How Do You Make Cinnamon Dough Ornaments?

Cinnamon smells wonderful and gives any room an instantly festive atmosphere. When warmed, cinnamon dough ornaments release new waves of their delicious scent and bring back memories of the fun that you had making or receiving them the first time you hung the ornaments on your tree. You can use these ornaments not only for decorating Christmas trees, but also to garnish packages or in a gift basket along with other holiday goods.

Stir the glue, cinnamon and applesauce together in the bowl. The mixture should form a reddish-brown paste that smells wonderful. It should be relatively thick just like regular cookie dough.

Knead the dough. You will knead it much like you would bread dough, by pushing and pulling the lump into shape repeatedly. Do this until the texture is even and the dough has a thick, pasty consistency.

Allow the dough to sit for about 60 minutes. You can cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to sit at room temperature. Flatten the dough until it is about ... more.

€¢ Gather your supplies. Loading... • Mix the applesauce, cinnamon and white glue together. You should end up with a substance that is dark brown and of a decidedly firm but doughy consistency.

Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty. Make sure the children aren't tempted to eat it, though! €¢ Roll out your dough to about a quarter inch thick.

€¢ Take the cookie cutters and cut as many shapes as possible from the dough you've made. If you want to add details, like faces, now is the time. €¢ Poke a small hole about a quarter inch away from the top of the shape so you have something to hang it by.

A normal-sized drinking straw makes a good hole. €¢ Place the cut shapes carefully on waxed paper on top of cookie sheets (to protect the cookie sheets). They can be fairly close together, but they probably shouldn't touch.

€¢ Set the shapes out to dry somewhere, preferably in a guest room or somewhere where they won't be disturbed. €¢ Allow them to cure and harden for a day or two. €¢ Once dry, ... more.

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