Making Salt Dough Decorations
For today’s advent activity we are making Salt Dough decorations. Now for us making and decorating are 2 different days as most mornings we have activities on so only get the afternoon’s for doing at...
View ArticleSalt Dough Table Place Names
Salt Dough Names for Christmas Table For our family the Christmas table is extra special and I tend to go overboard with decorating it. We have confetti, ribbons, glitter, candles, special plates and...
View ArticleThe Quickest Ever Salt Dough Recipe
I love Salt Dough but it takes an age to bake which if you have toddlers and preschoolers means that whilst it bakes you can have lots of “When’s it going to be ready” so thanks to a virtual friend I...
View ArticleSalt Dough Coaster – a perfect grandparents gift
We’re trying to make some presents to give to family this year and for J and T’s Nannie and Granddad we’ve made some salt dough coasters for their tea cups. As a child I made my parents a coaster out...
View ArticleSalt Dough Dinosaur Fossils
Dinosaurs are one of those themes that seem to inspire children around the world and my two are no different. So having a dinosaur themed day at home we set about making some Salt Dough Dinosaur...
View ArticleChristmas Scented Salt Dough Recipe and Star Garland
Last week when T was off school with the 48 hours after a stomach bug she and I started to get some Christmas crafts ready for the following weeks. I love decorating the house with homemade decorations...
View ArticlePattern Making Gingerbread Friends Garland
Although officially we’re not hosting the Virtual Book Club for Kids this month I couldn’t let the opportunity go to share this fun seasonal craft to go along with one of my daughters favourite...
View ArticleMicrowave Salt Dough Rainbow Fish
As we started to prepare for June’s Virtual Book Club for Kids book the Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister where we will be sharing a cooking activity for the book, we decided just a little craft, ideal to...
View ArticleKeepsake Fingerprint Nutcracker Ornament
When I was a child, my grandmother decided to start a nutcracker collection for each of her grandchildren. Year after year, she would buy us a new one to add to the collection. I’m older now, and my...
View ArticleClassic Salt Dough Recipe
Salt dough is by far my favourite quick and easy modelling medium to use with the kids. I always have the ingredients to hand and can mix up a batch really quickly. We love using our quick and easy...
View ArticleFabulous Salt Dough Recipes to try
Salt dough is one of my favourite materials to make and use with the kids – it’s easily available and because it’s mouldable we can make what we want like Christmas Decorations or Rainbow Fish and then...
View ArticleSalt Dough Butterflies
When my daughter has a playdate with her friends, she and they are not content to just “play” instead they like to craft and they do a lot of crafting in a couple of hours that they play. All winter...
View ArticleSalt Dough Your Questions Answered
Salt dough is one of my favourite homemade materials to craft with because it is so easy to make and use. Here on Rainy Day Mum, we have two basic Salt Dough Recipes – a classic Salt Dough that can be...
View ArticleSalt Dough Layers of the Earth Model
Science is full of concepts that are a little abstract and you can’t actually experience yourself. Things like there is zero gravity in space or the fact that in the centre of the Earth the core is...
View ArticleSt Patrick’s Day Green Salt Dough Shamrocks
With St Patrick’s Day coming up it’s time to get a little creative and we have a fun twist on our classic salt dough recipe to make some green salt dough shamrocks to decorate the home with. They are...
View ArticleEasy Salt Dough Decorations to Make with Toddlers
One of our favourite advent activity with toddlers is to make Salt Dough decorations. Salt dough is one of our favourite materials to craft with. It can easily be made in the kitchen and you can either...
View ArticleRockin’ Gingerbread Men Saltdough Ornaments
As we count down to Christmas our 2 favourite activities are to get creative and also to head to the cinema for a family movie time. This year we are really excited to see the latest instalment in the...
View ArticleSalt Dough Stick Man to Make with Kids
We are back with our 2nd Christmas Book for this year’s Storybook Advent here on Rainy Day Mum. Your fans of Julia Donaldson will love making a fun Salt Dough Stick Man ornament to hang on your tree...
View ArticleColoured Salt Dough Hearts for Threading with Preschoolers
Threading is such a simple activity to put together for preschoolers to work on fine motor skills. These Coloured Salt Dough Hearts made with our Lavender Scented Salt Dough Recipe are perfect for...
View ArticleLavender Scented Salt Dough Hanging Hearts
Enamoured with all things hearts at the moment my daughter and I decided to create a Lavender Scented Salt Dough Heart Hanging for her room. I love using the lavender in the salt dough as it slowly...
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