Anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely LOVE Christmas! I love the music, the family, the decorations, and of course that feeling you get deep in your gut right around this time of year-that magical feeling that Christmas seems to bring back, even as an adult. All of that becomes even more important now that I get to be on the parent side of it all. I get to be the one to make that magic happen for Ellie. I love traditions. We started our first family Christmas tradition last year when we went to Barnes and Noble on Christmas Eve to buy our copy of The Night Before Christmas. This year, we decided to start making ornaments for the tree. For anyone who's interested in making some super cute, super cheap holiday ornaments, here's a great "recipe!"
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
3/4 cup of water (give or take a little)
5-10 tsp. cinnamon (for color and scent)
Directions:
Mix the dry ingredients together. Add the water, little by litte, until a dough forms. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour. If it is too dry/crumbly, add a little more water. You'll find a happy medium!
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to stiffen up for about 30 minutes.
On a floured surface, roll out the dough out to 1/4"-1/2" thick. Use cookie cutters to cut out the shapes that you want. Use a straw to punch out the hole that the top for ribbon.
Place the cut out shapes on parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for about an hour until the ornaments are dry. Allow them to cool.
Once the ornaments are cool, decorate them! We used Ellie's handprints to make Santa Claus!
Thread ribbon through the hole and hang your ornament on your Christmas tree!
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