Creativity with kids: how to sculpt Souvenirs from salt dough?

So, let's start! Measure in a measuring Cup and pour into a bowl the flour and salt (flour by volume is 3 times more than salt because it is easier). Add 1 tablespoon oil, stir, pour 150-200 grams of water and stir again. If the dough crumbles or spreads, respectively add water or flour. Salt dough modeling should be very close and save the form globe


The finished material is directly remove them in a plastic bag. I advise you to immediately prepare the dough of different colors. From color to sculpt more fun color awaken your imagination, and this will greatly facilitate the subsequent small painting on the figures.




Pour into 4 jars 50 grams of water and add water brush gouache or watercolor. But do not overdo it: excess paint is poorly absorbed by the test and when the work will be painted hands and the table. Make flour, salt and oil in the desired proportions in a large bowl, mix well and place the mixture into small bowls. Pour into each colored water and mix thoroughly. The dough of different colors should be the same density!




Put the dough in the bag, keep it as small as possible was open. Upon contact with air, it forms a salt crust. If this happens, delete it, otherwise you may experience difficulties in the molding of small parts. From the prepared dough you can immediately start to sculpt. It may be a long time stored in the refrigerator. If you feel that it began to soften, add the flour and stir again.




In order not to break away from the sculpt, it is possible to prepare in advance: the squares of cloths, cardboard; brush and saucer with water; beads; scaffold; fishnet; teaspoon.




To make the dough you everything your heart desires. Here are some examples.





Dog


Make a ball, pull up a form bean. Decide where the figures will be the nose and the tail. When done, turn over the dog's abdomen up and glue the tabs. Hanging, long ears will give it our thoroughbred and individuality, and the tail will talk about her emotional state. It can be brush or ruffle. For this you need to apply an embossed stripes on wool. When the dog is dry, the skin can be colored spots, stripes, individual hairs...





Tiger, cat and hare



Make a ball. From him - the cone-carrot. Thin end of the cut along with scissors. This torso with extended forward paws. For the head, make a ball and place moistened with water, in feet. Now, make the cheeks - tigers, cats and rabbits they are close to each other. The nose, eyes, tongue and moustaches are almost identical, and differ only by the shape of the ears, tail length and colour. If fine detail is not done hands, use sharp sticks. You can leave a relief print mesh.


Ready figurine leave to dry in the open air. Within a day it will be covered with a salt crust and will look quite ready, but don't believe my eyes: the inside she is still wet and very fragile. Finally your masterpiece dries in 1-3 weeks. In summer, you can dry the figure on the sun, in winter - on the battery. If you hurry, you can dry skillet over low heat, without having to remove the burner and without covering the pan with a lid. Or in the oven, but will need to leave it slightly ajar, to evaporate the water.




Dried figurine is possible to paint with gouache. But your animals are afraid of moisture, and it is better to varnish. Do not hysterical, if figures something has fallen off, the parts can be glued with white glue!

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