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How to make ornaments out of salt dough
The easy DIY gift hiding in your kitchen
Christmas is only a few days away. For the grown-ups left on your list, go with something simple, sentimental and homemade.
Presenting: salt dough ornaments.
Salt dough is easy to shape and mold, and it dries into a hardened item. It’s also easy to personalize — salt dough will preserve an imprint of a small hand print for years to come. Like play dough, it can be shaped anyway you choose. What will you create?
What you need:
- 1 cup flour
- Half cup salt
- Half cup water
- A straw
- String or ribbon
What you do:
1. Mix the flour, water and salt together. Dough should start to form. Use your hands to press and knead it together.
2. Use your hands or a rolling pin to spread out the dough. Use cookie cutters or a butter knife to cut out the shape of your ornament.
3. Place the shapes on a baking sheet. Use a straw to create a small hole where you will later thread string or ribbon. If you want to create an imprint of a hand — or paw — on the ornament, do that now.
4. Let the ornaments dry until they are very hard — in the oven at 200 degrees for 2-3 hours, or leave them out to air dry for a few days. Attach a string or ribbon.
Salt dough ornament. (The Gazette)
1. Mix the flour, water and salt together. Dough should start to form. Use your hands to press and knead it together.
2. Use your hands or a rolling pin to spread out the dough. Use cookie cutters or a butter knife to cut out the shape of your ornament.
3. Place the shapes on a baking sheet. Use a straw to create a small hole where you will later thread string or ribbon. If you want to create an imprint of a hand — or paw — on the ornament, do that now.
4. Let the ornaments dry until they are very hard — in the oven at 200 degrees for 2-3 hours, or leave them out to air dry for a few days. Attach a string or ribbon. (Molly Duffy/For The Gazette)
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