Easter: make figures with salt dough

What you need:

• 2 cups of flour
• 2 cups of salt
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• Watercolors
• paint brush

Make figurines for Easter

1. First, create a smooth work surface that you cover with newspapers or an oilcloth blanket.
2. Knead all the ingredients for the salt dough. If the batter is too dry, you can add a little more water. You always need to moisten your hands with a little water.
3. Now start making small figures for Easter. Start with a ball. A smaller ball is placed on top of this ball. To fix it, the place where the balls come on top of each other is roughened a little. The balls are carefully squeezed together.
4. Now the Easter bunny gets a tail and two ears. Tear off some bristles from a broom and use them as whiskers. Now use a pointed piece of wood to make the face of the Easter bunny.
5. Now the salt dough has to dry. Then you can put it in the oven for an hour at 50 degrees.
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6. You can later paint your figure with watercolors for Easter.

Wall mural made from salt dough

1. The salt dough is also mixed in the same way for a mural for Easter.
2. Then form a base for the mural on a non-adhesive surface, either a square, a circle or an ellipse. For example, you can model an Easter egg in a nest with flowers and butterflies on it.
3. Before the picture dries, you need to work in the fastening. There are hangers in craft stores that you just have to press into the salt dough.
4. Now dry the picture just like the figures and later you can paint the mural.

Eggs with a relief salt dough

1. Clean the blown eggs with vinegar water. Any remaining stamps will also disappear.
2. For the salt dough, mix two parts flour with one part salt. Gradually add just a little water and knead the dough. Work in enough water until the dough is smooth. Since you only need a little salt dough for a relief, it is sufficient to make it from two tablespoons of flour and one tablespoon of salt.
3. Make a small ring out of some aluminum foil in which you can place the egg. Egg cups are usually too big for this purpose.
4. Prepare a bowl of water. If the dough dries out a bit during the crafting process and no longer holds properly, you can moisten it.
5. Place the blown egg with the pointed side in the ring so that you can model the salt dough relief on the blunt side.
6. There are no limits to your imagination when designing the relief. For example, you can suggest grass and model and press small Easter bunnies or chicks. In any case, the relief should consist of one piece and not be too small. Individual motifs do not stick well on the bowl. You can work in structures with a modeling tool, a small knife or other pointed objects.
7. You don't have to bake the salt dough. It is enough if you let it harden in a warm and dry place. This can take one to three days, depending on the depth of the relief and the temperature.
8. When the dough is completely dry, paint the relief with acrylic paint. Be careful not to break anything.
9. If you want, you can coat the whole egg with clear varnish after the paint has dried.

A cup too Easter

1. Knead two parts of flour, one part of salt and a little water to make a dough. The amount depends on the planned size of the cup.
2. Loosely crumple aluminum foil in the shape you want the cup to be. You will later braid it with strands of salt dough on this form and let it dry there too.
3. Think about how you want to braid the basket and form the appropriate number of strands from the dough. These should be a little longer than too short.
4. Place some of the strands on the aluminum foil form and braid the others in between. Be careful not to push the strands too hard.
5. Let the cup dry on the mold in a warm place. Allow two to four days for this.
6. Remove the film very carefully so that nothing breaks.
7. If you want the basket to have a handle, it is better if you work on it now. You can support it with some crumpled aluminum foil.
8. When the salt dough is completely dry, paint the basket with acrylic paint.
9. For example, you can decorate it with some hay, eggs and small figurines for Easter.

Handicrafts from salt dough are not suitable for outdoor use or damp rooms, as they absorb moisture despite being painted and thus swell.

Other authors: Antje Müller