Salt Dough Valentine Ornaments
Grab some glitter glue and try these Salt Dough Valentine Ornaments! They're the cutest Valentine's Day craft!
Ingredients
- ½ c. salt
- 1 c. flour
- ½ c. water
- paint glitter glue, ribbon, etc. – whatever you want to use for decorating!
- clear spray or varnish if you want to add a layer of protection to your ornaments
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°. Line a cookie sheet or two with parchment paper and set aside.
- Mix together the salt, flour, and water in a large bowl until dough is formed. Remove dough from bowl and place on a lightly floured surface. Knead until dough is smooth. Add flour a bit at a time if dough is sticky. You don’t want to add too much flour as it will cause your ornaments to be too dry. But I found that adding some flour helped.
- Roll dough to 1/4″ thickness with a rolling pin. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and remove the shapes to your lined cookie sheets. If it is hard to get your ornaments up nicely, experiment with adding a bit more flour until it works better. Punch a hole in the cutout dough with a plastic straw for inserting a ribbon when finished.
- Bake for 2 hours. Remove from oven and cool completely before decorating.
- Paint your ornaments in your favorite colors and patterns, etc. Allow to air dry. If you want, you can apply a thin coat of sealer such as a clear spray paint or a varnish.
- Insert ribbon or string into your pre-punched holes and hang.
Notes
Note: This makes a rather small amount of dough. If you want to make quite a few larger ornaments, you will want to double the recipe.
Adapted from Salt Dough Ornaments by add a pinch
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