How to Make Easy Salt Dough Ornaments

Custom salt dough ornaments are very easy to make at home, and chances are you already have all the supplies you need in your kitchen cupboards. Once you bake the ornaments, you can paint them or accessorize them however you like. Lets learn How to Make Easy Salt Dough Ornaments!

Use the ornaments as fun gift toppers for holiday or birthday gifts, string them into a fun garland, or simply hang the ornaments from a Christmas tree. This at-home craft is easy enough for the whole family to make! Looking for even more simple Christmas DIY projects? Check these out: 5 Simple DIY Christmas Decorations.

How to Make Easy Salt Dough Ornaments

Needed Supplies:

Flour
Salt
Water
Rolling pin
Cookie cutters
Bamboo skewer
Cookie sheet
Acrylic paint
String or ribbon

Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, and 1 cup warm water.
Stir or knead the dough until it’s smooth and not sticky. We often add a few pinches of flour as we stirred to get it to the right consistency.
Let the dough sit for 20 minutes.
Proceed by turning the dough out onto a floured surface and use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to about ¼-inch thickness.
Cut into shapes using your desired cookie cutters.
If stringing the shapes as ornaments, poke a hole in them for the ribbon or string to go through.
Place the cut shapes about ½-inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
For ¼-inch cutouts plan to bake the ornaments at 250°F for 90 minutes.
Flip them and then bake for another 90 minutes. If your shapes are thicker, you may need to bake them for even longer.
Remove the pan from the oven and let the cutouts cool completely before moving on to the next step.
After they’ve completely cooled, decorate them with your desired acrylic paints, glitter, or other embellishments.

If you make this tutorial and love how it turned out, feel free to come back and comment about your experience. I’d love to see your creation and how you served it!

How to Make Easy Salt Dough Ornaments