What You’ll Need:

• 125g Plain Flour
• 125g Salt
• 75ml Warm Water
• Splash of Cooking Oil
• Bowl, Spoon & Rolling Pin
• Table Knife
• Leaves
• Paint & Brushes

Getting into the Activity

Discover the different shapes, sizes and textures of leaves by creating leaf tiles from salt dough.

• Mix the salt and the flour together. Gradually add the warm water (not hot/boiling) and continue mixing.
• Form into a dough (this may need a little while of kneading the dough first) and then place on a lightly floured surface. Roll out the dough using a rolling pin until about 1cm thick.
• Gently press a leaf into the dough (vein side down). Carefully pull the leaf away and it should leave an imprint of the leaf in the dough.
• Use a table knife to cut around the leaf into a tile shape. This could become a coaster or even a hanging ornament, so think about the shape you’d like to make with your leaf. If creating a hanging tile, you’ll need to pierce a small hole near the top of the tile to hang string from later.
• The tile can now be left to air dry (this can take a couple of day) or can be placed in the oven at 100°c for two hours.
• Finish off the tile the following week by using paints to decorate the tile into a colourful design / pattern.

Keeping Everyone Safe

• Activity MUST be supervised by a leader or parent/carer at ALL times.
• A leader or parent/carer MUST assess risk before taking part.
• A leader or parent/carer MUST ensure that current Government guidelines are followed at all times (including social distancing, travel etc).
• Shared equipment should be kept to a minimum and everyone should sanitise their hands before and after the activity.
• Please take care with knives.