3-Ingredient Salt Dough Ornaments

Every year, my Mom whips up a batch of these salt dough ornaments for one of our Christmas crafts (yes, of course, my family does Christmas crafts) and we have so much fun decorating them. It’s a cheap, easy, and fun way to fill up your tree while creating memories with your family. These ornaments require THREE ingredients: flour, salt, and water! That’s it! Let’s get started!

Ingredients and Materials for Salt Dough Ornaments

• 4 C of all-purpose flour
• 1 C of Salt
• 1 1/2 C of warm water
• Cookie cutters, paint, glitter, twine, stamps, etc. for decorating

Instructions for Salt Dough Ornaments

Step 1: Making the Dough

• Preheat oven to 300° F
• Combine flour & salt
• Add warm water while stirring continuously
• Knead the dough with hands until smooth and moldable
  • The salt will dry your hands out, so you may consider rubber gloves
• Roll it out until it’s about 1/8″ thick

Step 2: Making the Ornaments

• Use cookie cutters to cut dough into festive shapes
• Create a hole in each shape using a straw
• Transfer to a baking sheet
• Bake ornaments for an hour
• Let ornaments completely cool

Step3: Decorating the Salt Dough Ornaments

• Decorate your ornaments with paint, glitter, markers or anything else you have laying around
• Decorating tips and tricks:
  • Layer your colors
    • I painted the backgrounds of all my ornaments first (see pic above), let them dry, and then added the extra detail
  • Use a toothpick or the end of your paintbrush
    • If your brush isn’t small enough, a toothpick or the back of your brush is a great way to add tiny details to your ornaments
  • Add ribbon or twine so you can hang your beautiful ornaments on the tree
• Don’t forget to sign and date your ornaments!
• Spray the ornaments with a clear coat to help preserve them

Show me your Salt Dough Ornaments

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