Salt Dough Recipe
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 TBSP oil
a few drops of food coloring
In a bowl stir together flour, salt ,and cream of tartar. Bring water, oil, and food coloring to a boil. Add to the flour mixture and stir, stir, stir until a soft ball of dough forms. Carefully knead for about a minute {mixture will be a bit hot so be careful!}.
I made your names of christ birds yesterday to go with the easter countdown. I used cornflour/bicarb soda dough and it was so good. Looks almost like plaster of paris. So the days we are doing a name of christ we also add the clay bird with the corresponding name. thanks for the great ideas!
Those are so cute! My kids would love that. Love your Easter stuff!
I read you can make this salt dough without boiling, just using very warm tap water instead. So that’s how I’ve made it for several years. Maybe the boiling helps darken the colors, but if you’re in a hurry or have little helpers around, it’s easier to skip that step, and the texture is still great. If you’re out of cream of tartar you can skip that too: it helps guarantee against spoiling that could happen in all that salt (which is rare).
Thank you for all the Easter ideas you share–I love the Christ-centered focus and your beautiful pictures! What a wealth of resources for busy moms.
Unfortunately I didn’t have good success this way (no boil). It was soupy and I had to add extra flour and salt and then microwave it to make it workable. It may work with less water, though!