Nov 24 2008
Set up a craft table
I found an easy recipe for baked Ornaments and we spent the day, literally, decorating the two dozen I made the night before.
ornament recipe
4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 1/2 cups warm water
Mix together to form a dough. Roll out to about 1/4 in thickness and use cookie cutters to cut out desired shapes. Use a straw to cut out a hole at the top for ribbon to hang. Put 4-6 on a microwave safe plate and heat for 3-5 minutes (depending on microwave). Repeat until all ornaments are cooked. Decorate.
We used washable tempura paint, glitter glue, and sequins to decorate ours. I made the ornament the night before after the kids were in bed. Next time I’ll let them help cut them out. I had the table set with the ornaments and all the supplies when they got up in the morning. Boogie had school and Puddin’ Pop had 2 friends come over in the morning. The girls spent about 45 minutes decorating before they moved on to something else. They returned to the craft table just after lunch and worked for another 45 minutes.
When Boog got home from school, he and the neighbor girl came righ in for Hot chocolate and decorating. They spent about an hour decorating theirs and it was quiet time for me. Overall the project was a success. All our guests for the day got to take home their ornaments and we will put ours on the tree and use some for gift tags.
I think it worked out well to have the table set up all day rather than a timed activity and the kids keep begging me to make more.
