Heart Magnet (or Pin)

Materials:

1. 1/2 cup salt
2. 1 cup flour
3. 1/2 cup water
4. Wooden spoon
5. Rolling pin
6. Heart-shaped cookie cutters
7. Magnets
8. Pin backs
9. Hot glue
10. Acrylic paint, pink/orange glitter glue, and gold glitter paint
11. Toothpick
12. Paint brush
13. Acrylic sealer
14. Wax paper and cookie sheet

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
2. Mix together salt, flour, and water until dough is formed.
3. Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is elastic and smooth. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour and continue to do so until stickiness is gone. Do not add too much flour as this will dry out the dough and cause it to crack.
4. Roll out the dough to about 1/4" thick with a rolling pin that has been dusted with flour.
5. Use different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters to create as many pieces as you like.
6. Place all hearts onto an ungreased cookie sheet and place into the preheated oven.
7. Bake for 2 hours.
8. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
9. Paint with acrylic paints, glitter glue and/or glitter paint and spray finished projects with acrylic sealer.
10. To write the words on the conversation heart pins, use a toothpick dipped in white paint.
11. Hot glue a round magnet to the back of larger hearts to hang on the fridge, and a pin back to the conversation hearts.