Salt Dough 自制黏土

Let's bake for fun

This was a fun project that Ming Ray and I worked on in March just before we moved back from Auckland. He discovered this idea from a craft book that he borrowed from the local library. Talking about library, I was really impressed with the library facilities in Auckland. One could easily locate a well run library in nearly every suburb. Every resident with a proof of address could apply for a membership. Once registered as a member one could borrow up to 30 copies of books or magazines free of charge at any one time! This superb facility had cultivated strong reading interests among the local communities.

In the nearly 2 years I spent in Auckland, I must have read more than double the amount I read in the past decade in Malaysia. I was pleased to see my boy had also picked up this good habit. I hope he can continue this good habit in Malaysia but I foresee this might be a challenge as good library in Malaysia is essentially non-existent.

Shared here is the basic dough recipe which I extracted from the book. I halved the quantity as I was worried having too much dough to work with. Done right, the dough can be easily worked on to be shaped into any features. Below were 3 characters that we made following the book with the quantity of dough we made.


Happy feets - Penguin?

 I helped Ming Ray to shape the figures while he painted them. We had great bonding time to work on these cute little figures.


Our little artist - Ming Ray

You can use this dough to make adorable little ornaments as birthday gifts or little Christmas ornaments to hang on Christmas tree. Be creative with the dough and have fun!

SALT DOUGH Ingredients: 1 cup of fine salt 1 cup of flour (multi-purpose flour) 1/2 cup of water (may add more) Instructions: In a large bowl, combine the salt and the flour. Make a well in the salt/flour mixture and slowly add the water (stop if you feel too gooey). To get softer dough you can add more flour. Knead until smooth and shape into a ball. To make different color dough, you can use food coloring in the dough and knead to mix evenly the color. When not in use, wrap in plastic or store in an airtight container. Shaping the dough: Once the dough is ready you can shape them into any figures that you like. Place the shaped figures on baking tray with parchment paper/baking paper. Pre-heat the oven into 150 degree Celsius and bake the dough until firm. You may paint your ornaments and sculptures after they dry up using acrylic paint. 自制黏土 材料: 1杯幼盐 1杯面粉 1 / 2杯的水（可增加更多） 制作: 1。在一个大碗里，把盐和面粉混合好才慢慢加水（停止如果觉得太湿）。 3。如果要面团柔软，你可以添加多一点面粉。 4。揉至光滑，捏成一个球状。 5。你也可做不同颜色的面团，可以添加食用色素进面团后揉至色泽均匀。 6。当不使用时，用塑料包装面团在或存放在密闭容器中。  塑造面团： 一旦面团准备好，你可以塑造成任何你喜欢的摸型。把摸型排放在有烘烤纸的烤盘上。把烤箱预热到摄氏150度,烤面团直到坚硬。待摸型干燥后，你可以用丙烯酸树脂漆/来装饰和上色。