Cinnamon Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments

One of our favorite kid craft projects in our house especially around the holidays is homemade salt dough.

Cinnamon salt dough handprint ornaments. Bake at 200 f on a parchment lined baking pan. You have to try this easy cinnmaon salt dough recipe. To make autumn salt dough you ll need 1 cup plain flour 1 cup salt 1 cup warm water food coloring in yellow orange and red 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tbsp cinnamon. To hang them up later you also need to poke a hole before heating.

For babies and younger toddlers. Cinammon salt dough is great for both diy cinnamon salt dough ornaments and cinnamon playdough. Use as a pattern to cut out dough. We have always seen salt dough handprint ornaments before and thought they were a really nice way to make a memory of your little one s hand to cherish on the christmas tree.

Salt dough handprint ornaments. Prepare scented cinnamon ornaments dough as directed. My kid loves making salt dough ornaments handprints and other sculptures and i love that i almost always have the supplies on hand to mix up this salt dough recipe. Then roll out the dough to 1 4 inch thick.

Using extra cinnamon as flour roll out the dough to 1 8 to 1 4 inch thick. Click here to see all our christmas ornament craft ideas for kids. Keep rolling out the small scraps of dough and make ornaments until the dough is all gone. Cinnamon salt dough ornament fingerprint gingerbread.

In a nutshell you need to make different balls of dough add in the cinnamon roll out the balls and cut leaf shapes. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Using a straw or skewer punch a hole at the top of the ornament. The tradition started years ago when one december i took a.

Using a toothpick make a hole somewhere on the ornament so it can be hung. You could easily make a new one every year and have a nice memento for the christmas tree you can compare to. We love creating handprint and footprint art and christmas is the perfect excuse for doing a few extra crafts. So if you want to get into the christmas spirit make some gorgeous handmade ornaments and what a fantastic sensory craft for kids.

We love salt dough ornaments take a look at our adorable and ever growing collection of handmade christmas ornament crafts or our equally adorable collection of keepsake craft ideas. Oh my if you haven t given cinnamon salt dough a go you simply have to. Trace a 3 inch heart or 4 inch child s handprint on a piece of cardboard. You will love our fingerprint christmas tree ornament santa handprint ornament and our star photo frame ornaments.

Using 1 1 2 inch heart shaped or round cookie cutter cut out center of each large heart or handprint. We love making salt dough ornaments at christmas time take a look at all our salt dough ornaments they make such cute keepsakes to bring out year after year. The best ideas for traditions come naturally and one that happened naturally for us was making these cinnamon salt dough ornaments. With christmas coming up we love focusing our crafts on the holiday season.

Combine all ingredients roll into a ball of dough. Hopefully you will find many more keepsake crafts to have a go at.