Products from salted dough

Soft and gentle dough is a very pliable and surprisingly plastic material, from which you can sculpt all kinds of products. From a salty dough prepare various decorations, toys, jewelry and much more. It does not leave dirty marks on the hands, unlike other materials used for modeling. It is necessary to work with it carefully and treat carefully, because it is a very fragile material.

Since ancient times, plastic characteristics of the test are known. Products from salted dough were made by our ancestors. They were all kinds of figures of animals, birds. With figures of larks fashioned from salted dough , the approach of spring was met. Gingerbread salted "roe deer" and bagels gave on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve to friends and relatives, on birthdays and as a sign of respect and love. Products from salted dough served also for children as toys.

If you go deeper into history, before, it was just the items from the dough, which were baked in the form of figurines, to which ritual significance was attributed. They were associated with bread and grain and were part of the culture of the Slavic peoples. In accordance with them, the figures were baked and for spring rituals, for winter holidays, wedding celebrations. They were donated with wishes of health and prosperity, luck and wealth.

Products made from salted dough, their art of making, has survived to this day. This is an excellent activity for children, which performs not only an entertaining role, but also improves the motor skills of the hands, indirectly contributing to the development of intelligence. To sculpt such figures gives pleasure not only to children, but also to adults. Beautiful, executed by own hands figures - excellent souvenirs.

New Year's toys from salted dough look very beautiful on the Christmas tree. You need to draw a little imagination and simple mushrooms, apples and leaves will decorate the New Year tree. If you are a more skilled craftsman, you can make more complex variants: figures of people, animals, trees and various compositions.

To work with material such as dough, you do not need any additional expensive tools and special devices. Your hands, fantasy and a couple of primitive tools are all you need.

For work you will need: flour, salt (which is used only to protect against harmful insects or rodents). Also you need: water, brushes, knife, board, rolling pin, toothpicks and paint. In addition, a small scissors and garlic. Various beads, peas and other small details can be useful for decorating products.

To prepare the dough, you need to take salt and flour in equal parts and one part of the water, and also prepare a polyethylene bag in which the dough will be stored.

New Year's toys from salted dough can be molded voluminous and flat. The main thing is that they are not too heavy, since the branches of the tree can break under their weight. Do not forget to make thread holes in them, otherwise you can not hang them. After sculpting, the figures obtained must be dried in the oven, and once they cool, they can be painted to your taste.

Looks pretty costume jewelry from salted dough. In order to look stylish at the height of the summer season, it is not necessary to buy expensive jewelry. A little patience and you can create colorful beads, bracelets or any other decoration.

Bijouterie from salted dough can be supplemented with various inserts, beads, ribbons. In the course can go pasta pasta, buttons, seashells and much more that you will find at home or you will bring with a walk from the park. Do not forget that the natural material always looked interesting in jewelry. Crescents, stars, balls - everything you want to see in your decoration, really create with your own hands.