Salt Dough

Salt dough is an easy craft to whip up on short notice.  It's also not just for Christmas.   

This week we made spring themed decorations.  

Here's the recipe I used.

2 cups white flour

1 cup salt

1 cup water

1 tablespoon oil (optional--this makes the dough easier to work with)

1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional--this makes the dough harder after baking)

Mix all those ingredients together, and hand it to the kiddos to roll and cut out.

Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 250 degrees for about 20  minutes. 

Below are a few tricks I used.

The rubber bands make it easier for children to evenly roll out the dough.