Ready to Deck the Halls!
Have you ever seen an orange Christmas tree? When we went home last month for the family cookout, we did an early project for Christmas. I can't wait until December, as I originally planned, to share them with you in case you wanted to make them. Mom made Christmas ornament dough and we all decorated ornaments. It was so much fun, and especially for three of us, brought back LOTS of memories of when we were crafty, little girls.
Christmas Ornament Dough
4 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. salt
1-1/2 c. water
Mix together all ingredients and knead for 10 minutes. Roll out dough and cut with cookie cutters. Use a drinking straw to create a hole in top of each ornament for hanging and carefully place cut dough onto cookie streets. Bake at 250 for 1 hour or until ornament is completely dried and hard. Cool completely on baking pan. When ornaments are cool, let kids (or in our case, big kids) paint them. Use lengths of ribbon for hanging.
Paint with acrylic paint and once completely dried, seal with Modge Podge.
**Note: This recipe is only for making decorations, not eating.
3 comments:
Thanks for all the happy family memories that you bring back with this site! Much love, MOTC
Those are so cute. I have to make some for the kids. What did you use to paint them? I may have to have a live tutorial.
Oops! I forgot to add that and it is pretty important...I'll add that to the original "recipe".
I'd be glad to give a live tutorial if I get to play with the boys and hold that baby! :)
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