Terrific Tot Tuesday: Salt Dough Ornaments

With the holiday season among us, and a busy toddler who is very excited about helping decorate the house, I thought I could pass on a tradition my mom did with me; salt dough ornaments. I found the recipe online...and now can't find the site to reference! But it was quite easy: 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of water, blend together and knead for about 5 minutes. My little helper was great at getting involved and pouring the ingredients into the bowl. From there, on a floured surface, roll out your dough. 

I went to Superstore and they had a huge box of cookie cutters. The cookie cutters had themed shapes for Easter, Halloween, sports and of course, Christmas. K-man helped pick the shapes and cut them into the dough. Only problems was getting him to understand not to overlap, so he didn't destroy shapes he had already cut! I then took a straw to poke a hole near the top so you can later feed ribbon or string through the ornament to hang on a tree.

This was the interesting part, you bake the shapes in a 200 degree oven for 4-5 hours. The salt dough needs to dry out, so that's why it takes so long.

Once baked, your little artist can get to work and paint them anyway they want. We had a lot of blue on the ornaments! 

Here is K-man's hard work:

I will be take some better shots once they are on the tree. Try it out!

Thanks for reading!