, old people.

What are the benefits for children

Modeling classes bring undeniable benefits to children. The material is odorless, does not stick to hands, does not cause any allergic reactions.

Fine motor skills develop in children such qualities as:

• Concentration.
• Perseverance.
• Creativity.
• Logics.
• Attentiveness.
• A responsibility.
• Ability to complete the work started.
• Imagination.
• Deeper perception.
• Developed speech centers.
• Sociability.
• Basics of "polyphonic" thinking (many components are realized).

How to make salty dough

Modeling material can be prepared in several ways. Of course, there is a classic recipe for salt dough. But there are other cooking techniques, variations. In some cases, hand creams, PVA glue are added to food products.

The preparation process must be taken seriously. The result of creative efforts depends on this. First, collect the necessary tools.

Tools

The sculptor will need the following tool range:

• deep dishes (bowl, basin);
• oven;
• polyethylene, cling film;
• fridge;
• containers for measuring proportions: glasses, bowls, spoons;
• spatulas, sticks;
• brushes (for decoration);
• finishing materials: cereals, coffee beans, mesh, straws, hairbrush, etc.

Classic method

To prepare salty dough, take: wheat flour and fine salt, 300 g each, cold water 20 ml. Prepare it like this:

• Salt is poured into a container. Add some water, but not all. Dissolve the salt
• Sifted flour is added.
• Knead in a bowl (dishes).
• Then the lump is transferred to a table covered with oilcloth.
• Continue to knead by pouring in water.
• The finished dough is covered with cling film or polyethylene.
• Placed in the cold (in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours).

Store the material for a month. The proportions are given for creating large quantities of crafts. If necessary, the number of products is simply reduced.

Method for preparing quick salt dough

Many people are interested in how to make salty dough for sculpting figures in fast mode. Testoplasty, as a kind of art, captivates both adults and children. Figures, paintings, whole compositions are sculpted by many with the whole family.

The material does not require expensive ingredients. All products can be found in shops, markets, pavilions, kiosks near the house.

Of course, all flour makers are interested in the step-by-step preparation of quick dough:

• Prepare the components of the final product (flour, water 1 cup each, soda 2 teaspoons, 1/3 cup salt, 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, food coloring);
• Salt, flour, soda are poured into the container, water and oil are added. Everything is cooked over low heat for several minutes. The mixture is stirred regularly, then the dye is added, continue to stir;
• The finished dough is allowed to cool;
• Knead the consistency with your hands;
• The cooled dough is wrapped (with cling film, polyethylene);
• If the material is dry, add a little water, knead;
• Store in plastic, food container.

How to achieve shine

Some people varnish finished products. But if you add glycerin to the dough, which is sold in all pharmacies, the figures or objects can become varnished without the use of paints and varnishes.

Here's how you can do it and make a good craft dough yourself:

• Combine flour (almost half a kilo), salt (100 g), vegetable oil (2 tablespoons), tartar (2 tablespoons) in a container.
• Bring water in another container to a boil. Add the prepared mass, dye and glycerin there. Bring to homogeneity.
• Cool down.
• Knead well.
• The figures will become shiny.

Cooking without flour

Take a glass of starch, 2 glasses of baking soda, half a glass of water. Everything is boiled over low heat until a ball forms. Spread out, cool, knead. Divide into parts, add the dye to knead to distribute the color evenly. After all the manipulations, cool in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. Plasticine is ready to go!

Salted dough with PVA

2 cups flour, 1 cup fine salt, 125 ml warm water, 50 ml glue. Flour, salt, warm water are kneaded with a blender. Add glue, knead well by hand. The dough is ready. You should hold the dough in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, then you can start sculpting.

What crafts are made from salted dough

Here you can give free rein to imagination. But for beginners, it is recommended to learn how to make a few simple figures. For example:

• mushroom;
• herringbone;
• beads;
• fish;
• bunny;
• chanterelle;
• twig;
• tree;
• roses.

Colored dough

The prepared salted dough is cut into as many pieces as you want to make. Gouache of the desired color is placed on each piece. The amount of dye depends on the expected saturation. Cover the gouache with the ends of the dough, like a filling in a dumpling.

Stir the colored lump, spreading the paint evenly. The dyed dough is placed in plastic bags and stored in the refrigerator.

This kind of plasticine has excellent qualities. It is easy to knead, elastic. Everyone sculpts compositions, figures, objects, forms from it with great pleasure.

Food coloring

To make a colored dough with food coloring, you need to do this:

• Mix fine salt (1 cup), flour (1 cup) and water (3/4 cup).
• Add vegetable oil (5 tablespoons).
• Knead an elastic dough.
• Divide into parts.
• Add food coloring, knead well.
• Store cold.
• Colored salt dough is an excellent tool for relaxation, creativity and self-expression.

Drying of products

The finished figurines are dried in the air, and then in the oven. When the product dries, it is additionally coated with varnish, glaze, and elements for decoration can be added. Homemade figurines smell delicious and look beautiful.

Photo of salted dough

Attention - in all this, salty dough will help in the best possible way. And cooking it is not at all difficult. For this we only need a little water, flour and salt.

Salt dough mass recipes

Homemade mass for modeling

Basically, the recipes are very similar to each other. The main ingredients are flour, salt and water. Only components such as citric acid, tartar and the presence of food coloring differ.

But among these recipes there are some that are being prepared no flour or water ... The method of making homemade plasticine also differs: in the microwave, on the stove, or you just need to knead it with a spoon.

Homemade sculpting mass can be stored in the refrigerator few weeks (in a sealed bag or plastic container with a lid).

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Mass for modeling No. 1

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour;
• 1 glass of cold water;
• ½ glass of salt;
• 2 teaspoons of tartar;
• food coloring for color;

Cooking method:

Mix flour with salt, gradually adding water. Add tartar, oil and food coloring. Cook over medium heat until a ball forms. We knead the mass well when it cools down.

Mass for modelingNo. 2 (cook on fire)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour;
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil;
• food coloring for color;

Cooking method:

Mix flour and salt and pour all ingredients into boiling water. Cook while stirring over low heat. As soon as the sculpting mass takes the shape of a ball, place it on a floured surface. When it cools down, knead until it does not stick to your fingers and becomes elastic.

Modeling mass No. 3 (knead in boiling water)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour;
• 2 cups boiling water;
• ½ glass of salt;
• food coloring;
• a few drops of glycerin (for shine);

Cooking method:

Mix flour with salt, tartar and butter. Add to boiling water, stirring constantly. Next, you need to add food coloring and glycerin. We knead well when the mass cools down. It is necessary to reach a state when the stickiness disappears (if necessary, add flour).

Mass for modeling # 4 (cooking in the microwave)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour;
• 2 glasses of water;
• 1 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil;
• 1 tablespoon of tartar;
• food colorings;

Cooking method:

It is necessary to mix all the ingredients (first flour and salt, then add water, oil, tartar and dyes) and pour the resulting mass into a baking dish. Close the dish with a lid and put it in the microwave for 4-5 minutes (at medium microwave speed). We form the mass into a bun and knead when it cools down.

Mass for modeling# 5 (cook without water)

Ingredients:

• 300 grams of flour;
• 325 grams of salt;
• 2 tablespoons of wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• food coloring;

Cooking method:

Salty dough

The flour must be mixed with salt and wine vinegar. Next, add vegetable oil and food coloring. We put the pan on a low heat and stir until a thick mass forms. Let us cool down our future modeling mass and knead it well.

Mass for modelingNo. 6 (cook without flour)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 cup starch ;
• 1/2 glass of water
• food coloring;

Cooking method:

Mix the baking soda and starch together. Add water in portions, stirring constantly. Cook over low heat until the dough forms a ball. Next, we freeze and knead the mass for modeling.

Mass for modelingNo. 7 (with jelly)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour;
• 1 glass of warm water;
• 2 tablespoons of salt;
• 2 tablespoons of tartar;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• about 100 grams of jelly;

Cooking method:

All ingredients are mixed and put in a saucepan over medium heat until a ball forms. When the mass has cooled down, it must be kneaded well. If it sticks to your hands, add flour.

Mass for modelingNo. 8 (with citric acid)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour;
• 2 cups boiling water;
• ½ glass of salt;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 2 tablespoons of citric acid;
• 1 teaspoon of glycerin;
• food coloring;

Cooking method:

Mix flour, salt, citric acid thoroughly. Add vegetable oil to boiling water and pour into flour. Knead the dough. Knead until the sculpting mass is smooth and pleasant to the touch.

Mass for modeling No. 9 (simple, salty)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour;
• 1 glass of cold water;
• 2 cups salt

Preparation:

We mix flour and salt, add water in portions, constantly stirring the dough. Thoroughly knead the mass, first with a spoon, and then on a floured surface until a bun is formed. If necessary, add flour so that the mass does not stick to your hands.

Mass for modeling # 10 (our favorite)

Our sculpting mass

I like this recipe most of all because it is simple enough, does not contain products that are not always on hand (for example, tartar or citric acid). The mass does not need to be cooked, which personally suits me very much 🙂

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour;
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup fine salt
• Food coloring;
• Glycerol;

Preparation:

Mix salt with flour and add water in portions. We knead well. If the mass sticks to your hands, add a little flour, if it crumbles, add a little water. That's all. Very simple.

About food colors if they are not at hand, they can be easily replaced with analogs. For example, a green color can be obtained by adding a few drops of brilliant green to the dough, brown - cocoa, red - cherry juice, purple - black currant, yellow - turmeric.

I did this, first I kneaded the dough, and then I divided it into pieces and added natural dye to each ( turmeric, black currant and brilliant green ).

Natural dyes

Food coloring can be added both at the very beginning of cooking in the dough itself, and later at the stage when the dough is ready.

Hope you find the sculpting recipes useful!

Good and fun creativity and modeling!

All the best!

Sincerely,
Marina Kruchinskaya

A very interesting type of handicraft is bioceramics, or otherwise salted dough.
There are many recipes for salt dough.

Recipe 1.

For simple figures:

200 g flour, 200 g salt 125 ml water.

Recipe 2.

Delicate salty dough for filigree processing (small parts and products up to 300-400 g):

200 g flour, 200 g salt, 100 g potato starch, 150 ml water.

Recipe 3.

Hard salt dough for coarse figurines:

200 g flour, 400 g salt, 125 ml water

Recipe 4.

Classic recipe:

1) 150 gr of water + 1 tbsp. Mix simple wallpaper glue, let the glue dissolve well;

2) 200 grams of flour + 200 grams of fine salt + 2 tablespoons (with top) of potato starch, mix separately;

3) connect everything + 2 tbsp. rast. oils.

Recipe 5.

Also classic.

Pour 1 cup fine salt and 1 cup flour into a bowl and stir. Then pour in 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and half a glass of water, stir with a spoon and knead with your hands until smooth, just like a regular dough. Water can be replaced with starch jelly, then the mass will be much more plastic. Kissel is made like this: dissolve 1 tablespoon of starch in 1/2 cup of cold water. Also, heat 1 glass of water in a small saucepan to a boil. Pour the starch solution into boiling water, stirring occasionally. When the contents of the saucepan are thick and clear, turn off the heat. Let the jelly cool and pour it into the flour and salt mixture instead of water.

Recipe 6.

200 g wheat flour
100 g salt
2 teaspoons of cream
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
300 ml. water
Combine flour, salt, cream and butter in a saucepan. Pour in water and mix thoroughly, avoiding lumps.
Place the saucepan over low heat and stir constantly. At first, the dough will be thin, then it will immediately begin to thicken. Continue stirring until thickened.
Remove the dough from the heat and place it on a smooth surface with a wooden spoon.
Let the dough cool. Knead the dough until soft, moldable and holding its shape well.

Recipe 7.

For large models (like plates or ceramic tiles):

200 g flour, 400 g salt, 125 ml water, 2 tablespoons of wallpaper glue

Recipe 8.

For particularly durable products.

BEST RECIPE !!! There will be no problems with the product at all! This is a recipe from a master from Arbat (unfortunately I don't know the details).

Add bustilate instead of water and glue (it is liquid).
1 cup fine salt, 1 cup flour, stir well. Add the busylate until the dough is kneaded! No water and no flour added during the kneading process!

With the use of bustilate, toys do not get damp, do not deform during firing, do not break when dropped - they become stone! Dry over very low heat in a half-open oven.

I took "Bustilat-3", its consistency is even thicker than sour cream, like pudding, so kneading the dough is difficult, but the result is simply wonderful !!! It cannot be compared with anything - neither with wallpaper glue, nor with PVA, etc. Costs 25 UAH. - 1.3 kg in a plastic can.

Since I tried this recipe, I don’t use others!

Recipe 9.

Dough to air dry, not in the oven:

200 grams of flour, 200 grams of salt, 2 tablespoons of wallpaper glue, 125 ml of water.

Recipe 10.

Dough to dry in the air or in the oven, from which waterproof, shatterproof products are obtained:

1 cup flour, 1 cup salt, 1 cup vinyl glue, 1 tablespoon petroleum jelly, 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Mix everything in a Teflon dish over low heat and stir. As it mixes evenly, cool slightly and you can sculpt. Dry in the oven at a temperature of 50-60 degrees with the door ajar, if on gas. If an electric oven, then 75 degrees, the door can be left unopened. You can't go in the microwave! It is better to put silver foil on the pallet, because the black surface gives off heat more and the figure can crack. The slower it dries, the safer it will not crack. At the end, you can give 200 degrees, then the protruding parts will be baked and will be brown, this is an aesthetic effect. If you do not have the opportunity to burn your product in the oven, please be patient. On a battery or in the sun, products (especially large ones) will dry no earlier than after a week. After firing or drying, dough products can be painted and varnished. For coloring, you can take acrylic paints, but it is best to use artistic gouache, to which a little PVA glue is added. After drying, this mixture is slightly shiny and does not stain your hands. Use acrylic varnish for varnishing. It is water-soluble, non-toxic and dries for 6-8 hours. You can also add color to the dough itself when cooking, like cocoa or turmeric.

The salt will not completely dissolve in water, its grains will be felt in the dough and shine in the product. Therefore, do not try to dissolve salt, stir it with flour, and then knead the dough, adding water or busylate. Any salt is taken, although more often it is coarsely ground.

If the dough is too soft, then proceed as follows: at the bottom of the bowl, mix a tablespoon of flour with a tablespoon of salt. Press a lump of dough onto this mixture and then crush it. Do this until the dough is thicker. Put the resulting mass in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. After that, you can sculpt from the dough. If after modeling you still have dough left, then store it in the refrigerator in a plastic bag.

Drying

Outdoors drying time depends on thickness and volume of work and can take several weeks. Drying outdoors is best done at room temperature. Remember: the thicker the product, the longer it will take. It is recommended to turn the product over for even drying, but if it has a convex volumetric ornament, then this is impossible. To dry the bottom at the same time as the top, dry the product on a metal mesh.

In an oven (gas or electric stove).

Dry the craft first in the open air (2-3 days), then in the oven at 50 degrees, gradually increasing the temperature, but not higher than 150 degrees. If the temperature is too high, the product may swell, sometimes even cracks appear. Bloated crafts cannot be fixed, and cracks are easy to cover up. To do this, dilute a little PVA glue, mix well and apply this mass to the crack, then rub this mixture.
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Drying time in the electric oven:

1 hour - at 50 degrees,
1-2 hours at 75 degrees,
1 hour - at 100 - 125 degrees,
0.5 hours - at 150 degrees.

Advice. Line a baking sheet with cling foil, put salty dough figurines on it and put in the oven to dry. To check if the figures are dry, you need to tap them with your finger. If the sound is muffled, then you still need to dry it, and if it is sonorous, then the dough is dry. Uniformly dried products are monochromatic without "damp" spots.

On the heating battery.

This method is convenient to use in winter, when the central heating radiators are well heated. Place the craft on foil or cloth and leave on the battery until it dries completely.

To keep the crafts well preserved, after they are dried and painted, cover them with a transparent liquid varnish. This will reliably protect them from moisture. If you don't like mirror shine, then use a matte varnish.

It is very pleasant and interesting to sculpt from dough plastic. This material is suitable for lessons with children, for creating all kinds of souvenirs and gifts. To prepare it, you need very few ingredients, which, moreover, can be found in every home and store. Salted dough for crafts, the composition of which is simple and uncomplicated, has a lot of advantages, which I will talk about in this article. But let's start with the recipes. So how do you make a salty craft dough.

The simplest and most accessible recipe for bioceramics for everyone is from flour, salt and water.

You will need:

• flour - 2 tbsp.
• salt "Extra" - 1 tbsp.
• water - 2/3 tbsp.

There are a number of important nuances here. So the salt must be fine, the Extra brand. If you add coarse salt to the batch, the crafts will not turn out smooth. Flour should only be of the highest grade, white. The water you add to the dough must be very cold. Stir the flour and salt first and then gradually add the water.

Knead the dough well. It shouldn't stick to your hands. If the dough is too thin, add a little more flour and salt to it, if it crumbles, add water.

The proportions may vary slightly depending on the quality of the flour. The dough should not stick to your hands, to the touch it does not seem to be the modern modeling masses that are sold in stationery stores.

If desired, the dough can be colored. To do this, dyes are added either during kneading, diluting them in water, or put directly into the finished dough and knead it thoroughly. I like the latter option better because it is more convenient.

It should be borne in mind that in the air, the salty mass for modeling dries very quickly. Therefore, be sure to store it in a plastic bag and in the refrigerator. While working, pinch off small pieces of dough, make crafts out of them, and let the rest be temporarily covered with cellophane.

Also here is a video recipe for salt dough.

Recipe number 2. Improved

Ingredients for making the dough:

• flour - 2 tbsp.
• salt "Extra" - 1 tbsp.
• water - 2/3 tbsp.
• potato starch - 0.5 tbsp.
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
• food coloring (optional)

Instead of potato starch, you can add cornstarch to the dough. But it costs more, and it is much more difficult to find it in stores.

The difference between this recipe and the first is that it uses potato starch and vegetable oil. This allows for more delicate, thinner items. And this dough is softer, more pleasant, elastic to the touch.

It can be used to sculpt various small items such as key chains, jewelry, magnets, and other small souvenirs.

Recipe number 3. Choux salty dough

Ingredients:

• flour - 1 tbsp.
• salt "Extra" - ½ tbsp.
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
• water - 1 tbsp.
• citric acid - 2 tsp
• food coloring (optional)

Combine all ingredients and heat in a skillet, or in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, stirring constantly.

Then place the mixture on a cutting board and mix well, adding flour as needed. As a result of this, you get a fairly hard, elastic mass, from which you can sculpt voluminous and large products.

It is better to add the paint in this recipe to the ready-made mass. Simply pinch off the desired piece, add food coloring or gouache, and knead until the dough is uniform in color.

Vegetable oil makes the dough more pliable and softer. Citric acid is used as a preservative. As a result, the mass can be stored in the refrigerator in a closed container or in a bag for about a month.

Now I suggest you watch a video in which I compare three recipes for salt dough:

As you can see from the video, the softest and most elastic dough was made according to recipe # 2. This is what I most often use in my work. Whereas the first recipe is the fastest to prepare and is ideal for young children who are just starting to get acquainted with the sculpting process. The third recipe is most suitable for bulky crafts, since it almost does not deform during drying.

Additional ingredients

In addition to flour, salt and water, as I noted above, a number of additional ingredients are often used in the kneading mass for modeling. These are vegetable oil, citric acid or lemon juice, potato starch. These environmentally friendly ingredients can be added to any sculpting mass. Also, unnatural ingredients such as PVA glue, wallpaper glue, busylate, and the like are often used. I will not present these recipes on the pages of the eco-work site. In any case, if you are making dough for children, then I do not recommend adding such ingredients there.

Also, as additional ingredients, I often use a variety of odorous substances - food flavors, vanilla, cloves, cinnamon. The dough turns out to be very fragrant, and the crafts smell for another week after drying. Such bioceramics make wonderful aroma mandals and aroma stones.

Colored salt dough

As I noted above, to make a colored mass for modeling, add dyes either to the water that you pour during kneading, or to the finished dough. As for me, it is more convenient and quick to paint the ready-made mass.

What paints can be used to make dough plastic:

• powder and gel food colors
• gouache
• watercolor
• spices (turmeric, paprika)
• cocoa, coffee
• spirulina
• juice of berries, fruits and vegetables

And now from what dyes, what colors and shades are obtained:

• yellow - turmeric, saffron, carrot juice
• orange - paprika, chili
• blue - blueberry juice
• brown - cocoa, coffee
• burgundy - black currant juice, pomegranate
• green - spinach juice, spirulina
• pink - cranberry, raspberry juice

The advantages of salt dough modeling:

• you can prepare a mass for modeling at any time and if the child asks to do it, then you do not have to run to the store;
• testoplasty is very convenient and easy to work with, it is pleasant to the touch, does not stick to hands, does not crumble;
• the dough is easy to wash, it does not leave marks;
• if the mass is made only of flour, salt and water, then it is safe for the child if he suddenly wants to taste it;
• Crafts made from such material dry up, which means that they can become wonderful souvenirs, toys and gifts. They can be painted and decorated as you wish;
• you can dry finished crafts either simply at room temperature or in the oven. In the latter case, the process is much faster, but it is not suitable for all products.

Drying crafts

Drying such products is best at room temperature. If the craft is flat, immediately do it on the surface on which you will dry it so that you do not damage the item when transferring it. A piece of transparent plastic covered with an oilcloth or just a file is ideal for this. Thus, you can control the drying process of the product from the back. But it is better to dry the crafts on both sides - periodically turning them over. In this way, possible cracking of the products can be avoided. The air dry rate is approximately 1 mm per day.

Another drying method is on the battery. This way the product dries much faster. In the summer, you can try drying your crafts in the sun. The only exception is products with many small details. In this case, there is a possibility of their deformation.

You can also dry crafts in the oven at temperatures up to 100 degrees. Better if the temperature is not more than 50 degrees. So there is less chance of deformation of the products. Crafts dry in the oven for about one hour. To prevent the products from cracking, dry them in 2-3 stages. When doing this, leave the oven door ajar.

Also, to avoid cracking the items if you plan on making them thick enough, try applying one layer of dough to the item, drying it, and then gradually adding layers. Thus, you can create a variety of dolls, crafts on a frame from plastic bottles, etc.

The drying time of the craft depends on how thick it is, on the drying method and on the dough recipe used. Products made from dough according to the first recipe dry the fastest. If you add oil to the mass, then such a craft will dry longer.

Crafts varnishing and glazing

Finished products can be coated with varnish or PVA glue and then they will become even more durable and beautiful. You can also give them a pleasant shine with the help of natural ingredients, for example, thanks to a saturated salt solution. In this case, take two parts water and one part salt, and stir the mixture well. Cover the product with it and dry in the oven at 50 degrees for about one hour. When the first layer of salt is dry, cover the product a second time. As a result, the product will acquire a beautiful glossy surface.

If you need to make the craft beige or brown, then cover it with saline and dry it at a higher temperature - 150-200 degrees. You can also get the baking effect. To do this, apply the egg yolk glaze, after mixing it with water. Dry in the oven at 150-200 degrees.

How to store the sculpting mass

Store the dough tightly packed in a plastic bag or in a container with a lid. Keep it cold (in the refrigerator). Usually, salted dough is stored for 1-2 weeks, but if you add citric acid to it and make it choux, then it can be workable even after a month. If you take out the dough, and it becomes runny and sticks to your hands, just add more flour and salt to it. If an unpleasant smell appears, throw it away. For children's creativity (especially for kids under 3 years old), it is better to make a new batch before each modeling.

Decorating finished products

Already dried crafts can be painted with watercolors and gouache, decorated with rhinestones, beads, beads and sequins. You can also use markers, pastels, stamps. Try decoupage technique too. Even those who cannot draw can use it to create unique products, original souvenirs and gifts.

Now you know how to make salty craft dough. Its composition is suitable for a wide variety of purposes, for children's and adult creativity. You can find all kinds of master classes and modeling lessons on this site. Good luck and interesting ideas!