How to Make a Salt Dough Apple and Rose Basket

This video, How to Make an Apple and Rose Basket, will show you how to sculpt this delightful basket with easy, step-by-step instructions.

I’ve also included a step-by-step lesson below; however, I strongly suggest you also watch the video for additional helpful details, such as how to form the basket bottom and handle, apples, leaves, and roses.

What you will need:

• A paper clip or toothpick
• Cloves (or tiny sticks if you don’t have cloves)
• Parchment Paper or tin foil
• Salt Dough Recipe
  • 1 Cup of Flour
  • 1/2 Cup of Salt
  • Approximately 1/2 Cup of Water (Add slowly because you may need less or more)
  • Easy Salt Dough Recipe and Heart Ornaments DIY Lesson will show you how to make the salt dough.

Step 1: Sculpt the bottom of the basket about 1/4 inch thick. Indent with either a sculpting tool, paper clip, or toothpick.

Step 2: Roll a piece of dough into a long strand, overlap, and twist. Add to the bottom of the basket after applying the salt dough paste.

Step 3: Roll a larger ball of dough, twist, and add to the top after applying the salt dough paste.

Step 4: Add apples by rolling small balls of dough, attaching with salt dough paste, and then inserting a clove into the top after dipping clove into the salt dough paste.

Step 5: Add leaves, applying the salt dough paste to the bottom of the leaves before setting them into place.

Step 6: Use tiny balls of dough to create grapes and attach with salt dough paste.

Step 7: Add roses and rose buds. Apply the paste to the base of the rose and press into place being careful to not squish the petals. The video will show you how.

Varnish

When I created this Apple and Rose Basket, I dipped my sculptures into varnish, but now I suggest spray varnish. It is far less messy. I also used water-based stain to enhance the contrast.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and would love to hear how your salt dough sculptures turned out. Feel free to leave a comment.

Check out my Salt Dough Art Sculpture Portfolio and these other Salt Dough Sculpture Posts:

• Salt Dough Art Sculpture
• Salt Dough Sculpture
• Dough Art: A Craft for All Ages
• Dough Sculpture

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