Haidyn loves the fact that she can help with crafts now. She loves it even more if she’s getting her hands down and dirty in the crafts. We created ornaments like these for Christmas last year for her first Christmas, but I think this is a great way to get creative during the holiday season. I smell a new tradition in our family coming on!
MATERIALS
- 1 cup salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup water
- acrylic paints/tempera paint (you’ll just have to do more coats)
- paintbrush(es)
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 250 F.
- Mix together, salt, flour, and water until dough is formed.
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- Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is well combined. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour, continue to do so until “stickiness” is gone (Do not add too much flour, this will dry out the dough before you get a chance to bake it.)
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- Roll dough flat with a rolling pin, about 1/4″ – 1/2″ thick.
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- Create your “creatures” by letting your little one press their hands/feet into the dough or just create your own ! I created my own “candy corn” . For any details you want to add create them with a toothpick before baking i.e pumpkin details, a hole for Halloween ornaments and etc.
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- Bake ornaments for 2.5-3 hours on a baking sheet.
- Once done allow to cool for several hours or overnight before painting.
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- After cooling you can paint your creation as you please!
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