For those who do not know, salt dough is the perfect material for kids to work with! It can easily be made at home with just flour, salt, and water. Because of this, it’s the perfect material for a child to make Christmas ornaments with! In just a few hours your tree can be filled with these lovely decorations. In the round up below we feature all our favorite ornament ideas from around the web.
Salt Dough Ingredients:
- 1 cup of salt
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cups water
Instructions:
- Mix the salt and flower together in a bowl
- Gradually mix in the water. Mix it until it starts becoming more like the consistency of cookie dough
- Once the water is mixed, knead the dough with your hands on a tray
- Then, build your creations!
- Once its done you can heat it in the oven, microwave, or air dry it to get it hard.
- Paint the creation if desired
- Store leftovers in an airtight container. It will last up to 48 hours
1. Penguin ornament
Via: Messy Little Monster
2. Child’s hand-print and picture
Via: Teach Me Mommy
3. Pet print ornaments
After all pets are family too!
Via: One Little Project
4. Picture frame with lights
Via: Teach Me Mommy
5. Simple snowman
Via: Lines Across
6. Gingerbread ornament
Via: Where Your Treasure Is
7. Snowman hand print
Via: Paging Fun Mums
8. Santa ornament
Via: From ABCs to ACTS
9. Melting snowman
Via: Kid Friendly Things To Do
10. Finger print Christmas tree
Via: Messy Little Monster
11. Christmas star
Via: Wife Mommy Me
12. Painted and decorated handprints
Via: Learning and exploring Through Play
13. Funny reindeer from footprints
Via: Fun Handprint Art Blog
14. MistleTOE ornament
Via: Fun Handprint Art
15. Christmas star garland
Via: Rainy Day Mum
16. Pine stamp salt dough
Via: Easy Peasy and Fun
17. Salt dough star fish
Via: Domestic Ingenuity
18. Hand print art
Via: Olive Juice Mama
19. Sea glass Christmas tree
Via Red Ted Art
20. Peppermint painted ornaments
Via: Soldaeira Handmade
21. Rainbow heart
Via: Two-Daloo
22. Snowmen footprint
Via: Crafty Morning
23. Simple candy cane
Via: Kid Friendly Things To Do
24. The Grinch ornament
Via: From ABCs to ACTs
25. Snowman portrait and background
Via: Crafty Morning
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