Salt dough is extremely useful when planning a birthday party. The only limit with salt dough is your imagination. It is very easy to make and uses cheap ingredients you probably already have at home! It stores extremely well in the fridge and when you want to save your creations, they dry hard like rocks. When dry, you can paint salt dough and glue decorations to it. Below are some examples of how I have used salt dough in my own birthday parties. Or, scroll down to the bottom to find the recipe.
For Use in Birthday Party Activities
Can’t find a specific item you need for your party? Make it out of salt dough! A great example of this is the Super Mario Coins I made for my son’s Super Mario Party 8 themed birthday party. I couldn’t find any plastic coins that I liked, so I made my own! For a Harry Potter birthday party, salt dough could be used to make your own runes for a Divination class, or even wizard coins.
For Parts of Birthday Party Costumes
It can also save you money when you need to make something unique and can’t find it in a store near you. Try making what you need out of salt dough. When my oldest child asked me to help put on a Little Mermaid play for a birthday party, I used salt dough to create a lot of the props. The shell that Ursula uses on a necklace to hold Ariel’s voice would be hard to find for me. We don’t live anywhere near an ocean and at the time I could not find a shell anywhere! Instead I used salt dough to mold my own shell, which worked wonderfully!
As Birthday Party Decorations
Salt dough can also be molded into different decorations or props. I made a creepy guestbook for the children that came to my son’s Halloween birthday party to sign. But instead of laying a pen on the table, I laid out a ‘severed finger’ – a pen wrapped in salt dough and molded into the shape of a finger. The children loved it!
In Birthday Party Crafts
Of course children love salt dough also, and you could even use the dough during the party for a great party craft! Put the creations into small boxes and send them home with instructions to bake or air dry.
Salt Dough Recipe
Are you ready to make your own salt dough? Here is my favorite recipe!
Materials Needed:
- 1 cup salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup water
Instructions:
- Mix the salt and flour in a bowl.
- Stir in the water and then knead until it forms a dough.
- Use immediately or keep sealed in a bag in the refrigerator.
- Bake your creations in the oven overnight at the lowest temperature, or let them air dry for a few days. Either way, flip them occasionally so that both sides can dry.
- Tip: Very thick items can take a very long time to dry and the middle may sink. Try keeping your items fairly thin, or mold them around another item such as aluminum foil.
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