Materials and tools:
• acrylic paints, brush;
• flour, salt, water (for dough);
• small bowl;
• PVA glue;
• strong adhesive;
• rolling pin;
• toothpicks;
• beads;
• golden thread;
• kebab stick;
• cookie cutters;
• scissors.
1. Prepare salted dough for valentines. To prepare it you will need salt, flour, water and glue. In a bowl, mix 50 grams of salt and 50 grams of flour. After mixing thoroughly, add 70 g of water and knead again until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Then add half a teaspoon of PVA glue and mix. The dough should turn out elastic and tough, and most importantly, not stick to your hands and not crumble. Otherwise, it will tear and fall apart during operation.
2. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough thinly, about 2-3 millimeters thick. Cut out two hearts of unequal size.To cut out the hearts, you can use metal cookie cutters or make a template out of paper and trace it.
3. Place the hearts on top of each other, align them and use a kebab stick (match) to make a through hole. We will need it to connect two parts.
4. Put the smaller heart aside for now. On the larger one, use a stick to make two holes. These are the eyes. Next, lightly press a teaspoon at the bottom of the heart to create a smile. It turned out to be a funny face!
5. Now you need to dry the heart. It is best if they dry naturally, that is, the salt dough Valentines will dry completely overnight. There is another way to dry salt dough products. You can dry them in the oven. Place in the oven for about an hour, then pull out and let them dry on their own for 2 hours. Then put it in the oven for another hour, placing it on the other side. After drying, salt crystals are clearly visible on the dough.
6. Let's start decorating the hearts. For this we use acrylic paints. We paint the larger heart white, and the smaller one – light purple.
7. After the paint has dried, draw eyes and a mouth on the white heart. Leave to dry completely.
8. We wait until the heart, decorated with purple paint, dries. Then we write Love and draw another small heart.
9. The next step in decorating a Valentine’s card is gluing on golden beads. Glue them along the edge of the large heart, using strong adhesive. We also stick it on the small heart.
9. Now you need to connect two hearts. For this action, a hole is made in both parts. We thread a golden thread and tie it with several knots. It can also be used as a bow.
10. It turned out like this double valentine.She will definitely surprise your partner.
