Mother's Day!

For Mother's Day we made salt dough prints and stepping stones. Both projects were a hit with the kids (and Moms!) and both projects turned out fantastic! For the salt dough prints we mixed 1 cup of salt with 1 cup of flour. Then we added 1/2 a cup of water. It took a little bit more than half a cup of water to make it the right consistency. We flattened the dough in a bowl then flipped it out onto a cookie sheet that was lined with parchment paper. We put our hand prints (bigger tots) and footprints (little tots) into the dough. After the prints we completed we put the salt dough into the oven for multiple hours (I admit I lost track of time) at 170. Once they were hard we took them out and let them cool. After lunch we were able to paint them. We mixed two shades of the same colour and painted the background the lighter shade and the print the darker shade. Aren't they beautiful? 

For our stepping stones, we mixed cement then put it into metal containers. Again we made hand and foot prints in the cement then decorated using a variety of stones and beads. 



See you next week! 

Alicia