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Sweet and fast made: This festive star chain made of salt dough can hang anywhere or just give away. We show you how to do it in our step-by-step instructions.
You need this:
- 1 cup of fine salt
- 2 cups of household flour (white)
- 1 cup of water
- a few drops of cooking oil
- Food coloring in blue
- star-shaped cookie cutter (department store)
- nail
- baking paper
- brush
- Acrylic paint in gold (craft shop)
- needle
- Embroidery thread in white
- scissors
dough:
Knead all ingredients well until a smooth dough is formed.
The salt dough should be pre-dried for one to two days in a warm place before baking. Then dry the salted dough pieces at about 50-80 degrees in a preheated oven. The baking time varies with the thickness of the items.
The slower and lower the temperature at which the salt dough dries in the oven, the lower the likelihood that the objects will crack or deform.
After the drying process and cooling, the salt ore. B. also be painted, painted or stamped.
It's so easy to make the salt dough chain:
1. Color one half of the dough with food coloring in blue. Roll salt dough out flat.
2. Using cookie cutters, cut out big and small stars and use a thick nail to prick holes in the prongs.
3. Bake stars on a baking sheet laid out with baking paper according to instructions
.4. After drying and cooling, paint a part of the stars completely or partially (on the edge) with acrylic paint in gold. Let the paint dry.
5. Thread the stars on embroidery thread and hang as desired.
