DIY s alt dough crafts

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Many have heard that crafts are made from s alt dough, but they themselves have not tried to work with such a plastic material that does not have a pungent smell, like plasticine, and will not cause allergies in a child. Yes, and products created in this way can be stored for a long period of time.

Kneading s alty dough for sculpting crafts according to the recipe is easier than ever. In the article, we will present some of the easiest options for manufacturing a plastic mass. We will also share with readers the features of working with s alt dough, how to dry molded figures. Photos of samples of simple crafts will help inexperienced handmade craftsmen make their choice.

They have their own characteristics and methods of storing the test, in the event that you do not intend to immediately use all the material. Sometimes, for the brightness of the work, the dough needs to be colored. After reading our article, you will receive all the necessary information about the process of making high-quality and spectacular crafts from s alt dough.

Recipe for tight dough

Depending on the size of futuremasterpieces of manual labor, it is necessary to select a recipe for the test. This option is intended for large figures with a width of several centimeters. This s alty dough for sculpting crafts turns out to be tight and dense, then when dried in the oven, the product will not “float”, will not deform, but will completely preserve the ideas of the master.

To form the mixture, take 200 grams of white flour, twice as much fine s alt called "Extra". Bulk components are poured into a dry bowl and thoroughly mixed without adding water. When the mixture is evenly mixed, you can slowly pour in 125 milliliters of cold water in small portions.

Some lovers of s alt dough crafts even recommend keeping a cup of water in the refrigerator so that it is just ice cold. After kneading, the mass should become tight. Store the mass in cling film in the refrigerator.

Starch cooking option

This dough is used for relief compositions. The composition includes the following components:

• a full cup of white flour;
• half a cup of s alt (keep in mind that s alt is heavier than flour. So if you take it in grams, then s alt and flour are taken the same way, 200 g each);
• 125 milliliters of cold water;
• tablespoon potato starch (some use a spoonful of PVA glue or wallpaper paste instead).

First, according to the cooking technology, the dry ingredients are mixed, then the glue base (optional) and water are added.

Dough for childrenworks

S alt rather aggressively affects the condition of the skin of the hands, so before sculpting it is necessary to carefully check the condition of the skin. If there are wounds, scratches or other violations of the integrity, it is advisable to wear gloves. If you feel a burning sensation, then your hands should immediately be washed under running water and smeared with a protective cream.

The following DIY s alt dough recipe includes baby cream, so there shouldn't be any burning problems. Consider what ingredients are included in this test:

• one cup of wheat flour;
• one and a half cups of fine s alt;
• one teaspoon of baby cream;
• water, how much will take.

As a result, the dough should not be too tight, soft and not stick to your hands. Cold water is used, pouring it into the mixture gradually so as not to make the dough too liquid. This option is also intended for people with sensitive skin. It is better to make crafts from s alt dough with a small thickness so that the products do not spread when dried.

Couture dough recipe for modeling

There are many ingredients involved in making this homemade s alt dough variation. It needs to be done longer, since the components are not just mixed, but the dough needs to be brewed. Consider the recipe in more detail. You will need:

• white flour - 400 grams;
• two cups of boiling water;
• two tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• the same amount of tartar;
• 100 grams "Extras";
• half a small spoon of pharmacy glycerin.

Separately, s alt and flour are mixed together in a container, tartar is added and the required amount of sunflower oil is poured in. Separately, boil the water, pour the mixed base into the boiling water and pour in the glycerin. On a quiet fire, you need to cook until the mass becomes homogeneous.

Then you need to put the pan on the balcony to cool the mixture. When everything has cooled down and there is no danger of getting burned, start kneading the tight dough, like dumplings. If it is liquid, just add flour, as the hostess does when working with a simple dough.

How to make s alt dough for crafts, you already understood. I would like to add that the mass with glycerin is good at work because subsequently the crafts do not require additional opening with varnish. From it, products have a natural shine and look more impressive, and the colors become saturated.

Let's see how you can color s alt dough crafts for kids.

Staining methods

Craft dough for both adults and kids can be colored in several ways. Firstly, the dye can be added in the process of kneading the mass itself, but then the whole dough will be monophonic. If you need multi-colored parts for work, then coloring is done in small portions with a ready-made mass.

What is better to use? Here the opinions of the masters are divided, some like to use food colors, which are sold in powder, in small bottles and in tablet form. Solid materials need precrush. To do this, use a small plastic bag and a rolling pin.

Others agree that it is easier to work with gouache paints. Let's consider these two methods in more detail.

Food coloring

DIY s alt dough crafts are often used by children in their games. For example, you can stick a variety of goods for a children's store - fruits, vegetables, bread, sweets.

Each product has its own specific color, so you can paint the dough in pieces, tearing off the required amount from a large piece. Then a small pile is kneaded in the palm of your hand. In the middle of the formed bowl, a dye of one color or another, dissolved according to the instructions, is poured. Next, everything is thoroughly mixed. Be sure to use rubber gloves for work. The mass after kneading should acquire an even tone.

How to color dough with gouache?

Actions are carried out similarly to the first method, only a spoonful of gouache paint of the required color is placed in a bowl of dough, and a teaspoon. Then everything is thoroughly mixed so that there are no more or less colored areas on the mass.

Many users note in their reviews that the dough mixed with gouache is much brighter, and you can pick up absolutely any shade by first mixing paints in a plastic palette or an empty jar. Details after food coloring are paler and lighter, and the choice of shades is not very large.

Coloringtassel

This is an exciting activity, for the sake of which most s alt dough crafts are created. The photo shows that the toy is painted after it has dried. Thanks to this opportunity, working with s alt dough is different from modeling from simple plasticine.

To create just one toy, a child first sculpts and then draws. The motor skills of hands and fingers, and creative skills, and fantasy are developing. After all, even such a simple horse can be decorated in completely different ways.

Flat crafts

Working with s alty mass can be done in different ways. Both flat and voluminous works look interesting. To create a dough of the same thickness, use a regular rolling pin. You can cut out details or whole figures with both a knife and a cookie cutter. You can decorate crafts not only with a pattern, but by creating embossed details. For example, on the bird below in the photo you can see that a dent was made with an openwork plastic napkin. You just need to put it with a pattern on the dough and lightly press down with your palm.

To create a relief, use any object, for example, a pine branch or lace. The main thing is that the print is clear.

This method can be used to make spectacular Christmas decorations, a bead pendant, a pendant for a bag, a medal for a child for good behavior and much more.

Volumetric work

We have already considered an example of bulk products made from s alt dough. These were game items."Score". However, this is not the only case when figures are made from dough. You can create a whole zoo with a variety of domestic and wild animals. For sculpting figurines improvised materials are used. For example, the needles of such a cute hedgehog are made with scissors, because it is quite difficult to mold each individual one, the child will quickly get bored with such a monotonous activity.

And with the help of small incisions, it is easy to make them, and they will be exactly the same.

How to make dishes?

The step-by-step photo below shows that making a plate is quite simple. To make it look like a real one, that is, it was concave inward, a simple technology is used. First, the dough is rolled out thinly on a flat surface, on which a damp cloth is placed. Then a relief pattern of a napkin is pressed on it.

The sheet is slightly moistened with a sponge so that it does not burst when bent, and excess parts are cut off. Then the craft is lifted on the fabric and transferred to a plate. The craft, when dried, takes the shape of the container in which it is located. Further drying is carried out according to the technology described below.

Drying crafts

Depending on the thickness of the craft, different methods of drying the dough are also used. This procedure is carried out in order for the work to be preserved much longer, not exposed to mold fungus, to be hard and durable, so that later it can be painted with a brush or opened with acrylic varnish.

Crafts are drying likenaturally and in the oven. In the summer, when it is warm, products are displayed on the windowsills, on the balcony. In winter, you can use warm places near the radiator or fireplace.

However, voluminous crafts cannot be dried in this way, since they can dry out on the outside and remain wet inside. Over time, the craft will become moldy and you just need to throw it away.

How to properly dry figurines in the oven, read on. The main requirements are as follows:

• temperature should be minimum (50 °С - 75 °С);
• the oven door needs to be slightly opened;
• drying time is checked manually (if the part is well dried, a ringing sound is made when clicking on it; if it is deaf, then it has not dried yet);
• tune in for a long drying, it takes several hours (you need to carefully monitor that the figure does not dry out and does not burn);
• sprinkle a little flour on a baking sheet, as for baking cookies, or put parchment paper.

Good luck!