Salt Dough Haunted Houses

Supplies

• Salt Dough using the ingredients from this post (flour, salt, water)
• Silver and black paint pens or sharpies

Americana Acrylic Paints We Used

• Lamp Black
• Cadmium Yellow
• Jack-O’-Lantern Orange
• Hauser Dark Green optional, for tree

Craft tools

• Baking Sheet
• Paintbrushes with assorted tips

Instructions

• Following the recipe instructions from this Salt Dough Jabba the Hutt craft, combine salt, flour and water. Mix ingredients by hand until well combined and a dough is formed.
• Separate the dough into smaller portion sizes (about the size of your palm).
• Continue kneading to smooth dough. Roll out the dough to about 1⁄4” thickness (thick enough so that the houses will stand on their own).
• Cut the dough into house shapes with triangular peaks at the top. Make as many houses as you’d like in various sizes.
• Form remaining dough into a cone shaped tree if you’d like.
• Place all shapes onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake in an oven at 220F for 2 hours. Flip the shapes over every 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and leave shapes to cool completely before proceeding.
• Start by painting all of the houses black on both sides. Allow the paint to dry fully before applying additional coats of paint or before changing colors.
• Use a pencil to lightly draw windows and doors as a guide.
• Using a fine tip paintbrush, paint windows yellow and doors orange. Let dry.
• Use a black fine tip paint marker to create cross bars on the windows.
• Use a silver marker to outline the windows, doors and add other accents (ie. shingles to the roof).
• Paint the tree a dark green (as desired).