Salt Dough Conversation Hearts for Valentine’s Day
I love those little sugary conversation hearts that you find at Valentine’s Day — they’re sweet and tasty (in a delightfully chalky way) and bring me right back to childhood. We made giant ones out of home-mixed playdough.
Best Homemade Playdough
1 c flour
1/4 c salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
2 Tbsp oil
1 c water
food coloring
1 tsp vanilla or peppermint extract (optional)
Stir ingredients together in a medium-sized saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes until the dough comes together. Dump it out on the counter and knead for a minute until shiny, smooth, and resilient.
We let it cool until we could handle it, then rolled it out and cut it with heart-shaped cutters. The letters are tiny stamps … which led to lots of fun stamping with our whole collection. Creativity abounds!
(get it? ‘bee’ cool? heh heh)
I’m making heart shaped playdough this year too, I never thought to use stamps though, very cute idea!
Absolutely adorable. The only thing I don’t have are stamps
Stamps on playdough - sa cute idea! sLove it!
Beautiful idea!
I’ve found it works well when you add a little glitter in the mix too
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