A great Christmas time tradition are salt dough ornaments. You can make these ornaments using materials you likely have around the house already. Bake them until hard and then paint, color or use glitter to make them truly shine for small gifts and keepsakes on wrapped packages.
Combine ½ cup salt, 1 cup flour and ½ cup water in a bowl. Mix it well and then use a rolling pin to roll it out to ¼ inch thick. Use your favorite holiday and Christmas cookie cutters to make the ornaments and be sure to use a toothpick to widen a small hole at the top of each for a string or hanger. Place each finished ornament on a cookie sheet and when ready, bake all of them at 200 degrees for two hours.
When the ornaments are cooled off, you can use poster paints to create the ornaments. Use glitter and glaze to make them shine and then thread a festive ribbon through the tops so that friends and family can add the ornaments to their tree this holiday season.
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