Perth, May 11 2020
Day 50 of #covid19 #socialdistance
Today we made salt dough and used it to model several objects through practicing our shape awareness.
The dough:
1 cup of salt (make sure it's not too rough)
2 cups of white flour
1 cup of warm water
(Depending on the kind of flour you may need a bit more water or a bit more flour. It should not stick on your hands)
After making the dough, we divided it into 6 balls and added some glittery colours - blue, green, yellow, orange, red, purple.
We then started making objects. Butterfly and flower parts (except stem and body) have all been obtained through making a small spherical ball of dough, pressing onto it to flatten it, and model it a little bit.
I made the ball, my daughter pressed it, and I did some remodelling - though they are mostly circles - and then we assembled the pieces together.
To make sure they stick together we used a brush and some water. We put everything out to dry, it should take about 24-48 h. Alternatively they can be baked at something like 100-120 degrees, but it's a long time I don't do it so you'd better check on baking times and conditions.
Learning outcome:
fine motor skills
experiencing materials
shape awareness and topology
Materials: as in picture and ingredients. Biscuit cutters may also be something you'd like to use to make shape, though you'd loose the shape awareness & topology content.