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Incredible Things to Make with Salt Dough

November 3, 2018 by Sarah 14 Comments

 

It is that time of year my friends! The time when we need to start thinking about homemade gifts. This year, I am thinking salt dough. There are so many things you can make with salt dough!!

A little while ago I shared our new found love for this dough.  It is simple to make, lovely to work with, easy to bake, and great to paint! Here is the post on painting salt dough, in case you missed it.   So today I thought I would share a bit more  – particularly, things to make with salt dough! so many great crafts using salt dough

In case salt dough is new to you, I wanted to include the recipe as well. It is so simple to make! All you need is flour, salt, and water. I share the recipe for salt dough in this post about making beads. 

Now that you have the recipe and the how-to for making salt dough, what can you make with salt dough?  To put it simply — ANYTHING!

Things to Make with Salt Dough

Ornaments

making ornaments with salt dough –

Owl Ornaments by Homemade By Jill.  These little owls would look adorable on a Christmas tree, or hung from a mantle or window all year long!

ornaments made with salt dough –

Converstaion Heart Ornaments by Sandy Toes and Popsicles.  What a sweet way to show someone how much you care!  These would be lovely mailed out to Grandparents too (maybe to accompany the ‘5 reasons we love Grandma‘ Valentine cards!)

Gift Tags

gift tags made with salt dough –

Love Gift Tags by Blue Mason Jar Studio. I love this process – and the result is absolutely stunning. Blue Mason Jar Studio has many other gift tag ideas made from dough as well.

Animals

making animals with salt dough –

Hedehogs by Wolf Creek Crafting.  A great tutorial – and look how cute that hedgehog is made from salt dough?! salt dough animals –

Snakes by Frugal Fun 4 Boys.   This would be a great process activity for preschoolers too – the rolling and shaping.  And, the end result is awfully cute too – can’t beat that!

sculptures

snowmen made with salt dough –

Snowmen by Daddy Dan 360.  Winter time is a great season to find out – what can you make with salt dough?  As it turns out, you can make a whole little family!

Imprints

using salt dough for leaf imprints –

Natural Leaf Imprints by The Imagination Tree.  We love going for nature walks and always have so many treasures at home.  I am excited to make some imprints with some of our treasures this spring! foot prints in salt dough –

Footprints (or Handprints) by Squidoo.  No baby phase is complete without a sweet hand print or foot print keepsake!

Dishes

a cookie platter made from salt dough –

Cookie Platter by Striving Mommy.  I had no idea you could make something quite as big as this, but apparently you can!  We will be trying to make this with salt dough.

Magnets

magnets as things to make with salt dough –

Heart Magnets by The Connections We Share.  I love these little heart magnets.  And you could make any magnet at all that your little ones would like!  I think we will make some numbers for our fridge.

Beads

making beads with salt dough –

Kid Beads by One Perfect Day.  I love how beautiful these beads are, and how little ones can thread them to make bracelets or necklaces.  What a sweet gift that would make!

Homemade gifts for kids to make using salt dough! #saltdough #homemadegifts #christmasgifts #preschool #kids #holiday #crafts

Luckily, it seems as though we have plenty of things to make with salt dough – so our love for this dough can continue for some time! Whether you are looking for ornaments for Christmas, Gifts kids can make, or simply wondering what the heck can I make with salt dough – this list has you covered!

Hope you found it helpful and it gave you a bit of inspiration!

 

 

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Comments

  1. Anik says

    February 6, 2014 at 11:31 am

    I love salt dough! I made lots of ornaments for Christmas (salt dough mixed with cinnamon) and salt dough angels 🙂 Salt dough is great!

    Reply
  2. Suzanne Holt says

    November 15, 2014 at 11:51 am

    What is fun about your collection is that the ideas are suitable for girls AND boys! Pinned to my “Gifts Kids Can Make” board.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 20, 2014 at 1:58 pm

      Thank you Suzanne! And thank you for pinning to your board – sounds like a board I should check out! What is your Pinterest name?

      Reply
  3. Jeannie says

    November 29, 2014 at 1:27 pm

    when I click on the following: Love Gift Tags by Blue Mason Jar Studio. I get a virus warning.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      December 1, 2014 at 8:48 pm

      Oh thank you for letting me know Jeannie – it seems the site is no longer running, the blogger has either changed sites or closed shop. I will see if I can track her down and update that link. In the mean time I will disable the link. Thank you for taking the time to let me know

      Reply
  4. Emily DeWitt says

    December 9, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    I clicked on the blue mason site too and got the malicious software warning. You may need to take it down.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      December 9, 2014 at 9:29 pm

      Thank you very much for the note Emily. The link is now removed for the time being — I will keeping checking to see if the blogger has changed sites. Much appreciated!

      Reply
  5. evelyn says

    May 7, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    What flour self rising or all purpose? Thanks

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      May 7, 2015 at 9:33 pm

      All purpose is what we use Evelyn, Thanks for your clarifying question!

      Reply
  6. Erica says

    May 19, 2016 at 10:42 pm

    Does it last? Is it durable I guess is more my question.

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      May 20, 2016 at 10:33 pm

      Definitely – very durable.

      Reply
  7. Lyn says

    December 25, 2016 at 9:07 am

    Hi
    Cookie Platter link by striving mommy doesn’t seem to be in use anymore!

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      January 4, 2017 at 9:51 pm

      Thank you so much Lyn, I will remove it.

      Reply
  8. LB says

    May 15, 2020 at 4:38 pm

    Haha 🙂 *Salt Dough

    Reply

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