Salt Dough Ornaments
Learn how to make salt dough ornaments for your Christmas tree.
Yield: 12 ornaments
Equipment
- Cookie Sheets
Materials
- 1 package Christmas Shaped Cookie Cutters
- Parchment Paper
- 2 to 3 Cookie Sheets
- Twine or Ribbon
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup salt
- 1.5 cups warm water
- 1 set craft brushes
- 1 set craft paint
- 1 large bowl
- 1 sturdy spoon
Instructions
- Add the salt and all-purpose flour to a bowl and then pour the water into the bowl.
- Mix the ingredients with a sturdy spoon until a dough forms.
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Place a piece of parchment paper on a table or counter.
- Place half of the dough on top of the parchment paper and then cover with another piece of parchment paper.
- Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into a roughly 1/8 of an inch thick sheet.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes from the dough. Leave the cut out shapes on the parchment paper.
- Once you have made all the shapes you can, carefully peel the excess dough away and then place the parchment paper with the ornaments onto a cookie sheet. Alternatively, you can transfer each ornament to a waiting cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Repeat the process until you have used all the dough to form ornaments.
- Use a straw, toothpick, or other small tool to create a small hole for the ribbon to hang the ornament about 1/2 inch from the top.
- Place the ornaments into the oven and bake for 1 hour or until dried and hardened.
- Remove the salt dough ornaments from the oven and allow them to cool to the touch.
- Use paint, glitter, and any other supplies to decorate the ornaments.
- When done, you can spray painted or glittered areas with poylurethane to help preserve the ornament.
- Finally, thread a short piece of twine or ribbon through the baked in hole and tie off to create a way to hang the ornament.