Salt Dough

Mia's easy recipe just requires flour, salt and water.

You will also find lots of useful tips and techniques.

You will find that you already have most of the ingredients and materials you will need in your kitchen.

As with all my handmade craft ideas there are easy to follow with step by step instructions and photo's.

Mia will show you the easiest way to make colored dough with step by step instructions and photo's.

Colored dough can save a lot of time when making ornaments as it's so much easier than painting the finished item.

This recipe is really easy to follow and gives great results for your salt dough crafts.

You can use powdered paint or acrylic paint both will give good strong vibrant colors using just a small amount of pigment.

Dough art beads are easy and cheap to make and you can make them in a whole range of different shapes and sizes.

You can color them by either coloring the dough before making the beads or painting them after baking.

With my craft ideas you will be able to make affordable handmade jewelry that's unique and unusual.

Let Mia show you how to make candle holders with this project.

These step by step instructions can easily be adapted to make a whole range of different candle holders.

I have used a tea light candle but once you've got the idea you can use the same technique for any type of candle.

Learn how to make dough pendants and create your own affordable handmade jewelry.

We will show you how to make jewelry and how easy it is to create original and unique pendants from salt dough.

Combine your pendants with our dough art beads to make your own stunning necklaces.

Learn how to make dough bowls using my easy step by step instructions.

These small bowls are really easy to make and look great filled with potpourri.

The bowls are not waterproof but will hold anything that's dry.

Once you have had a go at these little ones you will be able to make larger bowls for things like fruit or jewelry.

These egg cups make a great Easter project but are fun to make any time of the year.

They look great with a real boiled egg or use them to display your chocolate Easter eggs.

The egg cups are not waterproof but will wipe clean with a damp cloth if you varnish them well.

Mia's fairy plaque instructions are easy to adapt to make a whole range of ornaments.

This beautiful fairy plaque will look great on a little girl's bedroom wall.

You can change the subject matter easily, the fairy can become a little girl or boy.

The same technique is used for teddy bears or animals too.

These pretty roses are a little trickier to make.

These lovely roses are made from dough recipe that has been colored red.

You can use these roses to decorate any of your homemade craft ideas.

This flower plaque, looks fantastic and makes a great gift.

These plaques will look great hanging in your kitchen or bathroom.

You could make several small ones and make them into a mobile to hang by a window.

Mia's sheep sculpture is fun and can be adapted to make a whole range of ornaments.

This little sheep is so cute he will capture the heart of any animal mad child.

You can easily adapt this basic salt dough sculpture into any type of animal, make the ears stick up or droop down for a dog.

You'll soon be making your very own dough art for yourself or to give as gifts.

It is believed that even the Egyptian's made figurines out of dough as offerings to keep their Gods happy.

Dough ornaments have been used to decorate Christmas trees for a long time.

It is thought that normal bread dough was used to begin with but this would attract vermin into peoples homes.

Lots of salt was added to the bread mix to help it keep longer and make it less tasty to the wildlife.

It is really easy to make Christmas tree ornaments from salt dough.

Just roll out the dough and use pastry cutters to cut out the shapes you want.

Bake, paint and varnish like any of the other projects here.