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You’ve heard of salt dough right? Well, baking soda dough is sooooo much better because it’s so easy to make, easy to handle, and holds up well!

I was planning on decorating for July 4th, but decided to skip it and do my summer décor instead. It actually worked out really well since I was able to do a fun craft with my girls and also make some fun baking soda dough sea art. Baking soda sea art? Yes, you heard me right…baking soda.

Baking Soda Dough Sea Art – Starfish

Supplies:

Baking Soda Dough Sea Art Preparation

1. First, cook the baking soda, cornstarch, and water in a pot over medium heat. Continuously stir until it thickens to a mash potato consistency and starts to come together.

2. Dump out dough onto parchment paper or Silpat. Then, cover with a damp cloth until it is cool enough to handle. Keep a damp cloth on unused dough to keep it moist while sculpting.

Baking Soda Dough Sea Art Shaping

3. Roll out dough into 1/4″ thick sheet and use cookie cutters to cut shapes or free hand the shapes.

4. To make the starfish, take the 5 balls and use your thumb and pointer finger to shape and flatten into triangles. Next, take the triangles and combine them together. Make sure to pinch the edges on both the front and back into the shape of a starfish.It’s important to smooth out the edges where the pieces connect or cracks will form and the seams will show.

5. Finally, add the starfish details! I used the round end of a pin and the end of my paint brushes to make decorations on my starfish.

6. Sand dollars were made using a circle cutter and decorated using the pin head. In addition, I also used a butter knife to decorate the edges. The coral was made free hand.

Baking Soda Dough Sea Art Baking

7. When it’s time to bake, place the shapes onto a Silpat or parchment paper and bake at 175°F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

8. Place newspaper or some type of covering on the work surface. Now, get creative and start painting! I painted my starfish white and used silver nail polish to highlight. Let the paint dry and seal with a clear acrylic spray. Stop here and use the shapes as is or continue on to make a mounting background.

9. Because I wanted to mount my starfish on a sea colored background, I painted an ombre blue background. I did this by starting with the darkest color on the bottom and added white paint as I painted towards the top.

10. Once dry, glue the starfish on the background. Place in frame.

There you have it. A quick and easy project that is fun to do with the kids and can make beautiful summer decor for the home.

What will you make with baking soda dough?

Baking Soda Dough Print recipe Print with main photo

Print text only Ingredients 2 cups baking soda

1 cup cornstarch

1 1/4 cup water Directions Step 1 Combine all the ingredients in a pot and heat on medium heat. Step 2 Continue to constantly stir the ingredients until the mixture begins to thicken. It will take several minutes to thicken. Step 3 When the mixture starts to come together and looks like mash potatoes, scoop it out onto a Silpat mat or parchment paper to cool down. Cover it with a damp cloth. Step 4 Once the dough is cool enough to handle, you can roll it out to approximately 1/4" thickness and use cookie cutters, stamps, shape by hand, or whatever method you want to use to decorate your cut-outs. Step 5 Bake at 175F for 45 minutes to an hour. Baking will make the ornaments turn a slightly tan color. Step 6 Let the dough cool and you're ready to decorate.

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