Salt Dough Ornaments
Published in Leawood Lifestyle, Lee’s Summit Lifestyle, and Johnson County Lifestyle December 2021
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Let me tell you, being able to participate in styling shoots like this one is my absolute favorite things in the world to do. Almost as much as going on vacation… almost ;) What makes it exceptionally fun is working with a talented photographer like Janie Jones @uncommon.jane who makes even the simplest things like dough look oh-so-beautiful.
I’ve been eagerly waiting to share this family holiday tradition of ours- my families recipe for salt dough to make ornaments and gift tags during the Christmas season. Read below for my article published in multiple Lifestyle Publications this December. A true honor.
Snowflake {Salt Dough} Ornaments
“Salt Dough, or Dough Art as we refer to it in our family, is a simple yet beautiful way to adorn spaces around the holidays. Making salt dough ornaments is a holiday tradition that we have been doing since I was a kid in the 80’s but the process has been around even longer than that! The use of salt dough is as old as dirt, or I guess I should say as old as clay. Even so, salt dough has made a comeback in recent years and for good reason- it only requires 3 ingredients and the festive end product will last for years to come. We still pull out the salt dough ornaments I made as a kid and place them on our tree each year. I love that old traditions can live throughout the decades as we find ways to reinvent them with current day trends. That is exactly what I did here with these lovely Snowflake Salt Dough Ornaments. I hope you follow along to make some yourself this holiday season.” - LeAnn Parker, published in Citylifestyle.com
Salt Dough Recipe
*Makes about 12 ornaments
Supplies Needed
Cookie Cutters (optional)
Plastic or Metal Straw
Ingredients
1 cup All Purpose White Flour
½ cup Table Salt
½ cup Water (give or take)
4oz White Acrylic Paint (optional)
Step-by-Step
Mix together flour and salt. Add ¼ cup water and paint (if you want a white dough, otherwise you may leave it out). Stir to mix. If needed, slowly add more water until you reach a pizza dough consistency. Finally, remove dough from the bowl and knead on a floured surface until all ingredients are fully incorporated. Add more flour if too sticky, add more water if too dry.
To make ornaments, use a rolling pin to roll dough to ½ to ¼ an inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to create snowflake shapes. Use a straw to poke a hole at the top of each snowflake to allow a space to thread your twine after baking.
Place ornaments on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake at 200 degrees fahrenheit for 2 hours until dry. Flip ornaments every 30 min for a faster bake.
Once cooled, add decorative touches with lettered stamps, acrylic paint or sharpie markers. Finally,, spray one side of the ornament with an acrylic seal. Let dry, flip and spray the other side.
Once dried completely, thread twine through the hole created before baking. Hang from your tree or add to your gift boxes as gift tags.
I hope this simple holiday project makes your season even more merry and a bit more joyful. I’d love if you’d share your own salt dough creations with me here or over on social @silvertoothhome. Merry making!
