Fathers day paperweights

For fathers day this year we made paperweights out of salt dough with little stones pressed into them in the words DAD ROCKS (cos he does).

Salt dough recipe

1 cup of salt
2 cups flour
1 cup water
bake for about 1 to 2 hours at 130 degrees celcius (or less if a bit smaller) (you cook on a low heat for longer so they don't rise and lose their shape or brown in the oven)

Method:

Squidge them into a flat round and write the words on first with a pencil so you know where to put the stones. Squidge the stones in and bake! You'll kow when they are cooked as they look dry and sound hollow when tapped underneath, they will need longer to cook inside if they are very fat and less if quite flat but use your initiative.

If your child is younger and this would be too complicated, then press their handprint into the dough and write Dad next to it.

Happy Fathers Day!