Salt dough Christmas decorations

Things You'll Need:

• 1 cup of water
• 1 cup of salt
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

1. In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients and knead well.

2 Once you have kneaded it, you will need to roll out the dough. To make this easier, it helps to either use wax paper under the dough when you roll, or to lightly coat the counter with flour before placing the dough on it. Roll out dough to a 1/4 inch thickness.

3. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Use a toothpick to put a hole for a string in the top of the shape. 

4. Place shapes on a baking sheet and place in a preheated oven at 300F degrees. Bake for 45 minutes. Before removing from oven, ensure there are no soft spots, if so you can bake until they are gone. 

5. Once your decorations have cooled, they are ready to paint. Any acrylic craft paint will work. Once painted, you will want to seal them to keep out moisture by putting on at least one coat of clear varnish, polyurethane or even clear nail polish.