Salt dough: games and creativity

Salt dough is an excellent alternative to plasticine, it can be created with just a few ingredients and easily even with the help of our little ones.

Salt dough: how to make it?

To stimulate the creativity of the little ones we can create the excellent salt dough even for younger children as it is non-toxic. The ingredients are readily available and the process is really very simple. Here is the recipe to create it:

1 cup of salt

2 cups of flour

1 cup of warm water

Based on the quantity of salt dough to be created, we can increase the quantity of ingredients.

You need a bowl to combine all the ingredients and then mix them well, once the dough is homogeneous you can also knead with your hands on a work surface, perhaps with the help of the little ones, if the dough is too sticky just add a some flour, or if it is too dry just add a little water. Once the dough is compact and elastic, the salt dough is ready for use.

How to color the salt dough?

To obtain the colored salt dough is very simple, just add food coloring during preparation and work the dough until the color is completely homogeneous. If, on the other hand, you decide to color after your salt dough, just color with watercolors or acrylic colors.

Salt dough: how to store it?

After preparing the salt dough for your little ones but they still don't want to play with it, don't worry! To preserve the salt dough, just wrap the dough inside a food-grade plastic film. And then put it in the fridge, but be careful, after a couple of hours the salt will tend to harden, don't wait too long to do some fantastic jobs!

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