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Step 6Apply the Salty Dough
So now the tombstone shell has dried out and you've made your salty dough. Now you're ready to cover the tombstone shell IN the salty dough.
Start by covering your work area with foil or wax paper if you need to. I did this project in my dining room, so I put foil over the back and bottom of the chair I worked on so as to not get the dough mashed into the fabric.
Once you've prepped your work area, place the tombstone shell however you feel like and make a lump (or one ball) of your salty dough easily accessible, like on a plate or a bit of foil. Take a small handful of dough at a time and even it out in your hands. It doesn't have to be exact by any means. When it's to your desired thickness, just stick it to the shell. I started mine at the top and went down the front and sides. If your stone has a dent at the top from whatever was holding it open, just mash more dough into the dent to even the top out. Continue covering the sides and the front until it looks just the way you want it to.
At this point you can go to the back of the stone or do the bottom. If you don't care so much about the bottom since probably nobody will see it, you can just skip the bottom altogether, but it's nice to do it just in case its moist outside. You don't want the inside melting out, do you?
If you cut an opening in the bottom to hide the stake, be sure to not put the dough over the hole!
To do the back of the stone, just flip the box around, but be careful. All the weight of the dough is now on the stone, so don't drop it! Continue covering from the top down, and try to make the seam where the sides meet invisible. When the stone is completely covered, sit back and watch your soon-to-be-finished tombstone dry. I let mine sit out for around 10 hours and flipped it around. If your stone is touching something, chances are the dough won't dry, so remember to flip it when the front is dry and let the back sit and dry.
Start by covering your work area with foil or wax paper if you need to. I did this project in my dining room, so I put foil over the back and bottom of the chair I worked on so as to not get the dough mashed into the fabric.
Once you've prepped your work area, place the tombstone shell however you feel like and make a lump (or one ball) of your salty dough easily accessible, like on a plate or a bit of foil. Take a small handful of dough at a time and even it out in your hands. It doesn't have to be exact by any means. When it's to your desired thickness, just stick it to the shell. I started mine at the top and went down the front and sides. If your stone has a dent at the top from whatever was holding it open, just mash more dough into the dent to even the top out. Continue covering the sides and the front until it looks just the way you want it to.
At this point you can go to the back of the stone or do the bottom. If you don't care so much about the bottom since probably nobody will see it, you can just skip the bottom altogether, but it's nice to do it just in case its moist outside. You don't want the inside melting out, do you?
If you cut an opening in the bottom to hide the stake, be sure to not put the dough over the hole!
To do the back of the stone, just flip the box around, but be careful. All the weight of the dough is now on the stone, so don't drop it! Continue covering from the top down, and try to make the seam where the sides meet invisible. When the stone is completely covered, sit back and watch your soon-to-be-finished tombstone dry. I let mine sit out for around 10 hours and flipped it around. If your stone is touching something, chances are the dough won't dry, so remember to flip it when the front is dry and let the back sit and dry.
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