We love making memento photograph ornaments. They’re so candy and so valuable! Right now, we share some sweet cane coronary heart photograph ornaments. They’re lovely. Salt Dough Hearts are simple and enjoyable to make… and naturally you can also make them as Valentine’s Picture Hearts and even for Mom’s Day too. You can also make these salt dough coronary heart ornaments any measurement – in order cute Christmas Tree Picture Ornaments or as smaller coronary heart photograph fridge magnets!
As talked about, we modelled the salt dough hearts on sweet canes – it’s an effective way to determine form salt dough into hearts. And you may both persist with the sweet cane them and allow them to dry as is, or fastidiously mould the ends of the cane shapes collectively to finish the salt dough hearts!
Provides to make Salt Dough Coronary heart Ornaments
The provides for salt dough hearts actually are easy:
- 2 (small) cups Common flour
- 1 (small) cup Salt
- upto 1 (small) cup Water
- Paints of alternative to brighten the salt dough hearts
- A photograph
- Ribbon for hanging or magnet for fridget magnets!
Tips on how to make Salt Dough
I’ve an intensive article for make salt dough and all one of the best ideas and methods over on my primary salt dough recipe put up. However listed below are the fundamentals (together with a easy video for you)!
Salt dough step-by-step directions:
Take your flour and put it in a mixing bowl.
Add the salt and blend.
Add half the water and stir.
Step by step add as a lot of the remaining water wanted to make a easy do – hold mixing and stirring till you’ve a easy dough. In case you have a sticky dough, merely add somewhat flour to assist dry it out!
If too dry: add extra water.
If too moist: add extra flour.
Begin making your salt dough creations!
Tips on how to make Salt Dough Coronary heart Ornaments – Picture Frames
Time to make our little salt dough coronary heart photograph frames! Watch the video on auto play or observe the step directions beneath!
Let’s check out the step pictures!
Mould the salt dough into sweet cane hearts on your pictures
It’s helpful to reference your photograph for measurement!
Make two equally sized balls out of your salt dough. Roll them in your palms to ensure they’re good and easy and don’t have any cracks!
Take one of many balls and form right into a “sausage”. Make a second sausage, the identical size and width. Ensure they match as a lot as potential.
TOP TIP: when you’ve got your photograph printed out already… you could want to measurement your “sweet cane salt dough shapes” to suit round your photograph. That avoids any “faffing” with printer sizes!
Fold excessive of your sausages to make that traditional sweet cane “hook”.
Match the 2 sweet cane salt dough creations collectively and examine that they make a pleasant coronary heart coronary heart form.
OPTIONS: now you can allow them to dry “as is” (as two separate items) OR you’ll be able to gentlye squeeze and mildew the connecting components of the sweet canes collectively to make one easy coronary heart form!
Strive your salt dough
There are totally different strategies for making an attempt salt dough:
Salt Dough Oven Technique:
For winter crafts, that is my most popular methodology. Put the salt dough creations on a baking tray (or rack, although a rack will go away some traces on the again, this doesn’t actually matter, however it’s a private alternative). Place within the oven at 100-120C or 200 – 250F for 2-3hours. I like to show my salt dough because it dries to assist get a good dryness.
Salt dough radiator methodology:
It’s also possible to place your salt dough on or close to radiator to dry. This will take a few days to totally dry! And you need to watch out to not by chance knock it! However it’s eco pleasant!
Air Drying Salt Dough within the Summer time Solar:
If crafting in the midst of the summer season – a scorching sunny afternoon may be sufficient to get your salt dough dry!
If you happen to dwell in a moist local weather – the salt dough will take longer to dry as there’s a number of moisture within the air already and you could want to use the oven methodology or you could want to use air dry clay as a substitute!
Paint your Salt Dough Coronary heart Ornaments
Now it’s time to have enjoyable together with your paints!! You possibly can paint your salt dough coronary heart ornaments whichever manner and in no matter colors you need! We determined to go for the sweet cane look as these have been Christmas Tree Picture Ornaments. Nevertheless, in case you are making these for Valentine’s Day or Mom’s Day, then I’d in all probability paint these in pinks, reds and purples! But it surely actually is as much as you!
As soon as your salt dough sweet canes are painted, glue them collectively to make your coronary heart body! Storng PVA glue is nice, or a scorching glue gun.
Add the photograph to your Salt Dough Picture Ornaments
Minimize out your photograph and persist with the again your coronary heart photograph body.
TOP TIP: you’ll be able to stick the photograph onto some colourful card – so that you’ve a pleasant backing to your decoration. Additionally add a ribbon for hanging similtaneously you stick the photograph to your salt dough.
How candy is that this? Wouldn’t these photograph hearts make nice grandparent presents?
I actually suppose these DIY Coronary heart Picture Frames make nice grandparent presents too! Particularly at Christmas or Valentine’s Day. Such a candy home made reward to make and cherish!
Listed below are some extra fabulous memento Salt Dough Hearts to strive!
Extra great Valentine’s Crafts for Preschoolers right here:
Works properly for all seasons – Valentine’s Day Hearts, Sweet Cane Hearts and even as a Mom’s Day Coronary heart Picture Body
