Crafting with salt dough for the shop and children's kitchen

Crafting with salt dough for play shop and play kitchen

We loved making things with salt dough even as children! But back then we hadn’t yet thought of using the dough to make something for our play kitchen or the play shop.

It’s a shame, really, because we’ve had such good experiences with it at Limmaland. Above all, your children can get really creative playing with these homemade treats : a great accessory for the play kitchen and the play shop! We also have a few other ideas for salt dough, perfect for Easter, autumn and Christmas.

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Crafting with salt dough is child's play!

Actually, there’s nothing easier than making salt dough. You only need a few ingredients, which you’ll probably all have at home:

2 parts flour
1 part water
1 part salt
a little oil

You can adjust the quantities depending on what you’re planning to make. Simply mix the ingredients together and knead into a modelling clay – and you’re ready to go!

Shaping rolls, pretzels and bread from salt

dough“Man does not live by bread alone,” as the saying goes. That’s why, alongside loaves of bread, we’ve also shaped and baked authentic Bavarian pretzels and rolls with a top and bottom. Off they went into the oven at a temperature of approx. 150 degrees (fan-assisted).

Crafting with salt dough is quite quick, as after just approx. 45 minutes in the oven, the shapes are already rock-hard – and once they’ve cooled down, they’re “ready to play” for the play kitchen or the play shop!

Step-by-step video guide

The finishing touches with the embroidery set

To add the finishing touches to your baked goods and make them look a bit prettier, you can use our embroidery set. Inside, you’ll find wrappers for sausages and cheese, as well as other cool details for your DIY accessories.

The children particularly love the bottom halves of the rolls and the top halves, as these can be perfectly topped with homemade cold cuts such as sausage and cheese made from felt or foam rubber. Other ingredients such as lettuce, tomatoes and onion rings are also a must on Limmaland rolls .>

Painting salt dough creatively is great fun!

It’s great fun to paint your homemade salt dough with standard acrylic paint once it has cooled down .

This turns plain pretzels into brown ones in no time at all. And a few white dots painted on them look just like salt. Paint would certainly look good on the loaves of bread too! We haven’t tried that yet, but we can well imagine it.

Perhaps you could also decorate your baked goods with seeds – there are no limits to your creativity when it comes to decorating!

After making things with salt dough, it’s finally time for some fun!

Once everything is ready, you can sell your homemade baked goods at your market stall. You can create the perfect market atmosphere with the Limmaland decal LILLE BUD. It turns your wall into a trendy play shop and you don’t even need any extra furniture. The decal set is available in four colour options and always with the option to add your own text .

Salt dough ideas for Easter

There are so many brilliant craft ideas you can make with salt dough, especially at Easter. We’ve put together the best ideas for you.

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Easter basket made from salt dough

Making an Easter basket is a standard activity for most of our children in nursery and primary school.

But we’ve rarely seen an Easter basket made from salt dough. And yet it looks so pretty. You can, of course, continue to use it after Easter as a little basket for bits and bobs in the children’s room.

Here’s how to make your Easter basket :

All you need are the ingredients from the salt dough recipe and, if you like, some paint for colouring.

Mix the salt dough together.
Now the salt dough is ready to be shaped. Roll it out and use a round object (bowl, pot or similar) to cut out a circle. This will serve as the base.
Now shape 3 rolls, each about 1 cm in diameter. You can decide the length of the salt dough rolls depending on the size of the base.
Now place the 3 rolls side by side and plait them like a braid.
Place the salt dough plait around the base. Press the plait lightly against the base and seal the ends.
Finally, the Easter nest needs to be baked in the oven for approx. 45 minutes at 150°C (fan oven) to harden.
If you like, you can decorate the finished nest with paint to suit your taste.

Easter decorations made from salt dough

Create your own Easter pendants from salt dough, shaped like Easter eggs or cute Easter bunnies, and add a personal touch to your Easter decorations!

These versatile tags are perfect as a charming addition to vase arrangements, as original gift tags for Easter presents, and much more. Let your creativity run wild and bring an extra touch of Easter magic into your home!

Here’s how to make your Easter decorations :

All you need are the ingredients from the salt dough recipe and some paint.

Mix the salt dough together.
Now the salt dough is ready to use. Take a piece of the salt dough and shape it into an oval circle. If you add two little ears to the circle, it becomes a cute Easter bunny
Now use a toothpick or skewer to pierce a small hole at the top edge of your unique salt dough creations.
Then bake the Easter tags in the oven for approx. 45 minutes at 150°C (fan oven) to harden them.
Thread a thin piece of string through the hole and tie a loop.
If you like, you can paint the finished Easter tags.

Mini salt dough bowlsWe

also think this idea for little Easter bowls from the Rockmyday blog is absolutely adorable.

These charming little bowls in the shape of a rabbit’s head are perfect for displaying small treats and jewellery, or simply as a decoration in a child’s bedroom.

Here’s how to make your mini bowl :

Roll out the salt dough flat.
Now cut out the shapes you want from the salt dough. It’s best to sketch the shape you want onto a piece of paper first and use this as a template.
Place the salt dough in small ramekins to create the dome shape. Make sure the ramekins are well dusted with flour so that the salt dough comes away easily after baking.
Now bake the salt dough in the bowls for 45–60 minutes at 150 degrees.
If you like, you can now paint the mini bowls. For example, with cute bunny faces. Super cute!

Salt dough ideas for autumn

We’ve also got a brilliant idea for autumn on how you can kick off the season using salt dough.

Autumnal

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dough pumpkins

Salt dough pumpkins are a brilliant craft idea for autumn and bring a touch of nature to the children’s room! In just a few simple steps, you can shape salt dough into cute pumpkin decorations that are not only fun to make but also fit perfectly with the autumnal atmosphere. All you need is some ready-made salt dough, small twigs for stems and some paint to colour them in.

How to do it :

Shape the prepared salt dough into a ball of the desired size.
Now take a piece of string or cotton twine and wrap it around the ball as if you were dividing it into several sections.
Pull the string tight to form the typical pumpkin ridges. Repeat this with several pieces of string so that the pumpkin is evenly segmented all round.
Once the pumpkin is shaped, simply insert a small piece of twig into the top to act as a stem.
Bake the salt dough as usual for 45 minutes at 150 degrees in the oven.
Once cooled

paint them in autumnal colours as you like.

This is a simple way to create pretty salt dough pumpkins that instantly conjure up an autumnal atmosphere!

Salt dough ideas for Christmas

But even during the festive Christmas season, there are countless creative craft ideas using salt dough. We’ve put together the best ideas for you.

Salt dough Christmas tree decorations

The most popular time for making things with salt dough is probably around Christmas. It is wonderfully cosy, you spend a lot of time at home with the family and of course, at some point the Christmas tree gets decorated too.

Salt dough is particularly well suited for making decorations. On the lovely blog, we’ve discovered a pretty and modern black-and-white version . To make them, cut out stars or circles and colour the already white, dry salt dough shapes with a black pen.

Christmas gift tags made from salt

doughThese salt dough tags don’t just look great on the Christmas tree. Tied to a gift with a piece of string, they also add a lovely touch to any present .

Anika from the Lavender Blog particularly likes them colourful. Your children are sure to love them too!

Salt dough Advent

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came across a rather unusual but particularly clever idea on Dörthe’s ars textura blog – a salt dough Advent wreath.

To make it, she first cuts out stars using and arranges them in a circle. The cookie cutters should overlap slightly. A hole is pressed into four of the salt dough cutters for the candles. Then everything is baked, and afterwards the stars are also attached to each other with glue . This idea is a little more labour-intensive but is also a real eye-catcher.

We hope you have lots of fun crafting and playing!

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