Oh happy day! America is celebrating its Birthday and it’s the right time to show your love. How about you arrange a crafty Sunday with your kid? While there’s tons of arts and crafts ideas on the Web, I felt like this one here could be something you could use on the day and then save as a beautiful memory. So here goes: Salt Dough Pins.
What you’ll need 
- ½ cup salt
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup water
- Acrylic paint: red, white and blue
- Pin backs
- White craft glue
- Small cookie cutters: heart, star, number 4
- Acrylic sealer spray
- Mix together the salt, flour, and water. If dough is sticky, add additional tablespoons of flour one at a time until the mixture is smooth a pliable. Be careful not to add too much or your projects will crack.
- Roll out or press dough with your hand and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes.
- Place shapes on cookie sheet and heat oven to 250 degrees F
- Place cookie sheet in oven and bake for 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours, or until items are dry. Remove from oven and let cool.
- Paint all the shapes white and let dry
- Use a small paintbrush to ad red stripes and a medium paintbrush to add solid blue to the heart and the star. You may need a second coat of blue. Let dry.
7. Use a toothpick dipped in paint to write “JULY” down the side of the number 4 pin. Write “I love (draw a heart share) USA) on the heart pin. Use the handle end of a paintbrush dipped in paint to add polka dots onto the number 4 and the top of the star.
8. Let them all dry and have an adult spray them with acrylic sealer.
9. Turn pins over and glue on pin backs. Use a generous amount of glue and let them dry completely before wearing.
Notes:
- Salt dough can be kept in a covered container for a couple of days.
- It is not necessary to dry out salt dough in the oven, you can air dry it, but the oven is faster.
- Personalize a pin by writing your name instead of a suggested phrase.