Salt Dough Ornaments

What you will need:

• 2 cups of all purpose bleached flour
• 1 cup of salt
• 3/4 cups of water  *add a little more water if your dough is dry and not sticking together.  

Directions:

1. Mix all the ingredients together.  
2. Knead it until it's nice and doughy.  
3. Use cookie cutters to make whatever shape ornaments you want. 
4. Use a straw to poke a hole in the top so you can hang them with a string or hook. 
5. Bake for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.  Turn over and bake 10-20 more minutes, until hard.
6. Once they are baked you can paint them. Or use Mod Podge and glitter.

The kids and I made traditional salt dough ornaments today. This was the best turnout for salt dough I've ever had. I think mostly because we baked them instead of waiting days and days for them to air dry. (And yes, Lincoln is wearing a crown on his head, he and Ivan were playing knights and kings when I called them down to put the ornaments on the tree.)