How Do You Make Salt Dough Holiday Ornaments?

Decorating your Christmas tree or holiday display doesn't have to be expensive or difficult. With a few basic household products and tools, even kids can make these holiday crafts in one afternoon. Make salt dough Christmas ornaments from this simple recipe for a cheap but festive collection of holiday decorations.

They make fantastic Christmas gifts, too. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt and water until a stiff dough forms.

Turn out dough onto a floured surface and knead about ten minutes. This eliminates air bubbles and the grainy texture of the salt. On the same surface, roll out the dough with the rolling pin to a thickness of about 1/4 inch.

Place cookie cutters on rolled-out dough and press down to create individual shapes. Be sure to poke a small hole with the lead of a pencil through each ornament to allow it to be hung with ribbon. Gently lift the shapes with the spatula and place on the baking sheet.

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Your kids will have a blast decorating these fun and easy ornaments. Great for Christmas ornaments...just use Christmas cookie cutters! Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.

In a large bowl, add flour, salt, and hot water. Mix very well with your hands until thoroughly combined. You may at this point divide small portions of dough to a separate bowl to color with the food coloring if desired.

Roll out dough onto flat surface. It doesn't really stick, so you shouldn't need any flour. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of the dough, and place them on a nonstick cookie sheet.

Use the toothpick to create holes at the tops of the ornaments to put ribbon or wire hangers through. Bake ornaments for about 25-30 minutes or until hard. Remove from oven and let cool.

Paint the ornaments anyway you like. We made some Christmas trees from our green dough and painted red and yellow dots on them...really easy. We also made candy canes from the plain dough and painted red stripes on them.

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Salt dough ornaments are easy to make and all round great family fun! Mix flour and salt together. Add water and food coloring, mix until well combined.

Form mixture into a ball and knead very well for 5-10 minutes until smooth. For best results don't skimp on this step, the ornaments will come out better with lots of kneading! Not enough kneading can lead to a brittle ornament.

If you do not plan to bake it right away be sure to put the dough in a Ziploc bag to ensure that it does not dry out. Roll out the dough and use Christmas shaped cookie cutters, to cut out the ornaments. Depending on the size of the cookie cutters you can make a lot of ornaments (40-50).

Remember to make a hole at the top for stringing ribbon. Use your child's hand or feet to make an imprint on the ornament for a cute grandparent gift. Bake on a low oven setting, 250 degrees for about 2-2 1/2 hours or until the ornaments appear ... more.

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