How to Make Bakers Clay for Christmas Ornaments

I just love getting hand made Christmas ornaments from my kids. Every year when I take them out to decorate my kids always remind me of which one they made. Now over the years I have received many and my collection is still growing. Here is a great recipe for Bakers Clay to make your own homemade ornaments. Your kids will love making and decorating there very own masterpiece. And you can color the clay if you prefer or leave it white and add paint or glitter to decorate.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 4 cups of flour
• 1 cup of salt
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• mixing bowl
• spoon
• plastic bag or air tight container
• drinking straw
• holiday cookie cutters
• cookie sheet
• rolling pin

1. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.

2. Mix the salt in the warm water until partially dissolved. Add the flour.

3. Mix with a large spoon until it sticks together, then form the clay into a ball.

4. Next with your hands knead the dough for 5 to 10 minuets.

5. Use the rolling pin to roll dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut out the shapes of your ornament. Use the drinking straw to make a hole for a hanger at the top.

6. Carefully place ornaments on a cookie sheet and bake for about 1 hour.

7. Let the warm ornaments cool and then paint or decorate.

Tips & Warnings

• You can double or triple this recipe but measure carefully.
• To color the clay, add food coloring to the water before mixing.
• You can glaze with egg white or mayonnaise before baking.
• Keep ball of dough in a plastic bag or air tight container and use within 24 hours.
• If the dough is to wet add a little more flour, if it's to dry add a few drops of water and kneed until smooth.

[christinaj]

on 12/16/2009 Great article.

[kimnpunx]

on 11/21/2009 will it hold up in the outdoor weather? And can you seal them with spray? We weant to make them for the outdoor Girl Scout Christmas tree.

[ramblin62]

on 11/12/2009 Another cute idea! Never tried this before, and it sounds fun. Though my kitty would probably think these ornaments are yummy fun too.

[ssweeks6]

on 9/25/2009 Love this will have to do it with my grandchildren. Thank you 5*

[abejareina1989]

on 9/12/2009 5*s. i love the pic! rec!!