The first day of December

I decided this year to add to the excitement of Christmas and do something special each day.  Our Advent calendar is very cute but is just a basic countdown - no surprise treats. Today we started with making ornaments out of a basic salt dough recipe.  (I will post the recipe at the bottom).

Adding Salt

Adding Flour

"This is so gross"

Our Willow was just wondering if he could eat it

Press

cut

Yes, I forgot to take an after picture but I was tired.  The ornaments turned out wonderful.  Now I just need to get some paint and they can finish them.  They really had fun doing this and will always remember it when they look at the ornaments hanging on the tree.

After they cut out the shapes they wanted, I used a straw to put a hole in the top so we could hang them later.  You may also want to flour your table like we did so the dough doesn't stick.

Salt Dough Recipe 

1/2 cup of Salt 

!/2 cup of Flour

1/4 cup of water 

Mix the ingredients in a large bowl until a dough forms.  Press out but not too thin.  Cut using any shapes you'd like.  If hanging, use a straw and punch out a hole.  Put in a 200 degree oven and bake for 3 hours.  Paint and then seal.  

*Due to the large amount of salt and flour, you may want to go to your local Dollar Tree to get them to help the cost*