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Easy Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments

One of our favourite advent activity with toddlers is to make Salt Dough Decorations for the Christmas Tree. Salt dough is one of our favourite materials for kids crafts. It can easily be made in the kitchen. With just 3 ingredients you have a homemade clay that your toddlers, preschoolers and older kids can paint, glue and add glitter to as much as they want. So here we go some simple Salt Dough Ornaments to make with your toddler perfect for hanging on the Christmas Tree.

Easy Saltdough Ornaments with Glitter for Toddlers to Make
Simple glitter salt dough ornaments to make with toddlers and preschoolers

The Best Salt Dough Recipe For Ornaments

1 cup of plain flour (all purpose flour)

1 cup of salt

1/2 cup of water – added gradually

How to Make Salt Dough Christmas Decorations

  1. Into a large bowl pour the flour and salt and mix together.
  2. Now add in the water gradually until you have a soft dough.
  3. Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface.
    Salt dough decorations for Christmas
  4. Roll out the dough or if your toddler wants to help then you can pat the salt dough down. This will make a rough decoration for the tree and not smooth.
  5. Line the baking tray with some parchment paper or greaseproof paper and then place each decoration on the tray.
  6. Use a straw to produce a hole in the top to hang the decoration with some ribbon or twine.
    Making Salt Dough
  7. Place in the oven at 100C for around 60 minutes check on the decorations.
  8. If the decorations are completely dried then remove carefully turn over and check the reverse.
  9. Leave to cool before following on with decorating your Salt Dough Christmas Decorations.
a painted salt dough Christmas Tree ornament hanging on a tree branch with light behind it.

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Salt Dough Decorations to Make With Kids

I have always let my toddlers decorate their own decorations for the Christmas Tree. Partly because they enjoy it and also because as I look at the tree now, 8 years since we first made some, I can see the progress that they have made with their arts and crafts.

making salt dough decorations with toddler using glitter and glue to decorate

My daughter the first time we made this just used glitter and glue (there was a lot of GLITTER!) whereas my son wanted to paint the ornaments.

Salt Dough Decorations - fun Christmas Craft for Toddlers

Once they are dry you can sit and decorate these as a Christmas Activity together a great way to spend time together and make memories with your kids.

Making memories at Christmas Time decorating handmade ornaments with your kids

Make it part of your family Christmas traditions and see your handmade ornament collection grow on your tree as your children do as well.

How to Decorate your Salt Dough Ornaments

If you have any questions about the salt dough then we have put together a handy guide to help. Including how you can colour it quickly, what’s happened if it bubbles and many more questions we have been asked time and time again. If you have a problem but the answer isn’t there please add it to the comments and we will be happy to help. Now onto decorating.

There is no right or wrong way to decorate the ornaments.

handmade saltdough decorations by mum and 2 year old for hanging on the Christmas Tree

Use acrylic paint rather than your normal kid’s ready mixed paint. This will give a finish that won’t spoil over time and if you want them to last longer then add a coat of clear mod podge to seal.

pretty glitter salt dough decorations a simple Christmas craft for Toddlers to Make

I like to use a sharpie and on the back write the date that the kids made their decorations.

More Salt Dough Ornaments You Can Make with your Toddlers This Christmas

 

Although this is a Baby’s First Christmas Handprint Ornament you could make this with your Toddlers as well and compare it to the year before. I love hanging this up every year for our kids to compare their handprint now.

Another cute keepsake to make is these easy Salt dough Fingerprint Ornaments inspired by the book and film The Nutcracker.

This very simple Saltdough Star Garland is easy to make and with scented salt dough you and your toddler will love the thread the stars on and then use it to decorate the tree with the smells of Christmas all around you.

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Simple Christmas Craft to do with toddler during the holiday season create some salt dough ornaments for the Christmas Tree
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Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.

a painted salt dough Christmas Tree ornament hanging on a tree branch with light behind it.

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