How to Make Salt Dough Beads

This is a great dough to use to make ornaments and lots of fun creations.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 cup salt
• 1 cup flour
• 1 Tbls oil
• approx. 1/2 cup warm water

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
   Use anything you like to string the beads: yarn, twine, string, pipe cleaners, shoe lace, ect. If you use yarn or twine, wrap the tip in tape for easier threading.

2. Measure the dry ingredients and mix them together. Then add the oil(for elasticity) then add the warm water, bit by bit mixing as you go until dough is pliable.

3. Form dough into shapes with your hands. Roll into balls, flatten, and cut with a butter knife, ect.

4. Poke holes in beads with a straw or pen/pencil. Or at top for ornaments

5. Lay them our on a cookie sheet. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours.(the smaller the beads, the shorter the bake time)
   When they are dry,(cooked) turn off oven and cool completely so they dont crack

6. Paint them!! Lay out to dry paint then string them.

Tips & Warnings

• You can put beads into a zip lock baggie with some paint and shake them gently to cover completely
• Use adult supervision because of oven use

[SyphriX]

on 5/18/2009 nice and cheap, the way i like my ornaments :)