Salt Dough Ornaments

There's so much you can do with salt dough,

but in this post we are going to focus on Christmas tree ornaments.

If you didn't catch our last post,

here's 2 recipes for salt dough.

We love these stamped ornaments we found at Our Lake Life

Love the stamped letters on this hand print keepsake ornament we found at blog 

Your So Martha

Another awesome ornament found at Confetti Prints

And of course you can let the kids imaginations run wild:

Found at Choices For Children

Salt Dough Recipes

(Learn how to make these ornaments at Blog Our Lake Life)

Salt Dough is relatively cheap to make and so much fun for everyone.

There is so much you can do with salt dough.

Make hand print or foot print keepsakes.

Ornaments to hang on the tree.

You can make pretty much anything with salt dough.

The best part is that it's easy,

non-toxic,

and as I mentioned,

cheap!

Here are two easy to follow recipes to make your own salt dough:

Recipe 1:

1 cup salt

1 cup flour

1/2 cup water (may need to add more)

1) Combine salt and flour in a large bowl

2) Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the water

3) Knead until smooth and shape into a ball

4) When not using wrap in plastic or store in an air tight container

Hint: For softer dough you can add more flour. More salt will give it a granulous texture.You can color your dough using food coloring in the batter. If your going to paint it you don't need to use food color. 

Recipe 2:

4 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 1/2 cups hot water

2 teaspoons veggie oil

1) Combine salt and flour in a mixing bowl

2) Gradually add water until the mixture becomes elastic

3) Add veggie oil

Hint: If your dough is too sticky add more flour. If it's too crumbly add more water.

There are 2 days to cure your salt dough creations.

1) Your can let them air dry. This could take a day or two depending on the thickness of your creation. 

2) Bake at 200 degrees F. It's much faster to cure this way.

(Note: I've had a few creations get pockets of air in them and break from not using a rolling pin. Its always better if you can flatten out the air with a rolling pin so this doesn't happen to you.)

Handmade Ornament Craft Ideas

You can do/use just about anything to make an ornament.

Here's just a few super neat ideas,

Super easy craft for anyone.

You can't paint a glass or plastic bulb,

or get one already the color your wanting,

then decorate with foam stickers.

I love making ornaments with hand prints and finger prints.

They make great keepsakes.

These finger print reindeer are super adorable.

Hand print snowman 

Love the hands cut out and made into reindeer.

Super easy and fun glass bulb ornaments.

Love this for the knitter.

Salt dough ornaments are so much fun.

Salt dough or even paper

Craft: Toilet Paper Roll Elf

This toilet paper Elf is super easy,

and SUPER cute!

Found on a Google search.

Image says its from Sassy Dealz

But Google says its from Crafty Morning

Craft: Movable Elf

Here's a fun easy craft for everyone.

Make your own paper Elf with movable arms and legs.

I found this neat template over at Artist Helping Children's Blog.

I thought it was super cute.

In just a few easy steps you'll have a cute paper Elf.

1) Print out this template

2) Let the kids Color

3) Cut out the pieces

4) Use brass paper fasteners to attach the arms and legs.

 Done!