Easy Peasy Handmade Salt Dough Ornaments

Having fun making Holly Jolly Christmas Crafts! 

Whipping up easy salt dough ornaments for memorable Christmas craft times.

Oh my goodness! Have you tried mixing and baking any of those salt dough or baking soda ornament recipes on Pinterest? There are many, many examples to choose from. My daughter and I first made some salt dough ornaments during the summer to try out various recipes. You can see those baking in our oven in the photo below.

Then a friend of mine made some for a recent kid's ornament party at my church. She brought a large container full of shapes for everyone to share and paint. My little girl painted and glittered the ones in the main photo above. We've had a lot of fun making ornaments of all kinds this year and plan to make a few more kinds before Christmas. 

Put on some holiday music, mix up some dough and have fun with your kids making ornaments! Next up for us...trying a corn starch and baking soda ornament recipe that I found on Pinterest. It is suppose to be even easier than the salt dough ones and have a better texture and whiter color overall after drying. We'll see how it goes and have a lot of fun experimenting I'm sure :-)

Merry Christmas!

Easy Peasy Salt Dough Ornaments:

Mix a cup of flour with a cup of salt. Then add about a half cup of water (or as needed to form a firm dough). Knead dough and flatten to about a quarter inch thickness. Use cookie cutters to make shapes. Then bake on a cookie sheet for 3-4 hours at 200 degrees or let air dry for 24-48 hours. 

Be sure to watch them carefully in the oven as I had one batch burn a bit around the edges! If you have that issue, you can reduce the heat or let air dry until firm.