Cookie Cutter Ornaments #Crafts

These look easy to make and the kids will have a lot of fun!

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Make Salt Dough Ornaments

1. Gather the ingredients and equipment. To make your salt dough ornaments, you will need one cup of plain flour, half a cup of salt and half a cup of water. You will also need Christmas themed cookie cutters (stars, Christmas trees, angels, wreaths, etc.) a cookie sheet, arolling pin, some toothpicks, ribbon, and acrylic paints and glitter glue for decorating.
   
2. Make the salt dough. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and water and stir until it forms a dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour — though not too much, as this will cause the dough to crack.^[4]
   
3. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. With aflouredrolling pin, roll out the dough until it is about in thickness. Use your Christmas themed cookie cutters to cut out shapes in the dough. Place each shape on a floured surface as you cut out the rest of the dough.
   
4. Make holes in each ornament for hanging. Before you bake your ornaments, you will need to make a little hole at the top of each where you can thread a ribbon to hang the ornament from your tree. Use a toothpick to make punch a hole near the top of each ornament, rotating the toothpick a little to make the hole wide enough for your ribbon to fit through.
   
5. Bake the ornaments. Place your salt dough ornaments on a floured cookie sheet and place on the middle shelf of an oven preheated to 250 degrees F. Bake for two hours, then remove from the oven, place on a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
   
6. Decorate. Once the salt dough ornament have cooled, you can decorate them using the acrylic paints and glitter glue. Depending on personal preference, you can use a small paint brush to paint on intricate details, or you can simply cover the decoration in one block color. You can also glue on sequins, button and crystals for extra decoration.
   
7. Thread the ribbon. Cut a length of ribbon – preferably in red, green or white – and thread it through the hole at the top of the ornament. Secure with a knot and hang from the tree. If you like, you can write the date on the back of the ornament to remember when you made it!

I found this on simpleNewz.  There’s more crafts on there and lots of other news, and just about everything you want to read about!   There’s current news and archives go back ten years.  It’s really an interesting site.  They also promote my posts and you can email them about adding yours! Just click on “For Site Owners”!

I’m going to make these with my granddaughters when they get here.  They live out-of-state and I can’t wait!  Enjoy!

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