Salt Dough Map

The dough is built up to show the relief of the land and hardens when dry.

Salt dough map. We made a batch of salt dough while the paint dried. Salt and flour dough for maps 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 1 cup or less of water mix together flour and salt and add 1 2 cup water. Our maps lasted for quite a long time but eventually they got brittle and broke. This seemed to be the right consistency and it made enough dough for 8 x 11 map.

Paint the salt dough map according to it s altitude. We like to make our maps on pizza boxes. Let the map dry before moving on to the next step. Besides an outline map you ll need a physical map as well for forming mountain ranges rivers and other landforms.

Salt dough recipe for maps we started with a basic salt dough recipe of 3 4 cup salt 1 1 4 cup all purpose flour and 1 2 cup water. Add tip ask question comment download. To help learn the topography and geography of a certain area children are often assigned a salt map project. They re sturdy easily accessible most pizza places are happy to give you one if you just ask and the perfect size.

These maps are made of salt dough paint and cardboard and are entertaining and educational for students. Now if i can get them to make another map i ll update these pictures. Though mapmaking is an essential skill for children to learn it s an inherent human endeavor. Making salt dough is a really fun and easy activity for kids and the chances are you will have all of the ingredients in the cupboard ready to go on a rainy day.

The cream of tartar is optional but does make your dough smooth and less likely to crack. Easy and fun to make salt dough maps are a great visual aid for learning the geography of a country and a fun hands on tool for making history come alive. Repeat for all. Add additional water 1 8 1 4 of a cup at a time until it reaches desired consistency.

A salt dough map is also a fun way to teach geography and geology and make these subjects interesting and fun for the kids. 4 cups flour 2 cups water 2 cups salt and 2 tbsp. We made a salt dough world map to celebrate earth day but our mapmaking journey has been a long adventure. Which for the thickness i think that is pretty good.

Thanks for visiting my school room have a great day. It only took about 48 72 hours before it was ready to paint. You might have seen 3d salt dough maps before they are made by mounting self hardening dough onto cardboard forming the mountains and other physical landforms and then allowing it to dry so you can paint it. Next cut a toothpick in half and stick the paper onto it using a small piece of clear sticky tape.

To make the marking flags cut out a piece of paper and write down the name of a city river or mountain.