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How to cook a Tic Tac Toe game
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When you finish making this game it will look almost good enough to eat: Don't ! You can make your game any size you wish (though around 20 cm square should be a good size.)
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The Playing Board
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Put some baking paper on your cutting board and lightly dust it with some flour.
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Place your lump of Saltdough on the paper and roll out with a dusted rolling pin to about a half cm thick.
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Cut the flattened dough to the size of square that you want the board to be and put the excess dough to one side.
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With some of the excess dough make a long worm that will go all around the edge of your board and stick it on by wetting the edge slightly and pressing the worm on.
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Make four more smaller worms and stick on as in the drawing above.
The Noughts
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The Crosses
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Make a long worm about 1 cm thick and cut it into pieces that will fit into the small squares.
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Moisten the centres of these pieces and press together into crosses.
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Place six of these crosses on the tray with the game board.
Drying and Cooking
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When you have finished brush any flour off the baking paper and slide the paper and game onto your oven tray.
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When all of the pieces are finished and on the tray let them stand for a few hours to dry out.
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Then get an adult to place the tray in a pre heated oven at 120 c until they are hard (about 2 hours)
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Colouring the Game
- Colour the top and sides of the game board in the colour of your choice by mixing some food colour in with a squirt of PVA glue.
- There should be enough glue to cover the game at least twice.
- Add the colour a drop at a time until you have the shade you want.
- When the top is dry turn the board over and cover with plain glue. This will seal your game.
- With a different colour you can then do the noughts and then, with another colour, the crosses.
- Don't forget to seal them all well to keep out the moisture.
- If you prefer you can use other paints but you must give the game a final seal.
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