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I'd share my favorite holiday activity
that features massive quantities of salt-
salt dough! We also call it "Baker's
Clay". It's fun and versatile. The kids
love to play with it in place of play
dough, and it can be baked, painted and
sealed to make lovely ornaments,
decorations, gifts tags, etc. Aldi's salt
is 19 cents for a 26 oz container- very
cheap!
Baker's Clay
1 cup water
1 cup salt
2-1/2 cups flour
1. Combine salt and 2 cups of flour. Mix
in water, and work in additional flour if
needed to make a smooth and workable
dough.
2. Roll out 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Dip
cookie cutters in flour and then press
into dough. Remove excess dough and put
shapes onto ungreased cookie sheet. If
making ornaments, use a toothpick to make
holes for string to pass through.
3. Bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes on
each side, more for really thick items,
less for thin items. Can also be dried at
room temperature, time varies according to
the thickness of the project- overnight-2
days is normal.
4. Paint and seal with a shellac or other
acrylic-type sealer. To keep the salt
dough well for years, do not store in a
damp place. Store in boxes or well-sealed
cookie tins on a bed of uncooked rice to
absorb any moisture.
Note: I have literally used this stuff
since I was a kid. It's great for 3-D
dioramas. I remember reading "Mary
Jemison, Indian Captive" in the 4th grade
and having to do one of those dioramas. My
mother helped my sculpt a scene from the
book. We painted and decorated the showbox
and salt dough figures. I got an A! I've
loved the stuff ever since. These days, we
use it as part of our Christmas tradition
of the "Jesse Tree". I have a small
artificial tree that we use to hang salt
dough ornaments on, one for each day of
December up through Christmas. Each night,
we put on of the biblical figures on the
tree and read the corresponding bible
story and sing a song. For sheer bribery,
we also have an advent calendar with
chocolate in it. Every day a window is
opened on the calendar, revealing another
piece of chocolate. The kids love this
tradition, and they especially love coming
up with the biblical figures. Because
there are 25 stories, we do both Old and
New Testaments. We make characters or
symbols for any story we can think of.
Here are our favorites:
-whale (Jonah and the whale)
-baby in basket (Moses)
-birthday cake (Jesus)
-Queen Esther
-horn (Joshua and the story of
Jericho)
-apple (Adam and Eve)
-Job
-frog (Ten plagues God sent to Egypt)
-dove (Holy Spirit)
-ark (Noah)
-lion (Daniel)
-baby in manger (Jesus' birth)
-cross (Jesus' death)
-Mary
-Joseph
-sheep
-other nativity characters- shepherds,
wise men, angels, animals, etc.
-rainbow (Abraham)
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Author:
Kim
Tilley,
a tightwad at heart, is a wife, a mother
of three active boys and the founding
editor of Frugal-Moms.com.
Frugal by force and later by choice, Kim
cut her income by 60% to stay at home with
her children and discovered that
anyone can live better for less. Her work
has appeared in print publications
such as The Tightwad Gazette. In her free
time, she entertains herself by chasing
kids and finding ways to create
something from nothing!
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