DIY salt dough figurines heart. DIY hearts made from salt dough and flowers with photos

Master class Two hearts connected together can become an original gift for Valentine's Day, or for a loved one on another significant day in life. A souvenir made with your own hands will certainly delight you.

For salt dough hearts you will need: flour - one glass, salt - half a glass and the same amount of warm water. Plus, for decoration you will need paints (gouache), brushes, glitter and two pieces of ribbon (15 cm).

First, knead a tight, salty dough. We dilute the salt with water and add it to the flour. Mix.

The dough must be kneaded very well in flour for several minutes.

You need to tear off a small piece from the finished dough and roll it into a ball (this is the future heart, the size may vary). Make a depression in the top of the ball with your finger and form a voluminous heart.

Do the second in the same way, but a little larger. Make a hole in the top of both hearts for the ribbon. You can use a pencil or felt-tip pen.

We send the dough hearts to dry in the oven at low temperature for an hour and a half, or leave them indoors until dry. When the products are completely dry, you can begin painting with bright, red paint. We paint on all sides one by one.

When the paint dries, you need to glue the hearts together using Moment glue. Leave for several hours until they stick together tightly.

Then you need to paint over the seam, once again carefully paint the front side with a thin layer of paint and, immediately after applying the paint, sprinkle small sparkles on top, they will stick without glue. Let it dry.

Finishing touch. All that remains is to thread the ribbons through the holes and tie beautiful bows.

Handmade valentines are sure to be the most heartfelt gift for Valentine's Day. It is convenient to use salt dough to make them. Many children are attracted to dough when their mother is preparing something baked or dumplings (dumplings), but at this moment the child’s creative impulse and his desire to “mix” are, as a rule, not welcomed. Crafts made from salt dough just give you the opportunity to show your imagination without the fear of spoiling something when experimenting with this material.

List of required materials and tools:

Flour 100 g;
- extra salt 100 g;
- water about 70 ml (for dough) and water for wetting;
- gouache paints;
- brush for painting;
- a sheet of paper for templates;
- a simple pencil;
- scissors;
- stack for plasticine;
- rolling pin;
- clear varnish and varnish with glitter.

How to make hearts from salt dough with your own hands

Cool the water, mix the salt with the sifted flour and gradually add water (it may take more or less). The dough should not be tough.

Let's move on to the first heart. Roll out the dough to about 0.5 cm thick, apply a template and cut it using plasticine stacks.

We also cut out flowers and leaves using the templates, moisten their back side with water and glue them onto the heart base. We make veins on the leaves in a stack by simply cutting the dough with it.

Roll three small balls, flatten each of them, moisten one side with water and glue it onto the flower - this will be the core.

Roll small balls and, having dipped one side in water, glue them on the opposite side to the flowers on the heart.

We move on to the second Valentine, we also cut out a heart according to the template and glue two leaves onto it.

Roll the dough into a thin shape, 12-14 centimeters long.

Roll out this rope with a rolling pin, obtaining a strip 1.2 cm wide.

Without pressing, carefully roll the strip into a roll.

Use your fingers to slightly bend the outer “curls.” It turns out such a simple version of a rose that even a small child can handle.

We make 3-5 roses and, moistening their bottoms with water, glue them between the leaves.

Dry the laid out pieces on foil. Each has its own capabilities: gas or electric stove, oven, radiators, etc. Therefore, the conditions and drying time vary. Since the products are quite flat, they fit easily into a special dryer for fruits and vegetables, which I used. The dough took a long time to dry, but it did not crack or bulge, which can happen in a regular stove if the temperature is too high.

We take a valentine with roses and paint them red first, and then with a semi-dry brush we apply a few strokes of white paint over the light red shade. We paint the leaves green.

Make the heart itself yellow.

The base of the second Valentine will be red, which can also be varied with several strokes of white paint.

We paint the flower petals blue, the leaves green, and the core yellow. We also make yellow balls, then put a red dot in the middle of them.

The paints must dry. If you use acrylic paints, there is no need to varnish the valentines. Gouache requires the application of varnish, it will add shine and color saturation. We apply regular varnish to the leaves, and colorless varnish with sparkles to the base and flowers; if this is not available, then immediately after applying regular varnish, sprinkle with gold or other colored sparkles, they will stick.

It looks like we coped with the task and made our own valentines. If you glue a magnet to the back side, you will get a valentine magnet for the refrigerator. You can also make a hole in advance (before drying), into which a cord is then threaded - you get a pendant. Happy creative success and Happy Valentine's Day!

Irina Nagibina
Сhudesenka.ru

For those who like to surprise and delight their loved ones and make gifts with their own hands, I suggest being inspired by the wonderful works of a Polish craftswoman and making Valentine hearts from salt dough. Such a charming gift, made with soul and love, will certainly not leave anyone indifferent!

So, for work we will need: flour, salt, water, a heart-shaped cookie cutter, acrylic paint, a magnet, hot glue and a good mood :)

So, let's start preparing the salt dough. To do this, mix fine salt and wheat flour in equal proportions, add a little warm water. Try not to overdo it with water, so that the product does not subsequently crack and become fragile. To make salt dough works more durable, you can add a little wallpaper glue dissolved in water to the dough. To make the dough easy to work with and work smoothly, the dough must be kneaded long and thoroughly with your hands.

Roll out the finished dough and cut out hearts using a cookie cutter. We decorate to your taste.

Next we dry it in the oven: first at a temperature of 40-50 degrees for half an hour, and then increase the temperature to 100-140 degrees and leave until completely dry. Drying time largely depends on the size and thickness of the product.

Let the finished hearts cool and cover with acrylic paint.

After the paint has dried, glue the magnets on the back side using hot glue.

Our magnet hearts are ready!

Prepare the salt dough as mentioned above. Roll out the finished dough and apply a knitted napkin or embossed lace to it. Gently press the napkin into the dough, walking over the surface with a rolling pin.

We make two symmetrical holes in the upper part of the heart so that you can later thread a rope or ribbon and hang the finished product.

After the paint is completely dry, thread a rope or ribbon through the holes.

You can make the pendant larger.

Prepare the dough according to the principle outlined above, roll it out and cut out hearts of different sizes. We decorate the base heart with small hearts, lightly moistening the joints with water.

We make two holes in the upper part of the heart base. Next, we send the workpiece to dry in the oven. It took approximately 2 hours to dry this product at a temperature of 70 degrees.

Next, we decorate the pendant with acrylic paints.

We thread and tie a satin ribbon.

The heart pendant is ready!

And another interesting idea for a pendant. The heart turns out to be quite large - approximately 20*15 cm.

Prepare salt dough from 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of salt and a little warm water. Cut out a heart-shaped template from paper. Using a knife, we cut out the base for our pendant. We add relief using crumpled aluminum foil.

We make holes in the upper part of the workpiece. Next, take small balls of dough and roll them into thin flat cakes, roll them into small roses and make small leaves. We secure them with a toothpick onto a base slightly moistened with water. Next, the workpiece must be dried in the oven and allowed to lightly brown until golden brown.

We tint the edges of the heart with white paint, and paint the roses red.

When the roses are dry, paint them lightly with white paint. We color the leaves with a silver marker. You can decorate the spaces between the roses with beads by placing them on hot glue.

Well, that's all - all that remains is to tie the ribbon and our heart-shaped decoration is ready!

And finally, I invite you to admire the charming works of the craftswoman. You can get acquainted with the author and her other works here: http://sztukaniepowazna.blogspot.com/

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