V-Day Hearts

Liv's Hearts

Baker's Clay

2 C flour
1/2 C salt
3/4 C water

Combine all ingredients in mixer with dough hook attachment and knead away for a few minutes... OR... Combine flour and salt in a bowl, then slowly add water with fork and mix all with hands. Knead for 5 minutes. Roll out shapes and figures to desired thickness. Make a hole in the dough for ornaments to be hung later. Bake at 350 for 10-60 minutes, depending on thickness. Cool and paint. [Sara Mann, Zion Cookbook]

**Thick shapes may need to bake up to 2 hours, I've discovered. In lieu of acrylic paints, nail polish works great. This is a simple and fun craft to do all year round with your kids (or by yourself, I just use my child as an excuse to do fun kid-type activities).

L-O-V-E

Posted by Rebecca Tredway on Feb 15, 2007 in Recipes
Comments on V-Day Hearts

Those are super cute! I've found that I use kids as an arts-n-crafts excuse too. I realize that I'm doing it more for me when I get annoyed that there is too much "child" input happening.

Posted by: Jacinda on February 15, 2007 11:46 PM

Thanks for the recipe and idea! So, did you paint the hearts red with nail polish or did you color all the dough red first? Sorry, I was a little confused on that... I'm filing this away for next year on V-Day! So cute!

Posted by: Monica on February 16, 2007 06:16 AM

Those looks so pretty, Rebecca! I love your ideas...

Posted by: Bryonie on February 16, 2007 07:44 AM

J, I realized I was doing it more for myself when I didn't want Livia to paint alongside me... Crafts are a perfect example of where moms need a little more patient from God, eh?

Monica, I paint my shapes after baking. I found some recipes online where the dough gets tinted first, but I tend to like vibrant colors best, so painting afterwards works well for me. Also, acrylic paints are so cheap at Michaels/Hobby Lobby that I chose to use them this time around. In the past I've used fingernail polish.

Posted by: RT on February 16, 2007 11:23 AM