Salt dough recipe/advice

[sudokufan]

Oh, cute idea! Now I want to make it too. I've had bad luck with salt dough though, so I'm interested to hear what others have to say. Mine was too stiff to take impressions well

[ohiorideresq]

I'm not sure you'd get the detail of a fingerprint with its ridges but this would certainly work. My basic recipe is 2 parts flour, 1 part water, 1 part salt (e.g. 1c flour, .5c salt, .5c water). Roll and design. Bake at 200 for a couple of hours to dry. If you bake it too high it can shrink/distort or crack. It's more about drying that cooking.

[Lrachelle80]

I've had terrible luck with salt dough. For something that will last and give good details, I'd just go to the craft store and pick up some air-dry clay. It's cheap and works well for stuff like that.

[speedymarie]

I did hand prints ornaments last year with model magic and then once it dried covered it in modge-podge.

[SlednecksMomma]

I'm stalking the responses because I was suppose to do this for baby's first Christmas and never got around to it. I'm planning on doing it in his birthday now.