we haven't joined the christmas craziness just yet. i don't think we'll put up any christmas decorations until next weekend, but i did spend my evening making salt dough ornaments and spray painting pine cones gold while listening to the She and Him Holiday pandora station (it's so good!), so I guess we're getting there. It was warm enough to eat lunch outside today, so before I get too excited for christmas, I'm going to relish in this sunshiney fall. i do keep forgetting it's nearly december, though.
S A L T D O U G H O R N A M E N T S :
(i know they look a little brown in these pictures - my lighting is weird in my kitchen!)
> 2 cups flour
> 1 cup salt
> 1 cup water
1. mix it all together real good.
2. roll out (not all at once, i did fist-sized balls at a time) inbetween 2 pieces of parchment paper.
3. i used stamps to decorate mine (regular scrapbooking stamps and ink - worked great! took a little practice).
4. cut out with cookie cutters (even a glass would work).
5. use a straw for the hole at the top.
6. place on cookie sheet (keep them on the parchment paper, just transfer the whole thing onto a cookie sheet).
7. bake for 3 hours at 250 degrees. (you can go longer, just watch it carefully after 3 hours so the edges don't brown).
8. let them cool, string ribbon or twine through the hole, and hang on your christmas tree (or use as gift tags!)
these were so quick and easy to make, and the batch made me PLENTY to keep for my own tree and to give to neighbors and friends. i found stamps today at hobby lobby for %40 off - I got a heart, snowflake, bird, a north pole postage stamp, and small alphabet letters, plus my black ink pad for $20! i think this would be a fun activity to try with kids! i even made one with cooper's paw print (it took a lot of tries to get him to hold still enough - but it turned out cute!)
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