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Air drying salt dough??

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tassisssss · 25/08/2009 20:15

Is there a recipe for salt dough that air dries or do I have to bake it?

I'm thinking of an autumn craft that involves sticking matchsticks into a ball of salt dough to make a hedgehog...is this going to work? Would I have to buy air drying clay?

Thanks.

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tassisssss · 25/08/2009 22:03

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threeandcounting · 25/08/2009 22:20

Hi! That sounds like a good idea!

I make salt dough by mixing 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt and 1 cup of cold water together. Make what you want, then leave on the window sill for a couple of days (remembering to turn it over or it might go soggy on the bottom !

In nursery we rolled out the dough, then imprinted our hand onto them, leaving them to dry and then painted them. Turned out not too bad!

tassisssss · 26/08/2009 20:21

thank you, i'll give it a try

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ja9 · 27/08/2009 18:38

i've used that recipe (at least it's very similar if not that exact one) to make mr potato heads at ds party. have made one a few days ago and it still isn't dry... i'm worried all the cocktail sticks will just fall out when the dough has dried...

random · 27/08/2009 18:41

I left my dgs salt dough creations outside to dry in the sun ..but forgot about them and it rained on them ...oops

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