Playdough Rose

	Playdough Rose These roses can be made from playdough, salt dough or clay.  They are easy enough for six and seven year olds.
You will need: 1.  Playdough, clay, or salt dough If you don't have Playdough or clay, make our     Easy Salt Dough  or Cooked Salt Dough.
	1.  Take a small piece of clay and roll it into a ball about 1/2 inch in diameter.
	2.  Flatten the ball into a roughly circular shape.
	3.  Roll the flattened dough into a buritto shape.
	4.  Make another ball and flatten it.
	5.  Wrap it around the "burrito."
	6.  Continue to flatten little balls of dough and wrap them around the burrito.  Your rose will get bigger with each piece you add.
	7.  When your rose is as big as you want it to be, gently pinch any extra dough away from the bottom of the rose.
	8.  Touch up the petals.  Let your rose sit for two or three days until it is dry.  If you like, you can add leaves.
You make roses of all colors and sizes.  Add stems and leaves!   More salt dough projects...

Roses

There are over 100 species of roses, and this beautiful and fragrant flower has been cultivated for thousands of years.  Until the 18th century, most roses resembled what we now call "wild roses."   In the late eighteenth century, a highly cultivated hybrid rose was brought to Europe from China.  Most modern roses stem from these roses.  The rose is the national flower of England and red roses have become widely recognized as symbols of romantic love.