Salt Dough Ornaments

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These easy salt dough ornaments make a great gift! Get your kids in the kitchen to help and it’s an activity the whole family will love!

When I started subbing last year I was fortunate enough to become good friends with the mom of a little boy in my class.  We are sooooo much alike and her kids are just great.  I love when we’re both subbing in the same building because we’ll take the kids to Chic Fil A after school and let them play while we catch up.  It makes my heart happy.  She’s one of my biggest ‘real life’ blog supporters and I just adore her.  So when I mentioned this 12 days series and how I wanted to put up a kid craft she immediately volunteered her kids for my project!  Aren’t they just the sweetest?

I think a Christmas gift from a child is so much sweeter when it’s made with little hands.  I did make these myself but only because we live about 45 minutes away from each other and the kids decorated them in a classroom after school one day.  These salt dough ornaments are so easy to make with your little ones with only 3 ingredients and the option to skip the oven.  

Turn them into any shape you want and if you’ve got a wee one celebrating his or her first Christmas this is a great way to commemorate it with a hand or footprint ornament!  What grandparent wouldn’t love that?!  If I make these again I’ll roll them a little thicker.  I’m a little concerned they won’t last for more than a few years because they’re kind of thin but the kids didn’t care much 😉

Ingredients

1 cup salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup warm water

Directions

1. Combine salt and flour with a fork and then slowly stir in warm water.
2. Roll about a quarter to a half of an inch thick and cut with the cookie cutter of your choice.  I rolled my dough onto the cookie sheet so they wouldn’t stretch as I transferred them.
3. Make sure you poke a hole at the top so you can hang them then bake at 200 degrees for 3 to 4 hours, flipping halfway through or leave them out overnight to dry out.

The kiddos had so much fun decorating them and when they were finished I just sprayed them with a coat of mod podge to keep the paint from flaking.  I used a ribbon to hang them on the tree.

The kids are so excited to give these to their teachers as gifts but I think they’d also make cute gifts for grandparents, friends, or faraway relatives, too!