We made some salt dough ornaments the other day, using the recipe below. Unfortunately we had no white flour, so substituted with 50/50 white and wheat flour which was fine, but did add more texture and a not so great color. So after they were cooked and cooled, we painted the ornaments with brown acrylic paint. Then we dusted them with frosted glitter, strung them on some twine and made a garland. This was a good kid-friendly project that I worked on with my five-year-old daughter. This recipe made about 20 small ornaments.
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 cup flour
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Mix the salt and warm water until the salt is dissolved. Add the flour (you might need extra to get the right dough consistency). Roll out the dough to about 1/2″ thickness and cut shapes with cookie cutters. With a toothpick, poke holes in the top for hanging. Make any other designs that you’d like with your toothpick. Place on an ungreased pan and bake for 2 hours or more, until the ornaments are hard. While they are still warm, make sure that your holes are open and poke them open again with your toothpick if necessary.
I like the dark color…very earthy and warm. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I’ve been wondering about it and haven’t taken the time to look it up.
Thanks for sharing the recipe and the idea. The garland looks great!
Thanks for posting this. Amelia will love this project!
Those are so pretty! They look tasty the glitter is a nice touch!
awesome! thanks for sharing!
These are great- love the glitter!
These turned out GREAT! I’ve been looking for ideas for something fun for my 2-year old to do, and I think she could handle this craft (with help, of course!) Thanks for posting this one!
I am so going to make this garland this weekend! I linked to your post on my blog: http://redbirdcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/12/picture-cards.html.
Lovely Etsy little things list, as well. Happy weekend!
what a lovely lovely idea. i had to post this on believing nature, if you don’t mind. it’s at http://believingnature.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/gingerbread-ornaments/
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I couldn’t get the salt to even dissolve! What’s going on?!? 🙂
I really love this idea. I love how simple and sweet and classic and homey it is. Also, I was thinking it might be fun to make little ornaments this way with my 1 year old daughter’s hand print. Do you know if this would work well? Or does the salt dough rise as it bakes? Just curious. Anyway, wonderful idea.
We made these tonight and they were so fun and easy! (Not to mention cheap.) 🙂 Thanks!
These are adorable. love the darkness of colour. Can’t wait to make these with my Granddaughter.