My daughter and I thought it would be fun to make some necklaces for her friends for Valentines this year. In the past we have used salt dough to make heart magnets at Valentines for relatives and teachers. So, using that same salt dough recipe, we cut out hearts for salt dough necklaces. Here's how:
Salt Dough Recipe:
1 cup salt
2 cups flour
1 cup water
Bake for 1-2 hours at 200 degrees until dried out.
We cut them out using heart cookie cutters and added a hole before baking.



After baking, Mallory and I painted the hearts using acrylic paint.

We added dots and hearts for detail.

When the paint had dried, we sprayed them with a glossy acrylic sealer - several coats made them shine.


Finally, we added 25" long skinny ribbon and made lots of bright pretty necklaces.

And, because we had so much salt dough, we used the extra to make magnets for family and teachers.

We added button magnets using E-6000 glue.