A lot of our gifts this year have been made by hand. One popular craft has been salt dough ornaments. I made several batches of salt dough ornaments for darling daughter to decorate for Christmas gifts. Many are now hanging on our tree. I think one mitten (or glovies as darling daughter calls them) has about three googly eyes.
Although they were a lot of fun, they were a lot of work in terms of giving darling daughter a bath. Despite the fact she loves to paint, she still manages to get a lot of it on herself instead of the craft.
They are fairly easy to make. In fact, my Kitchen Aid stand mixer came in handy in making the dough. If you are interested in making some yourself, here's an easy recipe.
Salt dough ornaments:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 cup warm water
Mix all three ingredients together and roll out onto a floured table top or counter with a rolling pin. Roll the dough fairly thin. You don't want it to be thick as your ornaments will be puffy once they are finished baking in the oven. With cookie cutters, cut out the ornaments and place them onto baking sheets, preferably lined with parchment paper. Using a straw, poke a hole in your ornaments to thread a ribbon through for hanging. Bake for 300 F for about 45 minutes or when done. Don't let the ornaments brown. If they are going to be decorated by the younger set, you may want to give your ornaments a base coat of paint before the kids go nuts with the glitter glue.
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