Salt playdough dries harder and can be baked to make models that will last. Kids can get very creative and spend lots of time having fun with salt playdough.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup table salt
• 310ml (1 and 1/4 cups) water
• 1 tbsp glycerine

Method:

• Mix all ingredients together and knead until the dough is elastic.
• Pre-heat oven to 150°C conventional or 130°C fan-forced.
• Make your playdough creations, eg buttons, brooches, beads, animals, Christmas decorations.
• Line a baking tray with foil or baking paper and lay playdough shapes on it.
• Thin objects will take about 1 and 1/2 hours to bake, with thicker models taking longer.
• If the object is beginning to brown, turn down the oven temperature.
• Once the playdough has cooled, you can paint your creations with poster paints and then add a final coat of varnish.

Notes:

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Note

• You can add food colouring to this recipe and knead it into the dough before shaping and baking. Just make sure you knead the dough on a plastic board if you don’t want to turn your wooden chopping board a funny colour!
• Roll out the dough and use cookie cutters to make decorations. Use a straw to make a hole for hanging before baking and then thread the dried shapes onto pretty ribbon or string to make a colourful garland.
• The varnish helps the playdough to keep and adds a nice gloss. Spray varnish is really handy to use for this type of project as there’s less mess and chance of a child getting stuck to the table!

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