Make Salt Dough Ornaments with us! This was a very, very easy DIY made from things you probably already have around the house. 



Ingredients:

🍞 4 cups of flour
🧂 1 cup of salt
💧 1 ½ cup of water



Tools:

🥣 Mixing bowl
🥄 Large spoon
📃 Parchment paper
➰ Rolling pin
🍪 Cookie cutters
🥤 Straw or toothpick (to make a hole)
🔲 Baking sheet
🎨 Paint
🎀 Ribbon or string

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 Instructions:

• Mix the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Slowly pour the warm water while stirring.
• Start mixing the dough with your hands once the dough becomes too tough.
• Knead the dough for a couple minutes until it is smooth and pliable.
• Place a good chunk of dough on a piece of parchment paper. Put another piece of parchment on top of the dough. Roll it out until ⅛ inch or 3.175 mm thick. If the ornaments are too thick, it will crack because of the trapped air.
• Remove the top parchment paper and cut out the shapes of the ornaments. Make sure not to move the cut out pieces.
• Peel away the excess dough and leave the shapes on the parchment paper.
• Take a straw or toothpick to make a hole for the ribbon or string to go through.
• You can put texture on the ornaments using a fork or stamp.
• Transfer the parchment paper with the shapes onto a baking sheet. Bake the ornaments in a 150°C oven for about an hour. They are done when they feel hard.
• Let the dough completely cool before painting.
• Once the paint is dry, add a ribbon or string. Hang and enjoy! 🎄

NOTE: Make sure to hang these high up on your tree and away from pets. Though all of the ingredients are technically edible, if a few ornaments are ingested the high salt content could lead to a dog becoming very sick.