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DOUGHCRAFT

Salt dough

100g (4oz) plain flour 50g (2oz) table salt 50ml {2fl oz or / cup) water You will need:

Smali heart cutter Smali flower cutter Smali leaf cutter Cocktail stick

Green, orange, lilac, brown, white and bright md paints

Varnish

Roli a ropę of dough, 126mm (5in) long and about 25mm (1 in) thick. Trim the edges and make some log-like indentations in the front and back with a knife. Place the log on a baking tray.

Roli a table tennis-size bali of dough for the body of the rabbits, wet the top centre of the log and join on the bali.

To make the rabbits' heads roli two balls the size of large marbles. Roli four tiny balls for the cheeks, flatten and join them at the front of the faces, leaving a smali space between each cheek. Smooth out the edges of the cheeks with a damp paintbrush.

Make the whisker parts from two pea-size balls of dough. Cut these in half and roli four tiny balls from the four pieces. Flatten them between your finger and thumb. Join these in between the cheeks. Make tiny holes for the whiskers with a cocktail stick. Roli a tiny bali for each of the noses.

Roli four smali ropes of dough approximately 13mm (Min) long. Flatten and cur^: them between your finger and thumb to form the ears.

Cut a tiny strip of dough to make a bow for the lefthand rabbit (see Making Bows on page 14).

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