For Christmas we gave out hand made ornaments. It was so easy, and fun to do with the kids..especially G-Man! I got the recipe for the dough off Pinterest.
Here is what you will need:
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup water
- Rolling pin
- Cookie sheet
- Toothpick/ Straw
- Cookie cutter
- Acrylic paint
- ribbon or ornament hangers
Here is what you do:
- Pre-heat your oven to 250 degrees F
- Mix together the salt, flour and water with your hands until elastic and smooth.
- Roll out to 1/4" thick.
- Cut out your shapes with cookie cutters and place them on parchment paper on your cookie sheet. (use your toothpick to make a whole if you want to hang these on your Christmas tree)
- Bake for 2 hours.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before decorating.
- Use acrylic paint to decorate it and let it dry.
*Now, there are 2 ways that you can let your ornaments "bake"
One way is the oven, as it is listed above.
The other is to let your ornament sit out for at least 2 days. I found that the ones I let sit out, actually turned out better. If you do not have 2 days to spare, the oven method works too!
Grant really enjoyed rolling out the dough
He made a Christmas tree ornament for Uncle Wes and Aunt Jocqueline
and then painted it with LOVE!
After we painted, we let the paint dry
I love how they looked on my tree.
I love that I will have 2 sweet hand prints on my tree every year, even more!
This sweet boy had a ball!
What more could one ask for?!
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