Here is an easy craft you can do with your kids for valentines day. It makes a great little gift for Grandma and Grandpa too!
What you'll need:
½ cup salt
1 cup flour
½ cup water
Wooden spoon
Rolling pin
Extra flour
Heart-shaped cookie cutters
Magnets
Hot glue
Acrylic paint (pink, white, red, light blue, yellow, white, pink, silver)
Paint brush
Acrylic sealer
Wax paper
Cookie sheet
Optional Decorations (Glitter, etc)
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
2. Mix together, salt, flour, and water until dough is formed.
3. Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is elastic and smooth. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour and continue to do so until stickiness is gone. Do not add too much flour as this will dry out the dough and cause it to crack before it's baked.
4. Roll out the dough to about ¼" thick with a rolling pin that has been dusted with flour.
5. Use different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters to create as many pieces as you like.
6. For smaller children, use a single shape to make it easier at painting time. For older children, you can double up and even triple some of the hearts for a 3D affect
7. Place all hearts onto an ungreased cookie sheet and place into the preheated oven.
8. Bake for 2 hours.
9. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
10. Paint with acrylic paints, glitter glue and/or glitter paint and spray finished projects with acrylic sealer.
11. To write the words on the conversation heart pins, use a toothpick dipped in white paint.
12. Hot glue a round magnet to the back of larger hearts to hang on the fridge.
What you'll need:
½ cup salt
1 cup flour
½ cup water
Wooden spoon
Rolling pin
Extra flour
Heart-shaped cookie cutters
Magnets
Hot glue
Acrylic paint (pink, white, red, light blue, yellow, white, pink, silver)
Paint brush
Acrylic sealer
Wax paper
Cookie sheet
Optional Decorations (Glitter, etc)
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
2. Mix together, salt, flour, and water until dough is formed.
3. Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is elastic and smooth. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour and continue to do so until stickiness is gone. Do not add too much flour as this will dry out the dough and cause it to crack before it's baked.
4. Roll out the dough to about ¼" thick with a rolling pin that has been dusted with flour.
5. Use different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters to create as many pieces as you like.
6. For smaller children, use a single shape to make it easier at painting time. For older children, you can double up and even triple some of the hearts for a 3D affect
7. Place all hearts onto an ungreased cookie sheet and place into the preheated oven.
8. Bake for 2 hours.
9. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
10. Paint with acrylic paints, glitter glue and/or glitter paint and spray finished projects with acrylic sealer.
11. To write the words on the conversation heart pins, use a toothpick dipped in white paint.
12. Hot glue a round magnet to the back of larger hearts to hang on the fridge.
Keep in mind these were made by my 16 month old...
and it turned into a finger painting project...
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