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Salt Dough Ornaments 

Looking for a simple homemade ornament that kids can make? These Salt Dough Ornaments are perfect for children of all ages – younger kids can help make and roll the dough, and cut and decorate shapes, older children can take charge of the process from start to finish.

For more Christmas ornament DIY tutorials for children from preschool to school age in our post, Christmas Decorations for Kids to Make.

Salt dough Christmas ornaments

Salt Dough Ornaments: Recipe & Tutorial

Don’t have the ingredients for salt dough handy? Our three ingredient Air Dry Modelling Clay will work too.

You will need – for salt dough:

  • 1½ cups white flour
  • 1 cup salt
  • ¾ cup water
  • Additional flour for dusting hands
  • Baking paper
  • Baking tray
  • Mixing bowl
  • Rolling pin
  • Cookie cutters

Salt dough recipe supplies
For decorating:

  • Child friendly acrylic paint
  • String or yarn
 

How to make:

1. Preheat the oven on low to 200˚F/100˚C.

2. Mix the flour and salt together well.

Salt dough recipe

3. Slowly add the water.

Salt dough DIY

4. Mix well.

Salt dough tutorial

5. Dust hands with flour. Form dough into a ball. Set aside.

DIY salt dough

6. Line a work area with baking paper.

7. Dust your hands and lined area with flour. You’ll want to make sure you cover the area well or the dough will stick to the paper. Place the dough ball on the dusted table area.

How to make salt dough

8. Roll the dough out to desired thickness with a floured rolling pin.

DIY salt dough recipe

9. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of the dough.

How to make salt dough tutorial

how to make salt dough ornaments

Tip: After pushing the cookie cutter down into the dough, we wiggled it around a little bit to help the dough lift from the baking paper.

how to make salt dough shapes

10. Line the baking tray with baking paper.

11. Place the salt dough shapes onto the baking tray, keeping them at least 2-3cm/1 inch apart.

Making salt dough Christmas ornaments

Tip: If you have excess dough left over, you can roll it back up into a ball and then re-roll the dough out to create more shapes.

12. Add holes to the dough toward the top of each shape with a drinking straw.

salt dough ornaments

how to make salt dough ornaments tutorial

13. Bake in the oven for two to three hours.

how to make salt dough tutorial

14. When the dough is completely dry, paint the shapes.

Salt dough ornament tutorial

Allow paint to dry.

Salt dough ornaments tutorial

15. Add string or yarn through the hols to create your ornaments.

Salt dough Christmas ornaments tutorial

Now they are ready to hang on your tree!

You can also use this same process to make salt dough necklaces – a great gift kids can make. Perfect for Mother’s Day.

Salt dough ornaments recipe and tutorial

More Christmas craft fun:

25 Christmas Cards Kids Can Make12 Homemade Christmas Wreath Ideas: Make a wreath as a family as a fabulous keepsake and tradition

Christie Burnett is an early childhood teacher, presenter, writer and the editor of Childhood 101. More importantly, she is a Mum who believes wholeheartedly in the value of children learning through play, the importance of quality early education, and the togetherness of family.

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