Joy is one of my words of the year and we’re using my favourite salt dough recipe to turn it into a festive decoration!
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Christmas salt dough recipe :: Joy!
We used the same salt dough recipe that we used to make our Advent wreath: take a large bowl and in it mix
two cups flour
two cups salt and
one cup water
Then you can use the dough to make any shapes, numbers or letters you like. While one daughter made some star decorations for the tree, another spelled out the word J.O.Y. {Use a pencil or skewer to make a hole at the top of each letter if you want to be able to hang them on the tree.}
They then need to go into a cool oven, on a baking tray, and bake at Gas 1/2, 120C, 250F for about 2 ~ 3 hours.
Once they’re baked and cool, you can decorate them however you like. We painted ours with some red acrylic paint and then each of us added on a different pattern in white: spots, stripes and swooshes.
The letters quickly go from this ………………………………………….. to this! They make a great decoration and will last for years.
Let’s make this winter the year when we delight in the cold and the dark.
Gather your children, get cosy, and make memories and connections together.
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Looks lovely. We try that today. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for another fantastic recipe for the books!! We are making these for everyones christmas gifts this year. (Extremely tight budget but grateful for every dollar;) These will make lovely keepsakes for the family & wonderful fun for the kids to make too!
These look lovely! Am going to have a go myself this afternoon.
Have a quick question for you… I have a load of gluten free bread flour to use up – have you any idea if this could be easily substituted for the plain flour?
Thanks
Hi Lucy. I have never tried it with gluten free flour, but I’d think it would probably be OK. You might need to add a little more, a little more water… to get the consistency, but worth a go I’d say. Love to hear how you get on with it. Cathy
Our entire family had soooo much fun decorating these together today and they look amazing. Even the 3 year old’s came out nicely!! Easy to make and a great project every one can take part in and enjoy;) thanks!
That’s wonderful Jess! I’m so glad you all enjoyed it. Happy Christmas!