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If you are looking for a last minute Father’s Day gift your kids can make, this is it! It’s fun to make, uses very few supplies, and there’s a very high probability you already have everything on hand to make this. Send the kids out in the yard to gather some small pebbles, or if you have pea gravel that’s perfect! Pull out some salt, flour and water and you are ready to make this great Father’s Day gift dad will cherish.
Dad Rocks Salt Dough Paperweight
printable version
What You Need
1/4 cup salt
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup water
bowl
cookie sheet
1/2 cup pea gravel
What you do
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
Mix flour, salt and water together in a bowl. If dough is too sticky add small amounts of flour until it is doughy and pliable. Be careful not to add too much as the dough will dry out and your creation will crack.
Shape a piece of the dough into a ball in your hands. Place the ball on the cookie sheet and flatten to about 1/2″ thickness.
Carefully select pieces of pea gravel to spell out “DAD ROCKS”. Press them firmly but gently into the salt dough.
Bake your paperweight for 2-2.5 hours until completely dry.
Remove from oven and allow to cool before handling or removing from cookie sheet.
Optional: You can spray your creation with acrylic sealer or paint it with a clear coat sealer.
You might also like:
How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet
Quick Orange Rolls – from my cooking blog, a great breakfast for dad!
From other sites:
CD Photo Frame - from FamilyCorner.com
Trophy For Dad - my project from Kaboose
Vinyl Record Coasters - from I Love to Create
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Too, too cute! I really like this idea!
What a cute, cute idea for any kid to make for his dad and feel so proud when he presented it :o) Thanks for the recipe for making this.
This is AWESOME! We just might whip one of these up today for our Dad that ROCKS! Thanks for sharing!
I love this–and I just happen to need a last minute thing for my kids to give their dad. Perfect!! :)
I made your project today for my husband ;) It's so cute. I put some blue food coloring in the dough and shaped it like a heart. Thanks for for the darling idea. Visiting from Show and Tell Friday~
So cute. I love crafts that can be made from materials I already have around the house. Thanks for linking up to Finished for Friday!
Oh this is sooooo cute! If you like you can add a link to your blog and a picture of something you've made yourself on my blog. Just check my latest blog post, it's really simple. Hope to see you there!
Bye!
Annemarie
WOW! What an awesome idea! We are def doing this! Ill have pics up on my blog by tonite if u are interested!!!
Very cute idea!
Stopping by from Sunday Showcase! What a great idea, so cute! Saving for next year (or maybe his birthday) Thanks for sharing!
These are too cute and perfect for daddy! Stumbled.
Oh la la, Amanda. I love this, it has given me lots of ideas! Thanks for the inspiration! And your blog is FANTASTIC!
This is just fun! Thanks for showing it to us on Modern Craftswoman Monday! Rory
How fun! Great project!
Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites!
That is awesome!!! I need to remember this for next year!
This is great Amanda, I can see so many possibilites that I hadn't thought of for baker's clay projects! Thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday! all the best, Sara
Hi Amanda! I love your blog!! I will be visiting often!! I am actually making a craft using this idea in my blog Familia Catolica http://familiacatolica-org.blogspot.com/ (it's in Spanish, but there is a translator). Thank you for sharing your great ideas!!
Oh Amanda….I am so happy to have been introduced to your site from Shutterfly on Facebook! I love your craft ideas! They are all absolutely AWESOME!! I just wish I had found your site earlier so I could have kept my 8 yr old and her friends busier during the summer!! Looking forward to look at more!
Joan Lorenzo
Thank you Joan! So nice of you to say so, hope you find lots of fun ideas here! :)
I love this idea! I have made this the tutorial of the day on my blog, The Crafty Artisan. I have posted a photo and a link to have my readers visit your web site.
Happy Crafting!
http://wiserunning.com/blog/2011/05/27/fathers-day-craft-tutorial-dad-rocks-paperweight/
So cute! I will be linking tomorrow!
This is so great! My son is going to love making this!!
Thanks so much for this quick and fun craft!! My girls had so much fun! I just posted about it and linked back to you. have a great weekend!
http://www.janeofallcrafts.com/2011/06/dad-rocks.html
Those are so cute Andi!!
this turned out super cute :) A tip that works with almost any salt dough recipe- is to color the dough w/ a packet of Koolaid :D i imprinted my daughter's hand, and then did a heart in rocks.
Hey I just wanted to let you know that I've actually put some of your ideas into my lesson plan at my summer camp–so don't be surprised if they show up on my blog.
You have a really nice blog. Your tutorials are very helpful. I'm hoping my campers will love this one especially!
I tried to make it but it was to hard. add in more details
I’m sorry you had trouble. All the details are in the instructions. I’ve had several people make this without a problem. Make sure you measure your ingredients properly, salt dough can easily be dried out.
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My son LOVES rocks so he would think this is cool. Thanks for the idea. :)
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I am going to make one of these for my dad for Fathers Day and i think he’ll like it!
That’s great tryss!
This is such a cute craft for the kids in my home daycare to do for father’s day next week. Thanks.
How many paperweights does this recipe make? We are looking to do this for our two classes – a total of 46 students. Great idea!
Hi Keri. The recipe on the post should make 2 paperweights. Have fun!
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I was thinking of having my class make these for their dad’s on father’s day. Two quick questions – 1) Would I be able to make the dough a night in advance, or will it dry out fast? If it dries out fast, is it easy to make in the morning? 2) How many paperweights can I make out of your recipe provided above?
Thanks for your assistance and fun project!
Hi Miss E! I would say that you could get 2 decent sized paperweights from a combo of 1/4 cup salt, 1/4 cup water, and 1/2 cup flour. So multiply that out for the amount of kids that you have :) Oh and I wouldn’t suggested making it the day ahead as it might dry out some, even if wrapped.
I would like to have my class of 3rd graders make these for their dads. They would love this craft. However, how long can they sit until I get them in the oven?
You can actually air dry them, so it doesn’t matter how long they sit before going into the oven. Just make sure that the rocks go into the dough right away while it’s still fresh and soft :)
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I used the recipe on the post to make a model for my students, and the only problem was that it stuck to the cookie sheet! Do you think parchment paper would solve this problem?
Yes, try parchment. I have never had them stick, but I use insulated cookie sheets most of the time. Also, if the dough is really sticky, you can add small amounts of flour until you get a cookie dough type consistency :)
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Hi Amanda, I was wondering if this idea would work for an outdoor garden decor?? Do you think it would withstand weather or do you have any other houehold item ideas? Thank you, I love your work!
Hi Cassy! This particular dough (salt dough) will turn soft if it gets wet and it’s quite fragile. However, if you use plaster of Paris that would withstand the weather and work quite well!
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My husband and father-in-law both love puns and I thought this was totally cute! I am planning on helping my stepson make one next year! I also wanted to let you know that my blog did a feature post on our top five Father’s Day Crafts and yours was #3!
You can check it out at: http://stepford-sisters.blogspot.com/2012/06/stepford-top-five-easy-homemade-fathers.html
Thanks so much for the feature!
Loved your idea!! thank you so much…here is a link to the blog post I made where I showed mine :)
http://misapie28.blogspot.com/2012/06/fathers-day-pinterest-craft-projects.html
So cute Melissa!!
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This is AWSOME my 2 kids are so excited to make this for their grandparents. U rock!!!
Thanks TommiAnn, hope you have fun!
My son will love making this for his dad! Hunting for the rocks will be as much fun as making it. I am going to pin this to my Father’s Day board.