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A salt dough for Christmas crafts you can quickly make yourself. It only costs a few cents. This is an easy and fun way to get creative, especially for children. After baking, the objects are rock-hard and can be decorated as desired.

Salt dough - the recipe

  1. Take a large bowl and pour the flour into it.
  2. Mix in the salt.
  3. The water is then added with constant stirring. A teaspoon of oil provides elasticity.
  4. The whole thing is now kneaded into a firm but smooth dough. If it is too dry, add a little more water.
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  5. If you prefer Christmas crafts with colored salt dough, add a few drops of food coloring - depending on the desired color intensity.

Christmas crafts - this is how you can make tree decorations from salt dough

  1. Make the salt dough according to the recipe described above.
  2. As when baking cookies, roll the mixture with a rolling pin for approx. 1 - 2 cm thick. It is best to place a plastic blanket underneath.
  3. Now cut out the most varied of shapes with the Christmas cookie cutters.
  4. Carefully lift the tree decorations onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  5. Carefully prick a hole in the dough for each shape with a small round stick. This will later serve as a hanging device.
  6. The decorative objects should now dry thoroughly at room temperature. Depending on the thickness, this can take a day.
  7. The next day, preheat the oven to 50 ° C and slide the salt dough figures into the tube. The tree decorations must now be approx. Bake for 1 - 2 hours or dry.
  8. After the baking time, let the figures cool down completely. Then you can paint the Christmas decorations with craft paint or stick them with glitter and rhinestones.
  9. If the color or the glue has dried, pull beautiful, color-coordinated ribbons through the hole for later hanging.

Even if it takes a long time, you should be patient and adhere to the waiting times. If the salt dough objects are dried too quickly and too hot, cracks can occur.

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