Salt Dough Canoe

Use this canoe as a paperweight or make it into a magnet or a pin. It also makes a great addition to a wooden picture frame–just glue it in place!

Make salt dough using 2 parts flour, 1 part salt and 1 part water.
Take a small amount of salt dough and form in into the blade of the paddle. Trim the ends off a toothpick to make the handle and insert it into the blade.
Shape the rest of the salt dough into a canoe (it looks like a banana!). Bake the salt dough 250°F for 3 hours or until completely dry. The paddle will take much less time than the canoe.
Paint the canoe light brown and the paddle a darker brown.
Glue the paddle and the letter beads onto the canoe.

This project was created by Amanda Formaro, originally for Kaboose/Spoonful.