Salt Dough Ornaments

2Tree Salt Dough Ornament, a photo by amybevil on Flickr.

2011 found me crafting more Christmas gifts then ever. One of my favorites was these Salt Dough Ornaments. They were so simple and fun.

Recipe:

1 cup salt
2 cups flour
1 cup luke warm water

Simply mix the salt and flour together, then add the luke warm water until it gets a doughy consistency. Then knead with your hands for at least 5 minutes, the longer you knead the smoother the dough will be.

Roll out and cut with your favorite cookie cutters. You can roll it out at thin or as thick as you'd like but keep in mind the thicker you make them the longer it will take to dry. Then put them on your cookie sheet and grab a straw to make your holes.

We tried air drying, and using the oven. The oven at around 200 degrees till dry gave us the best results. Anywhere from 25 minutes -2hrs depending on the thickness of your ornaments.

When done you can leave them or paint. We painted them with acrylics added cream colored ribbon as a holder and wrapped them up.