Easy Salt Dough Necklace Earth Day Craft for Kids

Welcome to our fun and eco-friendly Earth Day craft adventure! We’re excited to share an easy and delightful project: Salt Dough Necklaces. Perfect for kids of all ages, these handmade treasures are a wonderful way to celebrate our planet while sparking creativity.

Using simple ingredients, you can craft beautiful, personalized Earth Day necklaces that make great keepsakes or gifts.

Let’s roll up our sleeves and get crafty as we honor Earth Day with these charming and sustainable creations!

Salt Dough Crafts 

Easy Salt Dough Necklace Earth Day Crafts for Kids

Every April, we are lucky enough to celebrate Earth Day. Getting out into the community and continuing to teach people the importance of protecting the Earth makes my heart happy. This week, we are sharing how to make a beautiful Salt Dough necklace with your kids. This Earth Day craft is perfect for kids of all ages at home, in a classroom, or with a group.

Earth Day was started for everyone to show appreciation for our planet and the environment.

Having a few fun Earth Day crafts preschoolers and kids of all ages can enjoy is another way to keep the communication going about the importance of our planet. Plus, you have a pretty necklace to show you care. 

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Earth Day Necklaces

Make an Earth Day necklace with this simple salt dough recipe to celebrate Earth Day with the kids. 

This necklace will last for years and be cherished forever. 

How to Make Salt Dough Necklaces for Earth Day

What you will need to make your  Salt Dough Necklaces is in this picture below. However, I have it displayed in a recipe list form to print out towards the bottom of the page. Have Fun!

Sift flour and salt into a small mixing bowl and mix in the water until you can form a ball. It will be similar to playdough.  Do not add too much water; it shouldn’t be sticky.

Roll out the dough into about a ¼ inch thickness. Using the piping tip or something small and round(like a lid), cut out small round circles.

Take the end of a straw and make a little hole near the top of each circle that the twine will go through later.

Bake the dough circles for 1-1 ½ hours or until dry and hard but not brown. Remove them from the oven and let them cool. We usually let them cool 30 minutes to 1 hour. So this is a great thing to start in the morning and have ready to paint in the afternoon 😉

Earth Day Activities

Paint and Decorate these however you like with things that represent Earth Day. You can also set out blue and green paint for your children to paint their own Earth Day masterpieces.

Let dry, then put the twine through the hole and thread on a few beads. Tie a knot at the end to make a necklace.

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Earth Day Crafts Kids Love to Make – Salt Dough Necklaces

Salt Dough Necklaces for Earth Day

What’s Needed

• 1 cup Flour
• ½ cup Iodized Salt
• ½ cup Water
• Craft Paint, blue, green, black, white
• Twine
• Beads, blue and green
• Piping Tip, approx. 1” round
• Paintbrush
• straw

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Sift flour and salt into a small mixing bowl, and mix in the water until well combined. Do not add too much water, it shouldn’t be sticky.
3. Roll out the dough into about a ¼ inch thickness. Using the piping tip, cut out small round circles.
4. Take the end of a straw and make a little hole near the top of each circle that the twine will go through later.
5. Bake the dough circles for 1-1 ½ hours, or until dry and hard, but not brown.
6. Remove from oven and let cool.
7. Paint/Decorate these any way you would like with things that would represent Earth Day.
8. Let dry, then put the twine through the hole and thread on a few beads. Tie a knot the end to make a necklace.
9. Have Fun!

Process Art Earth Day Project

Using the Same Salt Dough Recipe as you can find above.  

Using the same salt dough recipe above, press out the dough. Using a small bowl, make larger circles. The ones you see here are approximately 2 1/2 in. around.

Have your children paint these as the Earth, World, or any design they would like. They are perfect for any continent study and make great handmade gifts for grandparents too.

These Salt Dough Ornaments make an excellent Earth Day Art Project for Preschoolers

Not only do preschoolers love these Earth Day Crafts, but everyone does. Anyone from 1 to 100+ years old can enjoy painting and decorating salt dough.

Earth Day Art Project

I hope you enjoy these super cute salt dough necklaces and salt dough ornaments.

Earth Day Activities

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Salt Dough Necklaces for Earth Day

Ingredients

• 1 cup Flour
• ½ cup Iodized Salt
• ½ cup Water
• Craft Paint blue, green, black, white
• Twine
• Beads blue and green
• Piping Tip approx. 1” round
• Paintbrush
• straw

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Sift flour and salt into a small mixing bowl, and mix in the water until well combined. Do not add too much water, it shouldn’t be sticky.
3. Roll out the dough into about a ¼ inch thickness. Using the piping tip, cut out small round circles.
4. Take the end of a straw and make a little hole near the top of each circle that the twine will go through later.
5. Bake the dough circles for 1-1 ½ hours, or until dry and hard, but not brown.
6. Remove from oven and let cool.
7. Paint/Decorate these any way you would like with things that would represent Earth Day.
8. Let dry, then put the twine through the hole and thread on a few beads. Tie a knot the end to make a necklace.
9. Have Fun!