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Another idea to do with the grandchildren,
This happened by accident.

One summer day, I sent the kids out to took for large flat stones/ rocks.
I gave them water based paints and set them to work.
They spent hours painting scenes, faces and patterns.

The painted stones were all laid out on the lawn when a neighbour popped by to see their artwork.
This old lady asked if she could buy one and gave them a £2 coin.
And so it started.... most of the adults in our street did the same and by the end of the day they had accumulated a small fortune.
The kids had to be reminded that it was also Christian Aid week, and were encouraged to donated their takings.

Next bit was brilliance
The neighbours all left their coloured stone on their doorsteps.
As soon as the rain started, the paint washed off.
The kids then collected the bare stones and waited for the next sunny day.
They painted stones every summer after that!

I had some lovely things made from bread dough.

Painted clowns, flowers.... my mother gave me a witch!

All very nice, until we moved to the sub-tropics, and they all exploded, because of the high humidity in summer :-(

One of the clowns looked like he had a very bad hernia :-( :-(

great for rainy days like it is today here.

Good for you Shelly, hope your grandkids enjoy the activity

Lizx

yippy my salt dough is not to bad
my daughter had to go out earlier so i took them out of the oven
they are still a little soft but are getting hard so think they will be ok
by the week end and if grandkids like this activity im thinking of making some more
with the children at work in the holidays

I knew someone who made lots of things from this stuff to sell at school fetes etc, that was in the mid 80s It seemed a very popular hobby

I used to create lots of flowers etc. years ago, together with my kids and their friends on wednesday afternoons, when they had half days from school, with this dough.
Flour, salt etc. But glycerine was an important ingredient in the mixture, it stopped the flour etc. crumbling. Back in the mid '70's, early 80's, this was very popular over here (Holland) I somehow didn't think this was popular in the UK.

I had a salt dough duck that I stored in the loft after I moved here.

I am sorry to say that the plague of mice I had a couple of years ago enjoyed it, in a different way to me, varnish coat and all :-|

Chris

I have a salt dough Xmas decoration that my son made 28 years ago at playgroup. It still comes out every year. Also little plaque made by daughter 24 years ago still kept and treasured <3.

Thank you for bringing back the memories Shelley <3

nice to see this tread bring back some memereys

well time is 12.10 and thay are sill in the oven
as thay are still a little soft in the middle
and i now have to get ready for work so may have to ask my daughter to keep an eye on them

Years ago I had a collection of around 10-12 of these.
Colourful handmade salt dough dollies that there mounted onto small ceramic tiles.
I had them displayed on my livingroom wall.

With the everchanging temperature and humidity, over time, the dollies crumbled
:-( :-(
Their delicate strands of hair were always first to drop off, followed by their hands and feet.
They were really cute and I had forgotten all about them until Shelly reminded me with this post.

:-( :-( :-(

I suddenly remembered that a few years ago I picked up a book in a charity shop called "The Art & Craft of Dough". Thought it might be useful for grandchildren but never got around to using it. I've just found it again and the different projects in the book nearly all have baking temperatures of

145C or 290F or Gas I.5 (one and a half). The baking times are anything between one and a half and three hours

I suspect you were cooking the dough at 225C And the websites meant 225F or 300F. 225C is the equivalent of gas 7. Try it at 125 or 150.

This book says the idea is not to cook the dough but to dry it out. Bit like making meringues really.

Hope this is some help and you and the grandkids make lots of lovely things :-D

up date

ok i made some this morning to test it out
well what can i say :-( :-(

all was going well till i put it in the oven
some web sites say 225 degrees and one says 300 degrees

ficko me :-D :-D

so i put the oven on what mine says 225 as it don't go any higher than that
and yes you guess it they was all burnt with in 10 mins

lucky i had another tray to try and cook
so now thinking that degrees mean a low tempter

the second batch in the oven are is look fine and they have been in there for about 20mins

I still got the hand print my son done in salt dough, baked in oven then painted. Must be at least 18 yrs ago we made it.

Anne

thank you GlasgowLass yes that is what im looking for



:-D :-D

I think it's salt dough that Shelly is looking for?
For making models to bake hard and finish with paint?


http://rainydaymum.co.uk/the-quickest-ever-salt-dough-recipe

von the one im looking for
is i think some think like between play doh and bread

all i can remember is you make it like play doh but you then make
some think like a cat or pot ext and then cook it to make it go hard and last for
ever

There's a recipe here
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Playdough-Play-doh/

I think its flour, lots of salt and water, boiled together but unsure of amounts.

that you cook to make it go hard

i want to do this with the grand kids
but dont no how to make it