Salt Dough Ornaments

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Salt Dough Ornaments

If you are looking for some fun and inexpensive crafts to do this Christmas, making ornaments with salt dough is a good choice. Basically, with salt, flour, water and some decorations you can make beautiful ornaments to give as gifts to family and friends. On a rainy or cold day, you will probably have these items around the house. This is an excellent craft for kids. My kids and I started making these about 3 years ago and now it has become a tradition each year during the holidays. We make these for everyone and now people look forward to getting one each year. You can also make these for any occasion. We have made them for Valentines Day too.

What you need

4 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
1 1/2 cups of hot water
holiday cookie cutters
decorations, glitter, paint, beads, etc.

Knead the dough and roll it out to cut out shapes with cookie cutters (just like if you were making sugar cookies). Place them on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on high for about 2 minutes.
Paint and decorate as desired. Most of all, be creative and have a lot of fun!

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Reviews of Salt Dough Ornaments:

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Leah in WA Dec 24, 2007
Would make this again.
The dough was easy and fun to make. My family had a great time decorating these together. It was so cute watching my brothers and sisters making them. They aer all under 5 and had a blast! five stars

A cookie baker in La Pine, Oregon Dec 17, 2007
Would make this again.
My two children, ages 8 and 5, and I had a wonderful time making salt dough ornaments this year. I used this recipe when I was younger for a school project but baked the dough in the oven. I tried the microwave recipe this time but our ornaments turned out lumpy. I even turned the power level down on the microwave. Any suggestions on how to keep them from bubbling up? four stars