Salt Dough Ornaments

Make these adorable Salt Dough Ornaments at home and give handmade gifts for the
holidays. Easy to make and kid-friendly.

Servings: 24 ornaments

Author: Jessica Robinson

Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
16 hours, 40 minutes

Total Time
16 hours, 55 minutes

Course:

Crafts

Cuisine:

American

Instructions

1 Mix the above ingredients in a bowl and roll out on a lightly floured surface to
your desired thickness.
2 You'll want to lightly flour the surface of the dough once rolled out, so your
cookie cutters don't stick. Cut out your desired shapes (I found really cool
vintage cookie cutters on Ebay) and carefully lift them up with the spatula.
Place the cookie shape into your left hand and smooth out the edges with your
right (opposite if you are left handed). Slide gently onto a parchment lined
cookie sheet.
3 Put a hole in the top of the cookie with a disposable straw. Twist the straw
around in a circular motion to make the hole a little bigger. (it will close up
a bit during the baking process)
4 Bake at 170-200 degrees for about 12-15 hours. You’ll need to bake them at this
low temperature for a long period of time so they don’t puff up or curl. Once
they are done, let them cool fully.
5 Brush off any excess flour and paint the entire cookie with white acrylic paint
as a base coat. Set aside and let them dry thoroughly. Apply a coat of white
acrylic paint as a base coat to all of the cookies. Set on Kraft paper to dry
thoroughly.
6 I like to work in an assembly line of sorts. I start with red, for example and
by the time I'm done painting that color they are dry and I can move on to the
next color. Once they are all done you can go back and touch up any spots of
paint you are not happy with. (For my Santa ornaments, I paint the beard white
and then dry brush on gray for added texture. Same for his cheeks with a little
bit of blush for added color.) Let them dry well.
7 You'll want to apply a thin layer of oil-based polyurethane to each side, one
side at a time. Apply about 3-4 coats per side and let dry thoroughly in between
coats. Set them on Kraft paper as they dry. They should last for many years to
come.

Salt Dough Ornaments

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