For our parent gift for Christmas we made hand prints I have only ever made them using Plaster of Paris, but decided to try to make them using salt dough.
Salt Dough:
4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Water
*I mixed up the ingredients and used plastic plates to flatten the dough. Then each student made their hand print. I used a straw to make the hole. I let them dry for 24 hours and they still weren't dry so I took them home and baked them at 125 degrees for an hour. This seemed to help, but I would recommend letting them sit out for a week before painting them. We used Tempra paint and I added glitter to the paint. We let them dry, then I sprayed them with clear spray paint. The students picked out what ribbon they wanted and we tied it in a bow. Last I wrote their names and the year on them.
*Each student made their own wrapping paper using butcher paper. Then I helped them wrap their gifts. Hopefully they all made it home safely. :)
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