I have fond childhood memories of making salt dough ornaments for Valentine’s Day.
So we pulled the heart shaped cookie cutters out of their hiding, made a trip to Michael’s for some paint, glitter glue, and ribbon – and we got to work!
The project was a great spirit lifter during these cold drab days of winter, and a great opportunity to add some color and sparkle back into our home after all the Christmas decorations had been stored away. This year, in addition to our dining room chandelier being strung in ribbons of pinks and purples for Valentine’s Day, we have hung our heart shaped ornaments. They are full of cheer and the topic of quite a few mealtime conversations.
Salt Dough Valentine Ornaments
Grab some glitter glue and try these Salt Dough Valentine Ornaments! They're the cutest Valentine's Day craft!
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Ingredients
- ½ c. salt
- 1 c. flour
- ½ c. water
- paint glitter glue, ribbon, etc. – whatever you want to use for decorating!
- clear spray or varnish if you want to add a layer of protection to your ornaments
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°. Line a cookie sheet or two with parchment paper and set aside.
- Mix together the salt, flour, and water in a large bowl until dough is formed. Remove dough from bowl and place on a lightly floured surface. Knead until dough is smooth. Add flour a bit at a time if dough is sticky. You don’t want to add too much flour as it will cause your ornaments to be too dry. But I found that adding some flour helped.
- Roll dough to 1/4″ thickness with a rolling pin. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and remove the shapes to your lined cookie sheets. If it is hard to get your ornaments up nicely, experiment with adding a bit more flour until it works better. Punch a hole in the cutout dough with a plastic straw for inserting a ribbon when finished.
- Bake for 2 hours. Remove from oven and cool completely before decorating.
- Paint your ornaments in your favorite colors and patterns, etc. Allow to air dry. If you want, you can apply a thin coat of sealer such as a clear spray paint or a varnish.
- Insert ribbon or string into your pre-punched holes and hang.
Notes
Note: This makes a rather small amount of dough. If you want to make quite a few larger ornaments, you will want to double the recipe.
Adapted from Salt Dough Ornaments by add a pinch
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Looking forward to making these fun ornaments with our kids!! Thanks for the fun and beautiful idea!
Oh, YAY, Lisa! I can just picture your happy bunch making these!
What an absolutely great craft to share with kids-especially, during this wicked winter we have been experiencing.
Thanks for sharing Robyn’s blog with your readers. I will check it out.
Adopt a blogger is a great idea.
Cheers.
Velva
Wonderful to hear from you, Velva! Thanks for visiting!
What memories that brings back. I haven’t made salt dough ornaments in many years, but did it several times my girls when the were younger. Yours look lovely and what a great memory for your daughters. Thanks for sharing through Saturday Swap.
Thank you, Becky. And great to hear from you!
What a post! The Valentine’s ornaments are darling and the recipes look wonderful. What a nice time you must of had together making these ornaments.
Yes, Paula, this was a fun craft. I’m sure we’ll be doing it again. Maybe like Robyn this time, for Christmas ornaments.
Salt dough! Makes loads of memories come flooding back! Gosh I remember making salt dough christmas decorations when I was a kid at school, even at nursery school! I think I’ll get down to the craft store and get some ribbon and glitter glue and have a go myself!
So much fun, Harriet!!
They’re so pretty!! I love them!
Thanks much, Christina!
they look good enough to eat! I am going to have to make these with my littles…!
Thanks, Michelle – have fun!
Hi Brenda, I’m so excited about the dough Valentine cookie ornaments. I was wondering what I could do for Valentines for my Sunday School kids and now I have my answer. All I need now is to go buy some glitter, glue and ribbon and I’m set. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your family. Love, Aunt Donna
Thanks, dear Donna. Hope you have fun with this project. Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too!
Okay, these are ADORABLE… and I’m SO impressed with how you’ve spent your time inside! I on the other hand have been SOOOOO lazy. Thanks so much for posting this! I will show this to my kiddos and we will make these today for our 4th day iced inside. Just beautiful photos….. your sweet girl is precious! Thanks so very much for linking to Saturday Swap!!! Have a super weekend….
PS ~ Love the links to Robyn’s site. :-)
Thank you, Kim! This weather has been crazy…hope you have fun making these!
Oh my goodness, Brenda! Now I’m headed to the baking cabinet to pull out our heart cookie cutters! We’ll have to make these for our Valentine’s this weekend.
Love to you, sweet friend!