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Wahooo we are back after a forced blogging holiday due to a broken camera we also had a crafting break and filled our time with parks and visiting friends :)
Just in time for Fathers Day I stumbled across this great post for a Salt Ceramic Paperweight by Tired, Need Sleep at the bottom of the post was a suggestion to try this with a Handprint which I thought was brilliant!
To Make Salt Ceramic Dough
Mix 1 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of cornstarch (I used white wings cornflour), 2/3 cup of water in a pot and cook/stir over a medium heat until all the liquid has been adsorbed (will look a bit like cooked playdough).
Once cooked place it onto some foil to cool as it is quite hot. Once cool kneed the dough until it is soft and pliable. It will be a little bit sticky so put some wax paper or something similar down before letting the kids loose.
Adding all the ingredients to the pot
Making the Handprint
Just in time for Fathers Day I stumbled across this great post for a Salt Ceramic Paperweight by Tired, Need Sleep at the bottom of the post was a suggestion to try this with a Handprint which I thought was brilliant!
To Make Salt Ceramic Dough
Mix 1 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of cornstarch (I used white wings cornflour), 2/3 cup of water in a pot and cook/stir over a medium heat until all the liquid has been adsorbed (will look a bit like cooked playdough).
Once cooked place it onto some foil to cool as it is quite hot. Once cool kneed the dough until it is soft and pliable. It will be a little bit sticky so put some wax paper or something similar down before letting the kids loose.
Adding all the ingredients to the pot
Making the HandprintAfter she made her handprint I outlined it with Permanent Black Marker and wrote her Name and Age. I then let her pick some beads to put around her handprint she went straight for the brightly coloured stars which she carefully pushed into the dough (silly me forgot to take a photo!)
The Dough takes roughly 48 hours to harden - we only made ours today so I will let you know how it goes :)
The Dough takes roughly 48 hours to harden - we only made ours today so I will let you know how it goes :)
11 comments:
oh all three of my big kids have just seen the picture in this post and all demanded we do this RIGHT NOW... I think we might at least wait till tomorrow, but thanks for a great idea!
I hope they enjoy making them - Neevah loved pushing in the stars :)
Looks like a great gift idea ... and I am sure she will be surprised in a few years to see how small her hand once was!
Can you mold it like playdough? Might make for a good afternoon activity nxt time the nephew is over and the can make their our figurines ...
Amanda yes it is moldable although may take a little bit more effort than playdough. Making figures with it would be great and once hard you could even paint them :)
This is just great, I am bookmarking this activity. Thank you for sharing it.
Great timing for Aussie Fathers Day :) Thank you.
Hi there, do you know what size your cup measures are? Is a cup 250g or 125g? I am in NZ and we use metric cups of 250g
Helen - I don't think it will make much difference as long as the ingredients are in the same proportions. I grew up/ Lived in NZ into my mid 20's and I must say i have not noticed any difference in cup measures between NZ and Australia ... Hope that helps :)
Gorgeous! Can't wait to try.
do u know if u would ba able to paint it with kids paint and it stays on???
Felicia - I haven't tried painting it myself but I have read you can paint it but I am not sure what kind of paint they used
maybe try google I am sure someone must have tried it :)
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