Fun Salt Dough Ornament Recipe

This is a very easy salt dough ornament recipe.

Do you love homemade gifts? Do your kids like to get their hands "dirty"?

Don't we all appreciate the time and effort someone else spends on our behalf when we receive homemade gifts?

And children - boys and girls alike - love to make crafts for others. Kids love spending hours creating, coloring and imagining. Don't they just beam when we say: "Wow! Great job!"

This salt dough recipe will provide the children in your life with wonderful hours of fun and entertainment, an outlet for their creativity and a way for them to make gifts for others. Yes, all this from one recipe.

However, children are not the only ones who will love this recipe for salt dough; you too can have lots of fun. Yes, many salt dough crafts can be made with this dough, you can make:

Christmas ornaments

Jewelry beads

Figurines

Tiles

Etc.

The great thing about this salt dough ornament recipe is that it is very versatile. As you can see, Christmas ornaments - however fun - are not the only projects that you can make with salt dough. Your imagination is the limit.

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Salt Dough Ornaments Before Baking

Basic Recipe for Salt Dough: Ingredients

Salt Dough Ornament Recipe

Mix the salt and flour together in a bowl.

Add the water.

Knead the dough for a few minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic.

Note: An easier way is to dump everything in a stand mixer and let it do the work!

Cover with plastic wrap - to keep the dough from drying out. Let it sit for 20 to 30 minutes.

Note: For a salt dough to make smaller projects - such as beads - add 3/4 cup of cornstarch to the basic dough.

Roll out. You may choose to roll out onto wax or parchment paper.

Cut into shapes with cookie cutters or other objects. You can make shapes...your imagination is the limit.

Drying Salt Dough

You can let it air dry - which can take days!

However if you have children, you KNOW that when they want to paint and decorate waiting and waiting...and waiting is no fun - and when all is said and done...especially for you - mom!

So you have another option: place your salt dough creations into the oven at 250 F. for 1 1/2 to 3 hours depending on the size and thickness of the projects.

Salt Dough Ornament Recipe: Adding Color

Color in the form of powder can be added to the dough. This will work well for jewelry pieces. To do so, add 1/2 cup of Tempera paint to the dough. I have also heard that you can add cocoa powder or even cinnamon powder.

We have never done this. We have always decorated the dough after the baking process. Craft paint works well.

You can also add buttons, glitter etc.

To make your salt dough crafts longer lasting put an acrylic varnish on top with a good paint brush.

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Did You Try to Make this Easy Salt Dough Recipe?

My children and I have made this recipe many times and we have always had loads of fun doing it. What about you? Do you have a project to share - with pictures of course! A review? Share it!