Yesterday I posted about how to make salt dough cutout skulls. Today’s post is about how to make simple little skulls with the left over scraps.
Step 1: Roll the
dough into a little ball about a half to three quarter inches in diameter.
Step2: Press the center of the ball down just enough to
flatten it a bit.
Step3: Gently press in the eye sockets using a rounded
tool. I used the end of a paint brush.
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Step4: Press three lines to make the teeth. In hindsight I would extend those lines to wrap around the bottom edge for more definition.
Step5: Using a slim tool, I use the side of a round toothpick, gently nudge the edge of the dough to push in the sides beneath the eye socket area.
Step6: (optional) I poked the toothpick into the top edge of the skull, to make a small hole. I plan on gluing a wire in there later for hanging. You could make a hole all the way through for stringing. I’ve read the best way to do that without distorting the shape is too insert a toothpick into both ends at the same time meeting in the middle.
Bake it at a low temp along with your cutouts, paint when dry and seal with a clear coat.
I used metallic black, pearl white and clear glitter acrylics to make them sparkly and festive. Tiny rhinestones add a little bling too.
Update: Last time I made these I used an x-acto knife to make the teeth imprints on top and then I also pressed the blade into the bottom edge lining up with the marks on top. I think it looks a lot better this way.
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