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Salt Dough Recipe for Ornaments, Handprints, and Crafting

Salt Dough Recipe for Ornaments, Handprints, and Crafting

This Salt Dough Recipe for Ornaments, Handprints, and Crafting is perfect for creating keepsakes and decorations.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Craft
Cuisine American
Servings 8 ornaments

Equipment

  • Oven
  • mixing bowl
  • Cookie Cutters
  • parchment paper
  • Rolling Pin
  • Straw or Toothpick

Ingredients
  

Dough Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup table salt
  • 1.5 cups warm water

Instructions
 

To Make Dough

  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Slowly stream in the water while stirring until it comes together. Finish mixing together with hands. Knead until dough is soft, about five minutes.

To Bake Ornaments

  • Preheat oven to 200°F. Place half of the dough between two large pieces of parchment paper. Roll out until ⅛" thick. Remove the top sheet of parchment.
  • Using cookie cutters, cut shapes (leaving them on the parchment). Peel away the excess dough. Transfer the parchment with shapes to a baking sheet.
  • Using a straw or toothpick, poke a hole for ribbon or an ornament hanger. Bake in the preheated oven until hard, starting to check at the hour mark. It could take as much as two hours.
  • Once cooled, decorate using glitter and paint. To make sure the ornaments last a long time, spray with a light coat of polyurethane spray. Thread on a ribbon and hang on tree.

Notes

This recipe was originally posted with an oven temp of 300°F. While we've made many batches at this temperature successfully, some of you had poor results with this higher temperature. So, we adjusted the recipe to use a lower oven temperature for a longer bake time.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ornament
Keyword Christmas, Crafting, DIY, Handprints, Ornaments, Salt Dough
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