Since having children Salt Dough has become one of my favourite activities to do! It's super quick to make, dries hard and then can be decorated afterwards. It makes great keepsakes for memory boxes (Baby hand/footprints) or can be used to make figures to play with or even decorations for the Christmas Tree when the seasons right.
There's a great recipe to make Salt Dough here: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-make-salt-dough-recipe We've often made the dough using cups as it's a little easier for my small children to do, even if you don't have proper measuring cups just make sure the ratios are correct and you won't go far wrong. When adding water make sure to just add a little at a time till you get the right consistency dough (if you accidentally add a little too much, just add in some flour to firm the dough up). For decoration, best thing we've found is acrylic paint. Now, this isn't really the best paint for little ones as if it gets onto clothes then it's difficult to wash out, so if using acrylics, make sure they're wearing a good apron or some play wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Another thing I've found which I thought might be worth mentioning is how much the dough will dry your hands out. Sounds silly to say but I suffer with very dry hands in the colder weather and, especially with the extra hand washing at the moment, I found when last making salt dough that my hands cracked and were very sore due to the salt drying them even more. So I recommend if you're the same, keep a bottle of hand moisturiser handy when you make this!
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