Salty snowflakes. Express method

I was faced with the fact that many have not heard of this method, but meanwhile it helps VERY out if you need to quickly arrange something or if you sculpt with children. Kids don't really understand the phrase "We must wait". The method is really quick, with the help of it I made enough material in one day to arrange a showcase. I will make a snowflake, the New Year is just around the corner! So, we need:

dough (1 part salt + 2 parts flour + a little vegetable oil + water),

brush, paints (today I have acrylic)

form for cutting a circle (I took the lid from a glass of sour cream)

microwave

I sculpt directly on a dish from the microwave and, without lifting a snowflake, I bake on it right away. The product should be completely dehydrated and become hard, uniform in color - this is an indicator that it is ready. It can be easily removed with a blade or a sharp knife.

IMPORTANT! According to the instructions for use of the microwave oven, heating of a small volume is not allowed, so do not forget to put a glass of water next to your snowflake. Observe safety precautions, be careful, make sure that no metal objects (cutters, blades) fall into the stove.

In order to get an even beautiful snowflake, you need to find the middle correctly and strictly observe the so-called axes.

If, at the final stage, you "grab" the dough in one more place, you will get another snowflake.

Baking power 400, time 5 minutes. First I tint the finished snowflake with dark paint, then white and a little gold. I wanted vintage!

New Year's greetings to the kids

Everyone is waiting for the coming of the family and a good New Year's holiday in the family. As you know, the Christmas tree is a symbol of this most beloved holiday. And you can't do without New Year's toys for the tree. Now in the store and on the market there is a huge selection of various decorations for the Christmas tree.

But I still want to do something with my own hands. A hand-made little thing will look perfect on a Christmas tree. Doing this kind of handicraft is very interesting for our children. When making New Year's decorations, be sure to bring children to your team.

So let's try to make our own Christmas snowflakes. Various materials can be used to make them - salted dough, foil, paper, and even dry pasta. And, if you have the skill of crocheting, then knitted snowflakes will look perfect on the New Year's beauty.

We start making New Year's fabulous snowflakes from salt dough. There are two ways to make snowflakes from dough. First you need to prepare the salty dough itself. To do this, take one part of flour, two parts of plain water and one part of salt. It is recommended to add a little more vegetable oil to these ingredients. Thanks to this, the dough will become elastic.

Now you need to make thin sausages from it, from which to make a monogram. The sausage tips are rolled up into neat spirals and connected so that a loop is formed. The first snowflake element is ready. The second element is the eyelet, which is simple and easy to do. The dough sausage is neatly folded into a loop, and the excess ends are cut off.

To make one such snowflake, you need to prepare four monograms and twelve loops of salt dough. In the center there must be a small dough circle. Monograms are located around it, with spirals inside our snowflakes. Between the spirals of the monograms, four loops are placed with a cone down. Eight loops with a cone on top are placed between the loops of the monograms. The snowflake is ready!

You can also make a snowflake from a whole piece of dough. From the dough, by rolling, you need to make a narrow layer. Using a stencil, cut out the snowflake, in which you then make holes for the tape. After drying, it needs to be painted with white paint and decorated with toffee or curls. The Christmas tree decoration is ready!

Do-it-yourself winter souvenir "Snowflake" made of salt dough. Master class with step by step photos

Master class on making a souvenir from salt dough for school children.

Istratkina Svetlana Nikolaevna, head of Novoguslevsky KFOR, Novoguslevsky rural House of culture, branch of the municipal institution NTSDK, Taldom municipal district, Moscow region., Novoguslevo village.
Description: This master class was created for children of senior school age, teachers of additional education, educators, and just for people who like to be creative.
Purpose: Gift for New Year or Christmas.
Purpose: Making a souvenir "Snowflake"
Tasks:
Get interested in making a souvenir.
Learn to work with salted dough (and knead it)
Teach the Decoupage technique

Working rules and safety precautions when working with salted dough:
Avoid contact with eyes, mouth, and nasal mucosa.
In case of contact with eyes, rinse with water.
When working, have a damp cloth for your hands with you.
Do not be distracted during work.

Foreword:
Salted dough is an environmentally friendly material that resembles plasticine. It is harmless, non-staining, odorless and non-allergenic. Salted dough when sculpting provides such opportunities for imagination, which are not available when working with other soft materials. Both adults and children can make crafts from salt dough.

Tools and materials:
Cling film
Patterned napkin
Half a glass of flour
Salt half a glass
Brush
PVA glue
Blue gouache
Container for kneading salted dough
Mold
Cloth for hands

Progress:
Take an empty container, pour flour and salt.

While adding a little cold water, knead the tough modeling dough.

Next, take a mold (by the way, I did not buy a mold specifically, I got it from the store from a ready-made salad) and put a cling film in the inside (so that the salty dough does not stick and it is easier to pull out the product).

Then fill the mold with salted dough by a third, as if you were smoothing it with your fingers.

Remove the product from the mold and place it on paper (newspaper)

We make a hole for the string and leave to dry (in a natural way, just on the table for 24 hours)

After our future craft has dried, we take a napkin (you only need a drawing on the entire side of the product), a brush (preferably a "spatula") and PVA glue diluted in water 1: 1.

Put a napkin on the future craft and apply glue with a brush dipped in a solution from the center to the edges.

Cut off the excess and wrap the edges with a wet brush in glue. And leave to dry.

After the napkin has dried, prepare a glass of water, a brush and blue gouache.

Turn the craft over and use gouache to draw a snowflake along the contour (if any).

The finished craft can be varnished (for nails) or sparkles can be added. Tie a string and can be hung on the New Year tree or presented as a souvenir for the New Year.

Snowflakes, snowflakes
On Ninka's cheeks,
Stuck in pigtails
Hang on eyelashes
Get in the way of watching.
I put it in my palm
I wanted a little
Warm the snowflakes.
I pressed it tight
But what happened to them?
What a disaster!
Snowflakes are gone
In the palm of Ninka
Only one water!
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Happy New Year!

A wonderful time, festive and magical is the New Year, for which adults and children prepare gifts and souvenirs for friends and loved ones. You don't have to shop in the store, you can make delicious gifts yourself using materials at hand, such as puff pastry. Crafts are original, bright. Christmas trees are decorated with unique toys and used as original and unusual souvenirs.

To create crafts, salty dough, paints, beads, ribbons, rhinestones and other materials are prepared to decorate a gift, make it extraordinary, exclusive, and delightful. Hand-made crafts have a soul, because they are created sincerely, with inspiration.

Salty dough recipe

To create a toy for the New Year's holiday, you will need to prepare salted dough. This requires ingredients:

• Edible salt - 1 part;
• Flour - 1 part;
• Water - ½ part.

All dry ingredients are mixed in a bowl, gradually adding water. The resulting mixture should have a soft consistency, not stick to your hands, and not be too thick. Knead the dough thoroughly so that it does not crumble or crumble.

To make the dough white, add ¾ parts white acrylic paint to the ingredients.

Cold porcelain recipe

In addition to salt dough, for making crafts, you can use so-called cold porcelain, which looks more like polymer clay. You can easily make cold porcelain at home. To do this, you will need:

• Baking soda - 1 part;
• Corn or potato starch - 1 part;
• Water - 1 part.

Pour dry ingredients into a frying pan and mix well. then add water and mix well again until a lump-free homogeneous mixture is formed. Put the pan with the mixture on low heat and cook, stirring constantly, for 1-3 minutes until thickened. Put the resulting mass on the table, let it cool to room temperature and knead it well for 2-3 minutes. Everything, cold porcelain is ready to use.

Store cold porcelain in a sealed plastic bag.

Drying crafts

There are several ways to dry salty dough or cold porcelain crafts. The first is natural. Leave the items for a few days in a dry and warm place. The thicker the layer of dough in the craft, the longer it will take to dry it completely. On average, it takes 24 hours to dry 1 millimeter of dough with natural drying. Crafts from cold porcelain dry much faster - 8-12 hours.

Used for drying and oven. It is heated as much as possible, and then ready-made crafts are put into it. After that, the oven must be turned off. Do not open it until it has completely cooled down.

Let's reveal a secret. Crafts will not stick to the baking sheet if covered with parchment paper.

We paint ready-made crafts

There are many ways to make dough gifts colorful. You can paint the dough or cold porcelain using various paints (oil, acrylic, gouache, etc.) and food colors, for this you need to add color to the finished mass and knead until a uniform color.

Roll out the painted dough with a rolling pin and create figures. Multi-colored products look delightful, they turn out to be bright, colorful.

Also, crafts are then painted using gouache, felt-tip pens, pens of different shades.

Toys are decorated with various accessories, ribbons, rhinestones, beads, sequins, and other items. Here you can embody all creative ideas, fantasies.

Salt dough gifts may vary. These are snowflakes and Christmas decorations, Santa Claus, a Christmas tree, the moon and various animals, hearts, flowers, and other decorations.

Making toys out of salt dough is fun. Children like making crafts, it perfectly develops fine motor skills of hands, cheers up. Adults can also get carried away with modeling. And the New Year's crafts, which are made by hand, will definitely please and admire.

So, let's move on from theory to practice. We figured out how to make dough, dry and decorate crafts. Let's go directly to the creation of our masterpieces!

New Year's dough crafts for beginners

# 1 Christmas toys made of salt dough: a step-by-step master class

We prepare dough or cold porcelain, roll it out with a rolling pin a few millimeters thick, use baking dishes to cut out figures, make a hole for a thread and send the toys to dry. After drying, we paint the products and additionally decorate with sparkles. We are threading and Christmas tree dough toys are ready!

# 2 Simple Christmas Dough Crafts Using Bakeware

And one more version of Christmas tree dough toys. Unlike the previous MK, in this we will not decorate the crafts with paints, but with buttons and ribbons. You need to glue the decorative elements after the products are completely dry.

# 3 Christmas garland made of salt dough

With the help of baking dishes, you can make not only toys from the dough, but also garlands. To make it convenient to stretch the thread, make holes for it not from above, but in the first third of the craft. The base thread should be pulled only after the dough is completely dry.

# 4 New Year's craft from dough "Gingerbread man"

We cut out gingerbread men from the dough (it is more convenient to do this using a special mold), wait until it dries, decorate with stained glass or acrylic paint. Depending on how you are going to use the ginger man, make a hole for the thread either on the top or in the first third.

# 5 DIY dough stars: New Year's crafts from scrap materials

Simple dough stars decorated with small elements are a simple but very original way to decorate a New Year tree or a gift. You can also make an original garland out of salt dough stars. To make the garland more original, roll out the dough and make an impression on it, for example, an openwork napkin, and then cut out the details. Do not forget to make holes in the right places and only then send the craft to dry.

# 6 Craft dough for kids

Very little needlewomen and needlewomen cannot yet make complex crafts, but leaving a print of your hand is a great pleasure. A heart with a small palm will be an excellent New Year's gift for grandmothers and grandfathers, and the kids will take great pleasure in decorating after the crafts are completely dry, especially if sparkles are used. You can also make a bullfinch from a child's handprint.

# 7 DIY salt dough starfish

Such a star will be an ideal gift for lovers of the sea and the sun. While we have winter and the cold is raging, this little star will remind of the warm sea and the scorching sun. See the step-by-step master class below.

# 8 New Year's dough crafts for beginners

For those who do not have time at all to master modeling, simple Christmas balls made of dough will be an excellent option. So that the craft does not look too simple, you can color it at your discretion. You can take note of our ideas or get inspired to create your own creation.

# 9 Simple New Year's dough crafts

And this is an option for those who still like to drink. If you don't have much experience in sculpting, you can make simple crafts: a herringbone, holly, candy, a ball.

# 10 Dough stars with a glowing core

Dough stars with a glowing center will become an unusual New Year's craft. We cut out an asterisk with a larger shape, with a smaller shape - the core. Cover the baking sheet with parchment, put the stars, and put plastic beads in the middle. We put all this in the oven and wait for the beads to melt.

# 11 Christmas dough toys from four-legged friends

If there is a four-legged friend in the house, some attribute of a fluffy will become an excellent option for a Christmas tree toy made of dough. For example, you can make a paw print or a named bone. The four-legged family member should also contribute to the decoration of the Christmas tree.

# 12 Dough Christmas toy with spruce twig

Winter motifs can be added with a spruce twig. Roll out the dough and place a spruce twig firmly against it so that it prints well. Cut out a circle and send the craft to dry. After the paint has completely dried, paint over a spruce footprint and the dough ball is ready!

# 13 Christmas mitten made of dough: making Christmas tree toys from scrap materials

As a New Year's craft, you can make a mitten. You can decorate the product in different ways, for example, paint it or make an impression of an openwork napkin. In general, turn on your imagination!

# 14 Simple New Year's dough craft for beginners

And one more version of New Year's crafts for beginners. We cut out round blanks from the dough (this can be done with an ordinary glass). We make holes for threads in diameter and send the blanks to dry. After complete drying, we stretch colored threads into the holes. You can additionally decorate with beads, rhinestones or sparkles.

# 15 New Year's craft from the dough month

Another great New Year's craft option for those who do not have cutting forms will be a month. It is done very easily, but it looks very impressive. Decor options at your discretion.

# 16 Dough bird: do DIY Christmas crafts

If there are no baking dishes, and you do not want to make ordinary round Christmas tree decorations, the dove of peace will come to the rescue. If you don't like our birds, you can find a template on the Internet. Roll out the dough, attach a template, cut along the contour and send to dry. Once dry, decorate as you like.

# 17 Christmas crafts from scrap materials: dough and sticks

And this option is for the most desperate. In addition to the dough, you will also need sticks. For residents of megalopolises, the search for ordinary wooden sticks can be a real quest, but if the kids have already brought home all sorts of "necessary" branches - it's time to use them!

# 18 Christmas candy for Christmas tree made from salted dough

For the development of fine motor skills of children, you can make a New Year's candy. To do this, prepare the dough in two colors (without dye and with dye). We described how to paint the dough at the beginning of the article. Roll the two colors of sausages and twist them together with a flagella. Bend the stick in the shape of a cane and you can send it to dry.

# 19 "Knitted" heart from dough: we make New Year's crafts from scrap materials

If you want to really surprise your friends and loved ones, then you can make such a warm heart. To do this, roll out a few thin sausages and twist them into flagella, put them on top of the base and cut out with a baking dish. By the way, mittens will look great in this version.

DIY Christmas trees from dough

It's hard to imagine a New Year without a Christmas tree. And it just so happened that it is the tree that decorates our homes during the New Year holidays. The green beauty with colorful lights makes this time of the year truly magical. So why not make the main symbol of the New Year in miniature as a gift to dear and close people. A very original craft will turn out from the test.

# 1 Miniature dough herringbone

You don't have to buy a real Christmas tree to decorate your home or office. A miniature forest beauty can be made at home from scrap materials, for example, from salted dough or cold porcelain (we described the recipes above). We form a cone from the sculpting mass, and then use scissors to "pinch off" the legs. For more realism, the legs can be slightly bent up. Next, we send the Christmas tree to dry. After complete drying, the craft can be additionally decorated, for example, with sparkles, beads, rhinestones, etc.

# 2 Herringbone Christmas tree toy for children

With kids, you can make an easier craft. Using a form from the dough, we cut out a Christmas tree, leave fingerprints in it and send it to dry. After the craft has completely dried, we paint it. Fingerprints can be decorated in the form of Christmas tree decorations, you can combine them with a strip and you get a garland, and if you slightly adjust the shape of the prints, making them more elongated, you can depict glowing lanterns. In general, there is no limit to the flight of imagination!

# 3 Simple Christmas tree made of dough: making Christmas crafts from scrap materials with children

Kids just love to sculpt, in addition, this activity is very useful for the development of fine motor skills. With the smallest, it's worth starting simple. Prepare the dough, roll it out and cut out a few trees (with or without a mold). There can be countless options for decor, for example, ribbon and sparkles (after drying), add openwork patterns (you can make an openwork napkin print before cutting the Christmas tree), or decorate the craft with buttons, beads, candies or marmalades. Buttons can be glued both before and after drying, but decorate with lollipops or marmalades before drying and dry in the oven (the lollipops will melt and look like glass decorations).

# 4 Bulky Christmas tree made of dough stars

If you think flat crafts are commonplace, you can make a voluminous Christmas tree, for example, from stars. To do this, you will need stars of different sizes (you can cut with a shape or blind yourself). In each star in the center, make a hole for the thread and send it to dry. After drying, string the stars on a string, and for greater originality, insert a bead between each link. We tie knots, cut off the excess and do-it-yourself voluminous Christmas tree from dough is ready!

# 5 DIY herringbone from salted dough

Another option for a Christmas tree made of stars for those who do not have cutting forms. It is very easy to make asterisks without a Thomas. To do this, cut out a circle, divide it into 5 sectors and shape each sector with your fingers as an arrow. Then stack the stars on top of each other and send the craft to the dryer. After complete drying, you can start decorating.

# 6 Miniature herringbone made from dough with garlic

An excellent herringbone from the dough is obtained using a garlic. It is better, of course, to pre-paint the dough with green pigment. Pass the dough through the garlic, and then gently glue these sausages to a paper cone. You can glue the dough at a moment. After drying, the Christmas tree can be additionally decorated with sparkles.

# 7 Another Christmas tree with a garlic

The original Christmas tree will turn out if the dough passed through the garlic maker is rolled into loops, and these loops are glued to the base cone. Outwardly, the Christmas tree will look like a craft made of threads. In general, unusual!

You can find more Christmas trees from scrap materials in the article:

Do-it-yourself Santa Claus and Snow Maiden from dough

Well, what New Year is without a kind Grandfather and his assistant granddaughter? Sculpting people is a special skill, and small details will help develop motor skills. In addition, who knows, maybe after such home entertainment your child will decide to become a sculptor, and his work will surpass Michelangelo himself in the future!

# 1 Crafts from handprints for the New Year: make Santa Claus

A simple craft made of salt dough on a palm print. It should be painted only after the product is completely dry. By the way, do not forget to make a hole for the thread before drying.

# 2 Santa Claus made of dough: a simple craft for children

With children, you can also make a simple flat craft "Santa Claus". Roll out the base in the shape of a drop. In the lower part we glue a piece of dough, previously cut into strips, then glue the mustache and hat. We slightly twist the strips of beard and mustache into flagella and send Grandfather to dry. After complete drying, we proceed to the decor.

# 3 Head of Santa Claus from dough

And another option for a simple flat craft made from salted dough. In this variant, the beard is made from individual "sausages" that are carefully glued to the lower part of the face. This work is suitable for older children.

# 4 Christmas toy Santa Claus from dough with photo step by step

And this craft is already of an average level of complexity, tk. will require patience and perseverance from the creator. See step-by-step MK below.

And more ideas for the head of Santa Claus from dough

You may well already independently come up with the design of your craft, but we decided to throw in a few more ideas, which, in fact, differ only in the method of making a beard. Grandfather's cotton beard can be made by passing the dough through a garlic dish or by making an openwork print, all kinds of curls will look great.

# 5 Santa Claus on a Christmas tree with his own hands from dough

Lovely Grandfather can be made full-length. A flat craft of such a plan is very simple. To get started, you need a figurine template (you can draw it yourself or find it on the World Wide Web if you don't like ours). Next, cut out the contour from the dough, and then the constituent elements. When the figurine is assembled, we send it to dry. After complete drying, you can move on to the decor.

And more ideas for flat crafts made from salted dough "Santa Claus"

# 6 Santa Claus from salted theta on a frame step by step with a photo

You can make a volumetric figure of Santa Claus from the dough. To do this, you need a consus-shaped frame, which can be made, for example, from foil. We wrap the frame with dough, the head can be put on a toothpick or glued with glue. For a beard, three dough on a fine grater and attach to the face. We send for drying. After complete drying, you can move on to additional decor.

# 7 Santa Claus from salted theta on a lamp frame: a step-by-step master class

You can use an old light bulb as a frame for the Case of Frost from salted dough. It should be noted right away that such a craft should be dried in the air, and not in the oven. The glass part of the light bulb will serve as a body, and we will "put" our head on the base. See step-by-step photo master class below.

# 8 Do-it-yourself Salted Snow Maiden on a frame

And here is the step-by-step master class of the Snow Maiden from salt dough. In this MK we make the granddaughter of Santa Claus on a foil frame. We put our head on a toothpick. You can decorate the Snow Maiden from the dough only after the craft is completely dry.

And more ideas of Santa Claus from the test on the frame

You can also use a cut plastic bottle as a frame for Grandfather. You can also make a beard in different ways: just stick thin strips or pass the dough through a garlic maker. Cotton wool also looks great as a beard.

# 9 Santa Claus and Snegurochka: making crafts for the New Year from salted dough

And here is a variant of three-dimensional figures made of dough without a frame. It should be noted right away that bulky dough crafts without a frame dry much longer, because there is more dough in them. In general, working with the dough is like working with plasticine, only the dough then dries up. Start decorating the figurines only after they are completely dry. See the modeling master class below.

Salt dough snowflakes: we make New Year's crafts from scrap materials

A snowflake made of dough will be no less a New Year's craft. You can decorate with such a craft a Christmas tree, a gift, and an interior. And you can give it as a New Year's souvenir to friends or acquaintances.

# 1 Dough snowflake with openwork print

Making an openwork snowflake out of salt dough is a laborious task. Therefore, we will be cunning. To give the craft a delicacy, we use a knitted napkin. Roll out the dough, place a napkin on top and walk over it with a rolling pin to print the pattern. Next, use a mold to cut out a snowflake and send the craft to dry.

# 2 Openwork snowflake from dough step by step with photo

And here is a more complex version of a snowflake made from dough. You will need cutter molds and a prepared plan. It is best to draw a diagram of your snowflake on paper in advance, and then start cutting out the elements. Only start the decor after it is completely dry!

And another version of a snowflake made from dough. Make various elements from dough sausages: circles, droplets, ovals. Connect them together into a single structure. It is better, of course, to draw a snowflake on paper in advance, and then proceed to execution in the test. You will find two options for such a snowflake in the MK below.

And more ideas of openwork snowflakes from dough with your own hands

Need more snowflakes?

Dough snowman

You can also make a snowman from salt dough. The main assistant of Santa Claus will look great not only on the Christmas tree as a toy, but also as a hand-made figurine or decorative element on a New Year's card.

# 1 Salted dough snowman for New Year

A very simple Christmas tree toy in the shape of a snowman can be made from salt dough. We cut out the circle-base, glue the nose-carrot, make a hole for it and send it to dry. After complete drying, we paint the snowman and you can decorate the Christmas tree!

More simple salt dough snowman ideas for the New Year:

# 2 DIY bulky dough snowman

It is very easy to make a voluminous snowman. From the dough we roll three balls of different sizes (for the body of a snowman), connect them together and send them to dry. After the craft has completely dried, we paint and decorate it. As a decoration, you can use ribbons, scraps of fabric, pom-poms, etc.

# 3 Salt dough snowman: making Christmas crafts from scrap materials with children

And here is another simple version of a voluminous dough snowman. The modeling mass can be dyed with dye, or you can make a snowman from ordinary dough and then paint it. We make a snowman's whisk from the dough, passing it through the garlic. For a step-by-step master class, see below.

More ideas for voluminous do-it-yourself dough snowmen

# 4 Fridge magnet Snowman made of dough step by step with photo

As a New Year's souvenir, you can make a fridge magnet from the dough. A snowman will be an excellent thematic craft. For a step-by-step master class with a photo on making a magnet, see below.

More ideas for magnets

# 5 Christmas tree dough snowman

Salted dough snowmen will be an excellent decoration for the New Year tree. In addition, the kids will like to decorate the forest beauty with handmade toys. In terms of manufacturing, such a snowman is very simple: we draw a template on paper (you can find a ready-made one), cut out the base, and then glue the rest of the details (face, hands, gift, scarf, etc.). We send it for drying and only after complete drying do we proceed to painting. Important! Before sending it to dry, do not forget to make a hole for the thread, otherwise you will have to adapt the craft to a fridge magnet.

# 6 DIY salt dough ice cream snowman: step-by-step master class

Perhaps it is difficult to find a child who has never eaten snow at least once in his life. Yes, white and fluffy, it looks very appetizing. Well, on New Year's Eve everything is possible, even ice-cream snowmen! They can decorate a Christmas tree or attach a magnet to the back and hang on the refrigerator. In any case, they will look very cool!

We have more snowmen:

DIY salt dough angel

Still not sure what to give your loved ones for the New Year? Present a handmade angel. Wonderful figurines are made from salted dough or cold porcelain, which can be easily prepared at home from scrap materials (we wrote the recipes above). In this article you will find step-by-step master classes for making dough angels.

# 1 DIY Christmas angel step by step with a photo

A wonderful angel to hang on a Christmas tree. This little guardian will be a great decoration for a forest beauty. In addition, the handmade angel o \u003d work can be safely presented to family and friends.

# 2 DIY salt dough angel: step-by-step instructions with a photo

And here is another step-by-step instruction with a photo on how to make a Christmas angel with your own hands from salt dough. This version of the angel is a little simpler than the previous one, so you can safely involve the smallest ones in the work. Of course, you can't do without the help of your mother!

# 3 DIY Christmas angel made of salt dough

And one more cute Christmas angel that will be a great home decoration and create a festive atmosphere. The figurine is very simple to make, but it looks very impressive. This handmade salt dough angel will be a great addition to a New Year's gift.

# 4 Fridge magnet angel from salt dough: master class

As a New Year's gift for family and friends, you can make a Christmas angel magnet. For a step-by-step master class on making, see below.

And more ideas of dough angels for you, get inspired and create yourself!

And more ideas for Christmas angels from salt dough

Do-it-yourself salted dough houses

Small fabulous salted dough houses will be an excellent home decoration and will help create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort on cold winter days. Like all dough crafts, houses can be flat or voluminous. Moreover, voluminous products can be made as a candlestick. A miniature house with glowing windows looks very cool in the evening. And to complete the fabulous image, you can separately mold the inhabitants for your house.

# 1 Flat house made of salted dough to decorate the Christmas tree

The simplest house that you can make with your own hands from salt dough is an ordinary flat craft. Roll out the dough several millimeters thick, cut out the outline of the house and decorative elements (windows, door, roof, etc.). We collect the craft, make a hole for the thread and send it to dry. After complete drying, we move on to the decor.

More ideas for dough houses for decorating a Christmas tree

# 2 New Year's house made of salted dough: we make a panel with our own hands

From salted dough, you can make panels and paintings of incredible beauty. In the New Year's theme, houses covered with snow look especially cool. Snow can be made from styrofoam balls, glitter, salt, cotton wool, and much more.

# 3 Salt dough house: making a New Year's magnet

An original New Year's gift will be a magnet in the shape of a house covered with snow. Such a gift is especially valuable, since made by hand. The idea is simple: cut out the base of the house from the dough, then glue various decorative elements on top, dry, paint. Glue felt to the back of the craft, and a magnet on it. Voila, our Christmas craft is ready!

More ideas for houses from panel dough:

# 4 New Year's house made of salt dough: we make an original candlestick with our own hands

The New Year's house made of salt dough can be used as a candlestick, it looks very cool. So, prepare the salted dough, roll it out about 1-1.5 cm thick. Cut out the walls, windows and door. This can be done with special molds, and if there are none, then use a stationery knife and a ruler. Glue all the walls and glue the roof. Cover the joints with the rest of the dough. When the house is dry, sand the irregularities with sandpaper and enjoy your creation!

# 5 Christmas candlestick in the shape of a house: we make crafts from salt dough on a frame

This version of the candlestick house is a little more complicated than the previous one, because will require more creativity. As a frame, you can use not only a plastic jar, it can be a glass or tin can, even a frame made of thick paper will do (for example, a roll from toilet paper or paper towels). In order for the house to be well removed from the frame, the jar can be wrapped in foil. Next, we glue the frame with dough, decorate, send it to dry (the base of the house and the roof are shrunk separately, i.e. in a disassembled state). When the blanks are dry, we remove the base and fill up the bottom of the house. Next, we glue the roof and move on to the decor of the future candlestick.

# 6 Salted dough candlestick house: decorating the house for the New Year

And one more version of a candlestick in the shape of a house on a bank. Decor options can be very different, you just need to dream up a little and you will get a charming winter house.

More ideas for salt dough candlestick houses:

# 7 House of salt dough with your own hands step by step with a photo

In this master class, you will learn how to make a house of salt dough with your own hands on a cardboard frame. First you need to make a house out of cardboard, making all the necessary holes for the windows in it. Further, according to the size of the house, we make dough blanks, immediately decorating them. After the dough pieces have dried, we glue them onto a cardboard house. The dough "sits down" perfectly at the moment. Cover the joints with the remnants of fresh dough and smooth them with a brush and water. Next, we glue the roof. Please note that the roof is glued with fresh dough, not a dried piece. Next, we move on to painting and decor. Foam balls are used as snow in this MK.

# 8 Salt dough house on a frame: master class with a photo

And here is a variant of a house on a frame from a can. When the house dries up, the frame can be removed or not. This is critical if you want to make a candlestick, and if it's just a house, then you don't need to remove the base. We put a relief drawing and send the house to dry. After complete drying, you can move on to the decor.

# 9 House of salt dough on a bottle: master class step by step

And another version of the house on the bottle. As we said above, you can use any suitable element as a frame: a glass jar or bottle, a plastic jar (bottle), a tin can, plastic canisters, foam bases, and more.

# 1 Simple dough wreath

Traditionally, our western neighbors decorate Christmas wreaths with green plants, and holly or holly tolerates frost well, which is why it is so often found as a decorative element in Western culture. It is quite difficult to find this plant here, so we will decorate the wreath with a holly of dough.

# 2 New Year's dough wreath for children

If you need to keep the kids busy, then you can make such a simple wreath. It is advisable to paint the dough at the time of preparation, adding a few drops of green dye to it. Spruce twigs, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, beads and more are useful for decoration. Well, then - a flight of imagination!

# 3 DIY dough Christmas wreath

You can decorate a Christmas wreath with any elements, for example, dough stars. And you can make the base for the wreath with a pigtail (as in the first version) or with a tourniquet (as here). The main thing to remember is that you can paint a salt dough craft only after it is completely dry!

# 4 DIY autumn wreath: step by step master class

An excellent craft option for school / garden will be an autumn wreath. If you didn't manage to dry the leaves in the fall, it doesn't matter, you can make them from salted dough. The mothers will have to prepare the paper templates, and the kids will take care of the rest. The leaves need to be cut, veined and sent to dry. After complete drying, paint and glue on a cardboard base. Salted dough sticks well to the "Moment".

# 5 Delicate New Year dough wreath decorated with roses

If you want to add a little tenderness and romance to the decor, then pay attention to this salt dough craft. It is better to paint the dough for roses with a dye while kneading, this will help to avoid the laborious work of coloring the flowers. See step-by-step MK below.

# 6 Alternative to Christmas wreath

If you don't like Christmas wreaths, you can make an alternative craft, more traditional in our culture - a horseshoe for good luck. If you paint it in the appropriate New Year colors, you get a great themed decoration. To make it more festive, you can decorate the horseshoe with a spruce twig, snowflakes (made of dough, of course), cones, etc.

Another option for crafts from salt dough for the New Year can be animal figurines. We will not give all the possible options in the article, but only those that we liked the most. You can get inspiration and make something of your own, or you can take a ready-made idea, especially since they are all with step-by-step photo instructions.

# 1 Do-it-yourself salty dough owl: Making Christmas decorations with children

The most popular animal that is made for the New Year is an owl. Yes, the forest predator does not sleep in the winter. In addition, a small feature of owls is wakefulness at night, we add to them some mysticism and mystery, which is very useful on the most magical night of the year!

# 2 Bulky owl made of dough: decorating the house for the New Year

Another option for an owl made of dough can be a three-dimensional figurine of a feathered predator. The manufacturing process will require patience and perseverance from the master, although there is nothing complicated in this craft. Try it and see for yourself! For a step-by-step master class with a photo, see below.

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# 3 Salted dough Christmas crafts: making a penguin

Penguins are no less relevant during the New Year holidays. Penguins won the special love of children after the cartoon Madagascar. Well, why invent a bicycle, if the idea of \u200b\u200b\\ u200b \\ u200bNew Year's crafts from dough for children is on the surface. Solved: making a penguin!

# 4 Crafts for the New Year from salt dough: making a hedgehog

You can make a wonderful hedgehog from salted dough. The spiky ball will be a great decoration, and will also go with a bang as a gift to grandparents. How to make a hedgehog step by step with a photo is described below.

# 5 Christmas crafts from salted dough: making a lamb

Look great as a New Year's decor and lambs. In this master class, you will learn how to make a lamb from dough with movable elements. See photo instruction below.

# 6 Lamb made of dough: Christmas crafts for children

And here is a variant of a voluminous lamb, which even children can cope with. A lot of small details will help develop fine motor skills and have fun with the whole family!

# 7 Dough fish: DIY Christmas crafts

If you want to make an unusual DIY craft for the New Year, then pay attention to such a fish. By the way, such a fish will be a great addition to a gift for a fisherman!

# 8 Crafts for the New Year: dough horse

It is very simple to make a horse from the dough. By the way, if you don’t know yet, the domestic Santa Claus delivers gifts to children on a troika of horses, and not on deer, like his western counterpart. You can use the dough to make a whole horse farm, decorate a Christmas tree with them and give them to friends and acquaintances!

# 9 DIY Christmas pig from dough: master class

A pig dough craft will be especially relevant for the New Year 2019. The symbol of the coming year is not difficult to make, so you can safely involve the little ones in the work. Remember that we paint the dough figurine only after it is completely dry.

# 10 Christmas crafts from salt dough: making a pig

Another version of a cute dough pig. This craft can be used as a Christmas tree toy or as a fridge magnet. For a step-by-step master class, see below.

# 11 Craft for the New Year 2019 dough pig

And an option for experienced craftswomen. In general, you can make crafts of any complexity from the dough, it all depends on your modeling skills. Well, we wish you creative success, inspiration and productive New Year holidays!

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Decorating a Christmas tree is one of the most joyful and exciting experiences in every family. This is a reason to get everyone together and prepare your home for the long-awaited holiday.

If you want to somehow decorate the New Year tree in a special way, then you will like our master class. So, let's start creating New Year's snowflakes from salt dough.

For this you will need:

• 2 cups of flour;
• 1 cup salt
• 1 table. a spoonful of lemon juice;
• mixing water.

Combine all ingredients in a deep cup and dilute this mixture with water until the dough is elastic and smooth. Salted dough should not stick to your hands, make it as close as possible to plasticine.

Take a small piece of salted dough and roll it out into a 1.5-2 cm thick plate. Squeeze a snowflake onto a plate of salted dough using a mold. Show your imagination using snowflake shapes of different sizes, as shown in the photo. Remember to make a small hole in the snowflake so you can hang it on the tree.

Repeat these steps with the remaining test.

When all the snowflakes are ready, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake the snowflakes for 4 hours in an oven preheated to 80 degrees Celsius. Check the items every 30 minutes to ensure they don't burn.

Salted dough snowflakes can also dry out without an oven. It is enough to leave them to dry in the fresh air for several days.

The edges of the finished products need to be slightly sanded with a nail file to get rid of unpleasant roughness.

After the salty dough dries up, you can proceed to the most pleasant stage - painting and decorating snowflakes.

You can paint salted dough products with special food dyes, watercolors, acrylics or gouache.

In our case, we will use silver acrylic paint. Using a thick brush, completely cover the surface of the snowflakes with paint.

After the paint has dried, use a thin brush to decorate the snowflakes with various patterns. There are no special rules here, show your imagination and paint the snowflakes at your discretion, decorate them with beads, beads or other decorative material.

To fix the color, cover the snowflakes with a layer of colorless varnish or transparent acrylic paint in several layers.