Make Halloween Shape Sticks

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor. They're easy to create, fun to decorate, and for once, provides a Halloween activity that doesn't involve sugar!

What You Need:

• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1 cup tepid water
• rolling pin
• pastry board
• Halloween shaped cookie cutter or cardboard template of ghosts, witches and pumpkins.
• kebab sticks
• baking sheet
• greaseproof paper
• glue
• poster paint (white, black and orange)
• paint brush
• small plant pot
• sand

What You Do:

• Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Add water little by little until the dough is firm. Knead for about 10 minutes and then let it sit for 40 minutes at room temperature.
• Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Using your cookie cutters or the cardboard template to cut out your Halloween shapes. Use the stick to decorate with holes, and be sure to make a hole at the base for the stick. Note: Don't bake the stick!
• Bake the shapes at 250 degrees F for about six hours until hard.
• Allow the shapes to cool. Then, dip the tip of the kebab stick in glue and insert into the hole. Paint as desired.
• Paint and decorate your pot, and, after filling with sand, stick your shape into the sand.
• Find a place to display in your home in celebration of Halloween.