How to Make a Salt Dough Heart

Learn how to make salt dough hearts with a hole for a hanging string in this easy step-by-step Valentine's Day tutorial!

Learning how to make salt dough is a great skill for any crafter to have.

Salt dough is easy to make (it takes only three ingredients!) and can be used to make anything from a natural form of play doh for kids to beautiful Christmas ornaments.

Today, we are going to make cute salt dough hearts for Valentine's Day!

How to Make a Salt Dough Heart

Step 1. Gather Supplies

Supplies Needed

Flour - 2 cups
Salt - 1 cup
Water - 1 cup
Mixing Bowl and Spoon
Rolling Pin
Cutting Board
Parchment Paper and Cookie Sheet
Heart Cookie Cutter
Drinking Straw
Twine
Scissors

Step 2. Using this easy salt dough recipe tutorial, make a batch of salt dough.

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Mix 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of salt in a mixing bowl.

Slowly stir in one cup of water, adding it in small amounts and mixing thoroughly with each addition.

Knead the dough for 5 minutes, let it rest for 10 minutes, and place it in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to make it easier to handle.

Step 3. Roll the chilled dough out onto a flour-coated cutting board, using a flour-coated rolling pin to keep it from sticking.

Roll the dough to a little less than ¼" thick.

Roll out salt dough into a thin layer before cutting into shapes.

Step 4. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of the dough.

Supplies to make heart shaped salt dough hearts.

Step 5. Place the dough hearts onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Step 6. Use a drinking straw to add a hole to the top of each heart.

Use a straw to add holes to the top of salt dough ornaments.

Step 7. Bake the salt dough hearts in a 250 degree Fahrenheit oven for 2+ hours or until they are hard.

You can also leave them out to air dry, but this will take at least 2-3 days, depending on the temperature and humidity levels of your house.

Heart shaped salt dough valentines day ornaments.

Step 8. Tie a piece of twine through the hanging hole and knot the top.

Your salt dough heart is done!

Valentines day ornament made out of salt dough.

Salt dough is so versatile - you can use it as a simple play dough, or you can cut it into shapes using any type of cookie cutter.

The hardened shapes make great ornaments and can be painted easily using acrylic paints. You can even make a pretty salt dough heart-shaped jewelry dish! That makes it the perfect kids' craft or handmade gift idea!