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Does anyone have a good recipe for this? I googled some, but thought I'd ask
you all as well. The kids love to make stuff like this and it would make
good Christmas presents for the masses of aunts, uncles and cousins...
Also, does anyone know if you must use acrylic paint? Maybe I'll strip them
naked to paint the ornaments. Those smocks just aren't full body enough for
our consignment sale clothing...
Elizabeth
you all as well. The kids love to make stuff like this and it would make
good Christmas presents for the masses of aunts, uncles and cousins...
Also, does anyone know if you must use acrylic paint? Maybe I'll strip them
naked to paint the ornaments. Those smocks just aren't full body enough for
our consignment sale clothing...
Elizabeth
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I have a few recipes for dough creations. The first one is traditional
dough recipe:
Stir 4 C flour and 1 C salt in large bowl till well mixed. Stir
in 1.5 C warm water. Add paste food color or tempera powder if desired.
Put dough on lightly floured surface, and shape into a ball, using
floured hands. Knead dough 5 to 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and
elastic. Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap, and take out only as much as
you need at a time. (It dries out quickly) Make your shapes and put them
on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 1 hour or until dough is dry and
just begins to brown. Take shapes off cookie sheet and cool completely.
Paint shapes with tempera paint or watercolors, if you like. If you spray
them with clear sealing spray they will last longer. Store unbaked dough
in fridge for up to 30 days.
My children made ornaments with this recipe and their aunts and grandmas
really liked them:
Mix equal parts applesauce, cinnamon, and white glue. You can add a
little red food coloring to make them a deeper red. Roll out to about 1/4
inch thick and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Use toothpick or
straw to make hole at top. You can either let them air dry, or to hasten
the process, put them in a food dehydrator. They smell great, and
also make cute gifts if you mix them with some potpourri and put them
around a candle.
There is also a great book called Creating Art with Bread Dough by Dona
Meilach that has a ton of pictures and ideas for the skilled and
not-so-skilled artists. Hope this helps.
Wende (a newbie lurker)
dough recipe:
Stir 4 C flour and 1 C salt in large bowl till well mixed. Stir
in 1.5 C warm water. Add paste food color or tempera powder if desired.
Put dough on lightly floured surface, and shape into a ball, using
floured hands. Knead dough 5 to 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and
elastic. Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap, and take out only as much as
you need at a time. (It dries out quickly) Make your shapes and put them
on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 1 hour or until dough is dry and
just begins to brown. Take shapes off cookie sheet and cool completely.
Paint shapes with tempera paint or watercolors, if you like. If you spray
them with clear sealing spray they will last longer. Store unbaked dough
in fridge for up to 30 days.
My children made ornaments with this recipe and their aunts and grandmas
really liked them:
Mix equal parts applesauce, cinnamon, and white glue. You can add a
little red food coloring to make them a deeper red. Roll out to about 1/4
inch thick and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Use toothpick or
straw to make hole at top. You can either let them air dry, or to hasten
the process, put them in a food dehydrator. They smell great, and
also make cute gifts if you mix them with some potpourri and put them
around a candle.
There is also a great book called Creating Art with Bread Dough by Dona
Meilach that has a ton of pictures and ideas for the skilled and
not-so-skilled artists. Hope this helps.
Wende (a newbie lurker)
> Does anyone have a good recipe for this? I googled some, but thought[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> I'd ask
> you all as well. The kids love to make stuff like this and it would
> make
> good Christmas presents for the masses of aunts, uncles and
> cousins...
>
> Also, does anyone know if you must use acrylic paint? Maybe I'll
> strip them
> naked to paint the ornaments. Those smocks just aren't full body
> enough for
> our consignment sale clothing...
>
> Elizabeth
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Wende -
Thanks for de-lurking to help out with recipes. The applesauce one sounds
fabulous!
Elizabeth
Thanks for de-lurking to help out with recipes. The applesauce one sounds
fabulous!
Elizabeth
Alan & Brenda Leonard
11/24/02 02:31:
Elizabeth MacLeod. It's only $6, and well worth it. There are some cool
ideas in it, and most of them are edible.
This is the recipe from it for cinnamon applesauce dough which can't be
eaten but makes wonderful smelling ornaments.
1 c. smooth applesauce (she says storebought works best)
1/2 c. cinnamon
1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt.
Mix all. Roll out on waxed paper WITHOUT flour (it won't mix in and will
show). She suggests patting dough to about 1/2 inch thick with hands, then
rolling to 1/4 inch thick with clean rolling pin. Use cookie cutters to cut
shapes from the dough and place on pans lined with aluminum foil. Make a
hole in the top with a drinking straw before baking.
Bake for 2 hours at 225 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool on the sheet
for 2 minutes, then use spatula to move to a cooling rack to cool entirely.
But buy the book! It's so worth it!
About the paint: "Feed Me! I'm Yours" says that you can dye salt dough with
food coloring, or paint it with plastic or acrylic based paints or markers.
If you use any other paint, spray with shellac type stuff or paint with
clear nailpolish to preserve colors. This book is by Vicki Lansky and might
be out of print (mine is ancient, from a thrift store), but it has about 10
recipes for playdough, clay, and dough ornaments that can be baked, dried,
etc. Maybe your library has it.
brenda
> Does anyone have a good recipe for this? I googled some, but thought I'd askI have a wonderful book from Kids Can Press called Bake It and Build It by
> you all as well. The kids love to make stuff like this and it would make
> good Christmas presents for the masses of aunts, uncles and cousins...
>
> Also, does anyone know if you must use acrylic paint? Maybe I'll strip them
> naked to paint the ornaments. Those smocks just aren't full body enough for
> our consignment sale clothing...
>
> Elizabeth
Elizabeth MacLeod. It's only $6, and well worth it. There are some cool
ideas in it, and most of them are edible.
This is the recipe from it for cinnamon applesauce dough which can't be
eaten but makes wonderful smelling ornaments.
1 c. smooth applesauce (she says storebought works best)
1/2 c. cinnamon
1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt.
Mix all. Roll out on waxed paper WITHOUT flour (it won't mix in and will
show). She suggests patting dough to about 1/2 inch thick with hands, then
rolling to 1/4 inch thick with clean rolling pin. Use cookie cutters to cut
shapes from the dough and place on pans lined with aluminum foil. Make a
hole in the top with a drinking straw before baking.
Bake for 2 hours at 225 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool on the sheet
for 2 minutes, then use spatula to move to a cooling rack to cool entirely.
But buy the book! It's so worth it!
About the paint: "Feed Me! I'm Yours" says that you can dye salt dough with
food coloring, or paint it with plastic or acrylic based paints or markers.
If you use any other paint, spray with shellac type stuff or paint with
clear nailpolish to preserve colors. This book is by Vicki Lansky and might
be out of print (mine is ancient, from a thrift store), but it has about 10
recipes for playdough, clay, and dough ornaments that can be baked, dried,
etc. Maybe your library has it.
brenda
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Brenda -
Thanks! And I'll look for the book.
Elizabeth
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Thanks! And I'll look for the book.
Elizabeth
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