Christmas Salt Dough Basket

This delightful salt dough basket will be the talk of all your Christmas guests at your holiday parties.  They'll never guess how much fun and easy it is to make!

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Christmas Party Cut-Out Basket by Margaret Lukasik



The wreaths seen below can be changed into thousands of designs.  Items from your kitchen can be used.  The Holly leaves can be cut with small sewing scissors or a paring knife. They can also be shaped by hand.  

This project can also be made into a wall hanging by hanging the basket off of a hook.  It can also be a stocking holder (place stocking within the center of the basket, or a candle holder (for decorative purposes only).  Candle should not be lit.  

You can make the basket in whatever size you desire. However, if the diameter is going to be more than 5," bake 10 to 15 minutes longer than the time shown :)  


   

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Margaret Lukasik

"If you need a unique idea for decorating your 
Christmas eve party for kids, this is a great idea! And it only costs about 50 cents for each one.  Use them to hold candy or special gifts.  

Although the style is Country / Victorian, the basket can be made to reflect your decorating style.  This is also a great idea for Sunday school Christmas presents to hold candy, little trinkets and more after the Christmas program.  You can also make them for birthdays, showers and more by changing the theme."

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Christmas Salt Dough Basket Instructions  

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 Materials Needed:
  1. Salt dough
  2. Acrylic colors: Green and red
  3. Any animal cutter about 2" to 3" tall for sides of basket.
  4. Circle cutter about 2 1/2" to 3" in circumference (for bottom of basket)
  5. balloon
  6. 1 yard red 1/8" ribbon or size desired
  7. Quick drying glue

Christmas Salt Dough Basket:



  1. Cut out a circle shape from rolled uncolored dough 1/16" thick for the bottom of the basket.  Let air-dry.

  2. Use the same dough to cut out the 6 shapes with the animal cutters.  If the animal or shape is wide, you may need less shapes, but you will have to use an even number for both sides as they will be the sides of the basket.  

  3. Fuse each together with the sides touching (see photo above with bear arms and legs fused together) around the circle cutter that you used to cut out the bottom of the basket.  Do not fuse them to the cut-out dough shape that was set aside to air-dry.  The cutter will serve as a mold for the shapes to harden in the correct position to make the basket.  Let air-dry for 24 hours.

  4. Carefully remove the cut-outs from the cutter.  Blow up the balloon to fit inside the basket.  Place inside the basket sides with the lip at the bottom end.  Make it big enough for the handle to be the size desired. 

  5. Shape nine leaves or more if needed (or any shape) the size shown or cut them with a leaf pattern cutter.  Each leaf must be a consistent length (pattern size) and thickness of about 1/16."

  6. Fuse each leaf to the other, overlapping slightly from one end of the outer basket to the other. Allow them to rest over the balloon to form the shape.  Let air-dry 24 hours.

  7. Pop the balloon with a pin and remove.  Let the bottom of the handle and the inside of the basket completely air-dry if still soft or tacky.  Reinforce the handle with glue and any pieces.  

  8. Fit the bottom of the basket in place and glue to the basket sides.

Your salt dough basket is complete unless you wish to decorate it with glitter or paint.  Faces can be painted as well.  



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To Complete The Basket:

I used a matte polyurethane spray on varnish to give my basket a dull shine and to bring out the color and the natural look of the dough.

If you prefer a flat, silk or shiny gloss finish, any of those will work fine.

If you wish to make any deviations to the basket such as using texture be as creative as you like.  This is not a project for oven bake clays.

 
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