How Do You Make Christmas Ornaments From Salt Dough Or Bread Dough?
One of my fond Christmas memories is the year my mother decided we would make Christmas ornaments from bread dough, or salt dough, which was quite a trend around 35 years ago. There are still a few of these ornaments on my mother’s tree, and they always bring back happy memories. This is something you can do on any scale: a child’s craft, a gift project, an artistic endeavor, or even a way to make extra money. One thing I have noticed over the years about many bread dough ornaments that you see is that they are a little fragile after they age, so you might want to take that into consideration when you display older ornaments. Sometimes, people get the dough a little dry or something, it seems, and they crack and disintegrate. Mix the flour and salt well in a large bowl to form your salt dough. Add warm water. With flour on your hands, lightly knead the dough for around 5 minutes on a floured surface. The dough should be smooth and elastic. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap; salt dough dri
