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One of our favorite ways to decorate the tree every year is with homemade ornaments. Salt dough is a fun and easy craft for the kids and in the end you have an adorable keepsake ornament for your tree. There are SO many creative ideas out there for Christmas salt dough ornaments that I couldn’t pick just one, so here are some ideas that I’ve rounded up for you.
Before you get started here are some important supplies you’ll want to have on handy when you make your ornaments aside from the flour, salt and water for the dough, you’ll want to make sure you have festive holiday ribbon, paints, rolling pins, and most importantly an all purpose sealant like the one we use below!
Check out these 27 Christmas salt dough ornaments for kids to make below.
25+ DIY Christmas Salt Dough Ornaments
Click on the links below for instructions.
1. DIY Snowman Hands – From Paging Fun Mums
2. Reindeer Handprint Clay Ornament – From Happy Go Lucky
3. Salt Dough Handprint Christmas Tree Ornaments – The Imagination Tree
4. Frozen Olaf Salt Dough Christmas Ornament – From I Heart Arts n Crafts
5. Fingerprint Snowman Salt Dough Christmas Ornament – From Crafty Morning
6. Reindeer Footprint Ornaments – From Fun Handprint Art
7. Glow in the Dark Salt Dough Recipe – From Growing A Jeweled Rose
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ornaments – From Viva Veltoro
9. Snowflake Salt Dough Suncatcher Garland – From Homegrown Friends
10. Baking Soda Clay Ornaments – From Mama Papa Bubba
11. Rainbow Marbled Salt Dough Ornaments – From Twodaloo
12. Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornaments – From Fun At Home With Kids
13. Hand Print Santa Keepsake Ornament – From From ABCs to ACTs
14. Fingerprint Gingerbread Man Salt Dough Ornament – From Crafty Morning
15. Melted Crayon Salt Dough Ornaments – From The Artful Parent
16. Salt Dough Hand Print Ornament – From This Blessed Nest
17. Fingerprint Heart Ornaments – From Mama Papa Bubba
18. Cinnamon Scented Ornaments – From Smart School House
19. Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments – From Olive Juice Mama
20. Olaf Salt Dough Ornament – From The Educator’s Spin On It
21. Thumbprint Christmas Tree – From Seven Alive
22. Salt Dough Decorations – From The Imagination Tree
23. Handprint Mitten Ornaments – From Busy Bugs
24. Sparkly, Beaded Salt Dough Ornaments – From The Artful Parent
25. Toddler Painted Salt Dough Ornaments – From Alisa Burke
26. Christmas Salt Dough Letters – From Nurture Store
27. How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments – From Viva Veltoro
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What is the recipe for salt ornaments
1 cup salt
1 cup water
1 cup flour
bake 2-3 hours at 200F
How many does it make?
Did anyone have any problems with their ornament cracking while cooling ?
Be advised that salt dough creations will degrade – so don’t count on them being passed down to the next generation. I made a lot of ornaments and other items in the late 70s and early 80s, and although the ones I painted and coated with a sealant have held up better, the parts that were more detailed (less solid) are crumbling. Also – and this will be obvious to some but I learned the hard way – don’t insert metal into the soft dough as I did to make a hanging loop – the salt eroded it over time. if you want it to last for generations use a different type of clay. For something you know won’t last for decades but is a cheap and fun project material, the salt dough is great!
What is a sealant to use so they will last longer?
We use polyurethane or Mod Podge on ours.
OMG so many great ideas!! I made salt dough for my first time last night with my puppy and had her paw print pushed into the salt dough and it turned out soooo dang adorable. Here’s a look at mine! I even zapped it in the microwave at the end to make the drying time quicker!
http://www.livelifeactive.com/2016/12/20/diy-salt-dough-paw-print-ornament/
I found the dough so sticky. I had to add flour and use more to roll it out. 😔
Help! We have nothing but sticky! I’m chilling it now and the day is wasting. Unhappy 3 foster kiddos. We did what you said but I doubled it bc we wanted to make more. Also, other recipes like this for these ornaments call for 4 cups of flour, 1 cup salt. ??
Me too! Lots of flour, like another cup of it.