Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Perfect Recipe for Dough Ornaments...

Dough Ornaments
*Not to be consumed by tasting, only by looking!!

4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1-1/2 cups water
Cookie Cutters
Toothpicks or something to punch a hole to desired size
Acrylic Paints and Brush if you wish to paint
Glossy Spray Varnish

Mix flour, salt, and water until smooth. Roll out dough about ¼ inch thick. Use Cookie Cutters to cut out desired shapes. Make a hole in the top of the ornament with a toothpick. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Let ornaments cool, and then paint or spray with varnish. (Food coloring can be added to make solid color ornaments)
I always leave a few without holes so that I can use them to
hot glue on top of my gifts with raffia!
Beautiful!

4 comments:

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality said...

Hi, Yvette, thanks for coming by my Christmas tour & adding your link. What a festive Christmas you have around there. I'm a former GA girl myself, grew up in Marietta, now in B'ham. So nice to meet you & I hope you'll come on back to Southern Hospitality soon!

kymber said...

You are so talented! I used to do this with my kids when they were young - You have put such a creative spin on it! I will have to try doing this again. Thanks for the great idea. Some day in the future I would LOVE to go flea market shopping with you -wouldn't that be fun? It is one of my favorite things to do!
Blessings to you my friend!
Kymber

Maria said...

Very neat! my kiddos would love to make these. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

kathy said...

Oh how glad I am you posted this -- I have some ideas , but will have to be after Christmas creating -- but I love Christmas creating anytime - -- I was going to look for this recipe -- haven't used it in years -- also your ginger men -- did you antique them or add spices - some do that and smell wonderful - WAs wondering if anyone knew ?? Kathy - ga

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