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Gingerbread Men Salt Dough Ornaments for Christmas Crafts
These scented gingerbread men ornaments made from salt dough are so easy to make and can be used as decorations for the tree or for your Christmas Crafts.
Keyword
Christmas, Christmas Crafts, Christmas Decorations, Christmas Ornaments, Gingerbread Men, Salt Dough
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Oven Drying
1
hour
hour
Total Time
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
Gingerbread Men
Author
Cerys Parker
Equipment
Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter (6cm/2.5")
Rolling Pin
Paint brush
Pair of Scissors
Straw or Knitting Needle for making a hole
Baking Tray
Ingredients
1
portion of
Gingerbread Salt Dough
brown acrylic paint
⅓ - ½
cup
water
warm is better
white acrylic paint
ribbon or twine
Instructions
Preheat the oven at 100C.
Mix up the gingerbread salt dough as stated in the linked instructions.
Squirt in some brown acrylic paint and knead to a smooth dough.
WASH ALL EQUIPMENT AND HANDS NOW!
Knead the dough and with a rolling pin roll to around 1/2cm thick.
Cut out your gingerbread men with the gingerbread man cookie cutter.
Any excess salt dough remove and knead to roll out again and repeat.
Place on a lined baking tray and into the oven.
Dry for around 1 hour and check that the ornaments are solid.
If not return to the oven for 30-minute intervals. If dried turn out onto a wire rack and let cool.
Once cool decorate with white acrylic paint. Drip the end of the paintbrush into the white paint and dot around the outside.
Add in a face with a smile. And buttons to your body.
Leave to dry and then add ribbon or twine to hang from the tree or use florist wire to attach to wreaths and garlands for more Christmas decorations.