We have made these for a few years now and they are always a favorite! Check out these gorgeous salt dough ornaments for ideas:
great detail!!!
my inspiration for trying out stamps
cute as a button!
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| Some the kids and I made. |
What you need:
- Dough (2 parts flour, one part salt, and one part water)
- Rolling pin
- Cookie cutters
- Straw
- Ribbon or ornament hooks
- Decorations: paint, glitter, photos, stamps, pen (optional) Note: The pen seems to run on plain salt dough when you spray the gloss, but not if it's used on top of paint.
- Spray gloss (recommended - I used satin finish)
Knead, roll to .25 - .5" thick, and cut out with cookie cutters. Make 1 or 2 holes with the straw for your ribbon. Bake at 200
°F for 4 or more hours (you might want to flip them half way through). When they are cool, you can decorate them. H&F love to paint them and then shake on glitter (I found red, green, and silver glitter shakers all in a pack at the local dollar store). Let them dry and then spray them to protect them. If you want, you can then add a photo. These were photo ornaments from last year and the kids gave them to their grandparents as gifts:
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| I made an indentation for the photos with the back of a measuring cup. |
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| Baking! |
This photo is after the ornaments were baked - I colored the snowman's hat with a black permanent marker.
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| Who wouldn't love a Christmas rhino? |
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| Some stamped ornaments. |
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| F's ornaments |
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| H's ornaments. |
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| Hanging with ribbon. |
There really are endless possibilities here. You can even attempt three dimensional objects, though I don't think I'm crafty enough for that!
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