Soft and tender dough is a very malleable and surprisingly plastic material from which you can sculpt all kinds of products. Various decorations, toys, jewelry and much more are prepared from salt dough. It does not leave dirty marks on the hands, unlike other materials used in modeling. It is necessary to work with it carefully and be careful because it is a very fragile material.
Since ancient times, the plastic characteristics of the test are known. Products from salt dough were sculpted by our ancestors. These were all kinds of figures of animals, birds. With figures molded from salt dough, larks greeted the onset of spring. On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, gingerbread salty “roes” and bagels were presented to friends and relatives, on birthdays and as a sign of respect and love. Salt dough products also served as toys for children.
If you delve a bit into history, before it was just dough products that were baked in the form of figures, to which ritual significance was attributed. They were associated with bread and grain and were part of the culture of the Slavic peoples. In accordance with them, the figures were baked to the spring ceremonies, for winter holidays, weddings. They were brought as a gift with the wishes of health and prosperity, good luck and wealth.
Products from salt dough, their art of manufacture, has survived to this day. This is an excellent lesson for children, which not only plays an entertaining role, but also improves hand motility, indirectly contributing to the development of intelligence. To sculpt such figures is a pleasure not only for children but also for adults. Beautiful, self-made figures are great souvenirs.
Christmas toys made from salt dough look very nice on a Christmas tree. You need to attract a little imagination and simple mushrooms, apples and leaves will decorate the New Year tree. If you are a more skilled craftsman, you can make more complex options: figures of people, animals, trees and various compositions.
To work with material such as dough, you will not need any additional expensive tools and special tools. Your hands, imagination and a couple of primitive tools are all you need.
For work you will need: flour, salt (which is used only to protect against harmful insects or rodents). Also you need: water, brushes, a knife, a board, a rolling pin, toothpicks and paint. In addition, small scissors and a garlic gadget will come in handy. Various beads, peas and other small details for decorating products may come in handy.
To prepare the dough, you need to take salt and flour in equal parts and one part of water, and also prepare a plastic bag in which the dough will be stored.
Christmas toys from salt dough can be molded voluminous and flat. The main thing is that they are not too heavy, since the branches of the tree can break under their weight. Do not forget to make holes for the thread in them, otherwise you will not be able to suspend them. After sculpting, the resulting figures must be dried in the oven, and once they have cooled, they can be painted to your taste.
Jewelery from salt dough looks nice. In order to look stylish in the midst of the summer season, it is not necessary to buy expensive jewelry. A little patience and you can create colorful beads, bracelets or any other jewelry.
Jewelry from salt dough can be supplemented with various inserts, beads, ribbons. Flour pasta, buttons, shells and much more that can be found in your home or you will bring from a walk from the park can be used. Do not forget that natural material always looked interesting in jewelry. Crescents, stars, balls - everything that you want to see in your jewelry, you can really create with your own hands.