Such a wonderful holiday is approaching - New Year. If you don’t know what new crafts to decorate your Christmas tree or home with, what original gift should you give to your family and friends? We will help you. Let's make with our own hands one of the main symbols of the upcoming holiday - a dough snowman. It is bright, beautiful, unusual, everyone will be delighted. Use step by step instructions with photos, described in detail below.
To work you need
To make crafts from salt dough you will need:
- Bowl
- flour (2 cups)
- salt (1 cup)
- water (depending on flour, about ¾ part flour)
- 2 glasses (large and small)
- tea spoon
- clear varnish
- paints
- ribbon
Step-by-step instruction:
- Let's start by making the dough. Take the prepared bowl and pour the ingredients for the dough into it (flour, water, salt). All this should be mixed well until smooth.
- After looking at the resulting consistency, track the required amount yourself. If the dough crumbles when you take it, add a little water. If the dough sticks to your hands, add a little flour. You can add hand cream (1 tablespoon) to our dough, or vegetable oil, then the dough will be more flexible, yielding and pliable. When adding any component, stir the dough so that the mass remains homogeneous.
- The dough turns out dense and flexible. If it is soft, then add a little more flour and salt, mix and check the result, repeat if necessary.
- It is better to put the prepared dough in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours (but be sure to wrap it in a bag to prevent it from drying out) so that it settles.
- If you want to give your craft a certain smell, then drop it into the dough or just add a little spice.
- The dough we made dries quickly enough in the air, so you should constantly cover it with a container or keep it in a bag (if you are going to make a lot of crafts).
- Now take and roll out two pieces of dough, using glasses (one larger, the other smaller) to make two circles. To do this, use a glass to squeeze out the dough into the desired shape.
- Place a smaller circle at the top and leave a larger circle at the bottom. The body and head of the snowman are ready.
- Now take a teaspoon and carefully lightly draw a smile with the end, pressing down a little.
- We ended up with such a cute mouth.
- Now let's take a little more dough and make a hat for our snowman first. To do this, we will roll out the dough, squeeze out a circle with a small glass and cut a hole in it for the face, put it on our face. Then we put a strip on top of the cap (our edging). Using a spoon, we will make two eyes and carefully sculpt a nose from the dough. If the parts do not stick well to each other, you can moisten them a little with water at the base.
- Then we will mold the snowman’s handles from the dough, and also glue them to the base (our body)
- Now let's make two small balls and glue them to the body - these are our buttons. And then in order to hang our decoration in the hat, we will make a hole for the ribbon.
- Our figurine is ready, now we bake it in the oven. This should be done at a not very high temperature so that our snowman does not burn or get burned. It can also change color and shape. It should be cooked for about 30 minutes, it all depends on the thickness of the figurine, the time can reach up to an hour. We advise you to leave the product in the air for a while so that it dries first, and when it goes into the oven, it does not crack.
- After we take the figurine out of the oven, let it cool. And we begin to give it color and brightness. Let's decorate our craft with paints. You can use any colors that suit your taste.
- After the paints have dried, coat the craft with colorless varnish. Let it dry completely as well.
- Now we pierce the ribbon into our pre-prepared hole.
New Year is a special holiday! And I want to make it magical and unforgettable.
Do Christmas tree toy making your own from salt dough is exciting and simple. A funny snowman will decorate the holiday and will be a great gift for friends. Please note that the crafts must dry well, so it is better to do them at least three weeks before decorating the house. Using the same principle, it is easy to make other toys, for example, the Snow Maiden, Santa Claus, and snowflakes.
Preparing the dough and template
For sculpting you will need:
- 2 cups of flour;
- 1 glass of salt;
- 0.5 cups of water.
First, we draw a future snowman on paper. To make the template, cut it out.
Prepare salt dough according to classic recipe: 2 parts flour + 1 part extra salt + 0.5 parts water. If this is your first time taking up sculpting, take a look at. After mixing the flour and salt, gradually add water and knead the dough. Knead with your hands until it stops sticking to your fingers. If the dough is too sticky, you can add a little flour.
Snowman sculpting and decor
Roll out the dough to about 1 cm thick. Apply the template and cut out the base with a sharp knife. Use your fingers to smooth out the top edge so that the snowman has no corners.
In the upper part of the workpiece we make a hole for the rope. It can be made into a juice straw. We make a cap lapel. To do this, roll a piece of dough into a sausage and splash it well. Moisten all places where the dough will come together with water.
Attach the flap to the hat. If there is dough left around the edges, simply cut it off with a knife.
We make two identical small balls, glue them below the cap and make indentations in them.
The indentations can be made with a knitting needle or a sharpened pencil. Make a carrot nose by rolling the dough into a cone in water.
Draw the mouth with the tip of the knife. We make a scarf using the same principle as the lapel of a hat.
The next stage of sculpting a snowman from salt dough is a gift in his hands. Make a square of dough and glue it.
On top are two thin sausages crosswise and two drops of dough, slightly flattened. Roll the dough into a thick sausage, with one edge slightly thicker. We press it lightly and glue it from the scarf along the body.
We make mittens from large and tiny balls. Glue them so that the snowman is holding the gift. The final touch we will add is the ends of the scarf. We make two triangles and cut one side with scissors. Glue it as in the photo.
We leave the Christmas tree decoration made from salt dough to dry on the radiator. It will take at least two weeks to dry completely.
After drying, paint the body with white acrylic paint. The pupils in the eyes are painted black. The hat, mittens and ribbon on the gift are red, the scarf and gift are blue, and the nose is orange. When the paint has dried, we open the snowman with a layer of acrylic varnish. We thread the ribbon and hang the snowman on the Christmas tree!
A similar toy can be made from or - choose a more convenient material, add your own twist and enjoy the holidays!
Have a nice holiday! May every new year bring happiness and good luck! Don't rush to leave us, look at other interesting publications.
Tatyana Perova
New Year's time is a time of miracles, magic and fulfillment of desires.
New Year's time is the most fabulous time of the year. But Christmas mood does not appear by itself. To make New Year's time turn into a real fairy tale, there are New Year's traditions - a Christmas tree, sledding, skiing, skating, joint family vacations, children's laughter, wet mittens, rosy cheeks and, of course, snowman.
Snowmen are being made from various materials, draw, embroider, sculpt from snow, and the guys and I are in the “Bread Fairy Tale” class made snowmen from salt dough.
All the guys made snowmen with great pleasure, enthusiasm and the works turned out to be original and different from each other.
We also offer you make the same snowmen.
1. First let's make a clearing. Roll the ball and turn it into a flat cake, flattening it between your palms.
2. Roll a ball (torso snowman) and use water to “stick” it to the clearing.
3. Roll into a smaller ball (head snowman) and “glue” it to the body.
4. With reverse side brushes, make two indentations (eyes).
5. Make one indentation between the eyes (for the spout).
6. Roll up a small carrot and “glue” it into the recess between the eyes. Below the nose we make a depression-like mouth. On the bottom ball we make two indentations-buttons.
8. Roll it into a cylinder and “glue it” onto the flat cake on your head. The result is a top hat.
9. Roll two small pen balls snowman and“glue” with water between the bottom (torso) and top (head) balls.
10. Now let's make gifts. Roll the ball and turn it into a cube.
11. Let's blind“droplets” and “glue” it to the gift.
12. Let's put the gift on a snowy clearing near snowman.
13. Ditto let's blind We’ll put the second gift next to the first.
Salt dough snowman is ready!
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I wish you creative success and thank you for your attention!
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DIY dough snowman Such a beautiful holiday is approaching - New Year. If you don’t understand what new crafts to decorate your Christmas tree or home with, what unusual gifts should you give to your family and friends? We will help you. Let's create with our own hands, without the help of others, one of the main signs of the approaching holiday - a snowman made of dough. It is catchy, beautiful, extraordinary, everyone will be in ecstasy. Use the step-by-step annotation with photos described carefully below. For work you need To make crafts from salt dough you will need: a bowl flour (2 cups) salt (1 cup) water (depending on the flour, about? part of the flour) 2 cups (large and small) teaspoon dull varnish paint ribbon Step by step abstract: Let's start with the production of dough. Take the prepared bowl and pour the ingredients for the dough into it (flour, water, salt). All this should be mixed well until smooth. After looking at the resulting consistency, track the required amount yourself. If the dough crumbles when you take it, add a little water. If the dough sticks to your hands, add a little flour. You can add hand cream (1 tablespoon) or vegetable oil to our dough, then the dough will be more flexible, pliable and pliable. When adding any component, you should stir the dough so that the mass remains homogeneous. The dough comes out dense and flexible. If it is soft, then add a little more flour and salt, stir and check the result, repeat as necessary. It is better to put the prepared dough in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours (but be sure to wrap it in a bag to prevent it from drying out) so that it settles. If you want to give your craft a certain smell, then drop it into the dough or just add a little spice. The dough we made dries out quite quickly in the air, so you should always cover it with a container or keep it in a bag (if you are going to make a lot of crafts). Now let’s take and roll out two pieces of dough, using glasses (one larger, the other much smaller) to create two circles. To do this, use a glass to squeeze out the dough into a suitable shape. Place a smaller circle at the top and leave a larger circle at the bottom. The body and head of the snowman are ready. Now we take a teaspoon and carefully, lightly draw a grin with the end, pressing down a little. We ended up with this cute little mouth. Now let’s take a little more dough and make a hat for our snowman first. To do this, we will roll out the dough, squeeze out a circle with a small glass and cut a hole in it for the face, put it on our muzzle. Then we’ll put a stripe on top of the cap (our edging). Using a spoon, create two eyes and carefully sculpt a nose from the dough. If the parts do not stick well to each other, then you can moisten them a little with water at the base. Then we will mold the handles of the snowman from the dough, and also glue them to the base (our body). Now we will make two small balls, glue them to the body - these are our buttons. And in order to hang our decoration in the hat later, we will create a hole for the ribbon. Our figure is ready, now we bake it in the oven. This should be done when not very the highest temperature so that our snowman does not burn or get burned. It can also change color and shape. It should be cooked for approximately 30 minutes, everything depends on the thickness of the figure, the time can reach up to an hour. We recommend that you leave the product in the air for a while so that it dries out first, and when it goes into the oven, it does not crack. After we take the figurine out of the oven, let it cool. And we begin to give it color and brightness. Let's decorate our craft with paints. You can use any colors that suit your taste. After the paints have dried, coat the craft with dull varnish. Let's also let it dry one hundred percent. Now we pierce the ribbon into our hole prepared in advance. Our beautiful snowman is ready! It is catchy, eye-catching and extraordinary. Fantasize, create your own images from the dough, use paints of other different colors. Make your family and friends happy! Fortunes at work!
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Make a cute snowman from salt dough that will lift your spirits even on gray winter evenings.
What you will need for the snowman:
- Salt.
- Flour.
- Water.
- Toothpick as a modeling tool.
- Blue gouache.
- A garlic press is like an extruder.
- PVA (optional).
- Starch (optional).
- Artistic small brush.
Let's get started. And the first thing you should do is come up with a future sketch of the figure. As an example, a snowman can be made from two circles, wearing a hat and scarf, with a snow broom in his hand.
It depends on the test what kind of snowman you end up with. Fragile and unreliable or strong and knocked down. So we mix it conscientiously. Use a mixer in the process - this will make the task easier and the material for modeling will turn out best quality. Although you can knead the dough simply with your hands, most importantly, do not forget to wear gloves since the salt will sting a little before dissolving.
The most common recipe for salt dough is this: two parts of flour, without exceeding the volume, you can mix in dry starch. Starch will give the dough elasticity. Elastic dough makes good small parts. Well, we digress, add some salt to the flour, very finely ground. Next, water. It must be introduced into the dough carefully, in small portions. The dough should reach the consistency of soft plasticine or a little softer and be elastic. And yes, if you want to make the dough stronger, add 2 tablespoons of PVA glue before adding water.
The result should be a homogeneous white elastic mass. Form it into a ball and wrap it in cling film or a simple T-shirt bag. The main thing is to seal it tightly and put it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. During this time, the salt will completely dissolve, the starch will react with the other ingredients, and the flour will add a paste.
Let's start with the color test. The next batch is identical to the previous instructions. Only during the process should you add dye.
Let's start building a snowman
Decorating the head
Form two balls of uncolored dough. One is more, the other is less. You can take a white sheet of paper as a basis for laying out the figure. Next, place the smaller ball on the paper and flatten it into a flat cake shape. Since the salt dough quickly becomes crusty, you should either cover the cake with a piece of white paper, or immediately start decorating the snowman's head. Place a snowman body under the smaller cake. Flatten it about the same way as your head.
Take a toothpick and shape the mouth. Gently scratch and press the face of the future snowman. First, he outlines the locations of the eyes, lightly placing dots in the right places on the head-cake. And around these points we form something like the rays of the sun, shallowly pressing the dough. Tear off a little dough and form two tiny identical balls.
Lightly moisten the areas marked for the eyes with a brush dipped in water. Helping yourself with a toothpick, place small balls in the places for the eyes, pressing, but not too much. Take the blue dough and form two very small balls in the same way. Which we then turn into pancakes. And we place eyes on the balls - these will be the pupils. We also pinch off just a little bit of the blue dough and roll into miniature sausages, which we place above the snowman’s eyes. Eyebrows are one of the main means of conveying emotions, so make sure that your snowman's eyebrows do not make him angry or sad. We tear off a piece of blue dough and form a small icicle or carrot, most importantly not long, since this part can break off. This is the nose. Carefully place under the eyes, on the pre-moistened dough. Then we press the toothpick into the snowman’s mouth.
Legs and arms should be attached to the body cake. From the uncolored dough we form two sausages of equal length, slightly thicker at one end. We place them on the body. These will be the hands. We place one arm, with its thickening toward the hand, along the body, and place the second arm as if holding something, bent at the elbow. This hand can hold a shovel or broom.
Next we sculpt the legs. From the blue dough we form two elongated drops of the same size and place them on one straight line under the snowman’s body, with the thin ends inward, slightly flattening them. We attach all the parts with a brush and water. Well, if an embarrassment does happen and after drying some part falls off, it can be glued back using PVA glue.
Dressing up a snowman from salt dough
Let's make a hat. There is a huge field for imagination here. The hat can be fashioned in any size and shape. But for example, let’s choose the most ordinary hat with cuffs. From a small and fairly wide blue dough pancake we make something like a crescent with an elongated middle part. We apply it to the head and “dress” it like a cone. We form a small sausage from the same dough and carefully place it in the place of the lapel, between the naked and the cap. Flatten it a little. Use a toothpick to apply any pattern you like. You can get by with simple dots and it turns out very nice.
The next step is the scarf. It should be “wound” around the snowman’s neck. It will consist of two parts. Roll out the blue dough into a small rectangle and separate one of the narrow ends with a toothpick, forming a “fringe”. The scarf will be wrapped around the neck, as it were, and therefore the section of the scarf that is thrown on the shoulder is placed on the body first, being glued with ordinary water. Then the part that wraps around the throat. Steal a scarf in a pattern with a hat.
Making a panicle
A toothpick with pre-broken sharp ends is perfect for the role of the shaft of a future panicle. This can be done with scissors, usually cutting off the excess. The cut will be smooth.
Next, put a ball of blue dough into the garlic press and squeeze out many threads of the same diameter. We even them out in length and assemble them into a bundle. Place the prepared toothpick inside the bundle. We “give” the finished broom into the snowman’s hand and “tie” a bunch of blue threads with a thin thread from ordinary dough.
That's it, the work on sculpting the snowman is completed.
We design the figurine
The dough needs to be dried. At this stage, it is risky to heat and cool the product too much. Because the dough may crack and then the work will be lost forever. Of course, you can dry the product in the most traditional way - on the windowsill, in the sun. Still, the risk of cracks is always present. And the thicker it is, the more serious the risk. But those who don’t take risks don’t eat tangerines on New Year’s Eve according to carriage norms. Dry in stages. By the way, you can use the microwave oven in the “Defrost” mode. Staged drying means that you dry vigorously in periods and periods of letting it dry on its own. Heated it a little in the oven, took it out, cooled it, and repeated.
When the product is completely dry, to add gloss and extend its service life, open it with varnish.
That's all. You can present a salt dough snowman just like that without unnecessary decorations, or glue a magnet and present it as a decoration on the refrigerator, or glue a ribbon and use it as a pendant on a Christmas tree. Happy New Year!
