Salt Dough Starfish

Materials

• 2 cups flour

• 1 cup salt

• 1 cup water

• Baking pan

• Toothpick

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, water, and salt and mix well using a hand or stand mixer

3. Form your dough into a small golf ball sized piece, break into 5 pieces and roll into log shapes

4. Stick the 5 log pieces together to make a star

5. Smooth out the star and use a toothpick to make a line into each star arm

6. Use the toothpick to poke everywhere around the line indents on the star

7. Bake for 2 hours and then let cool

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adapted from Little Bins for Little Hands