This volume provides a new angle on salt-dough crafting and dolls and dollmaking, with 20 projects to create colourful characters that will charm adults and children alike. It includes step-by-step instructions and photographs.Flour, salt, and water: it's amazing such commonplace materials can make such incredible, wonderful things! With this exciting new angle on the popular and easy-to-master craft of molding dough, the possibilities are endless: a smiling, bright-eyed clown; a pirate pig with an eye patch and bandanna; a frog fly fisherman; a bride and groom; and a mother bear with 5 little cubs in 5 little pockets. Simply attach the individually formed dough heads and limbs to a "soft body"--you can even mix them up imaginatively to construct your own unique characters. All the basics are here including a recipe for salt dough, basic techniques, sewing patterns for the clothes, and enticing color photographs of the finished projects.BRIt's amazing that a commonplace material like dough can make such incredible things! With this new angle on a popular craft, the possibilities are endless: a smiling clown; pirate pig; frog fly fisherman, mama bear with 5 cubs; and more. All the basics are here including a recipe for salt dough, simple techniques, sewing patterns, and enticing color photographs. Simply attach individually formed dough heads and limbs to a "soft body"--you can even mix and match them imaginatively.
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