Family Fun | Valentine's Day Craft

With valentine's day coming up, it is time to get your craft on.  The girls usually like to make something to pass out in class so this year, after searching around on the web, we decided to make heart dough magnets and heart necklaces.  Our project is based on the one we found on Amazing Mae's blog.

Basic salt dough recipe:
1 cup salt
1 cup lukewarm water
2 cups flour
- Mix ingredients and knead until the dough is a nice smooth consistency.

Then the girls rolled out the dough and cut out hearts with a small cookie cutter.  For the magnets, we left as is and for the heart necklaces, we poked a hole with a straw before baking in oven at 200 degrees until it hardens (approximately 2 hours).

After they dried the girls went to town with some acrylic paints.  To finish them off, we added pretty ribbons to make the heart necklaces and for the magnets, we hot glued the magnets (round discs purchased from Michael's) to the back.

Girls were excited with the finished product and can't wait to pass them out in class.