Every year we try and make some type of Christmas ornament as gifts for the grandparents. A few years ago we made these adorable salt dough footprint Olaf ornaments.
What you'll need:
2 C flour
1/2 C salt
1/2 C water
craft paint
ribbon
To make the dough; mix the flour, salt, and water together until you get a doughy texture. You may need to add some more flour and/or water. Once it's to your liking, roll the dough out like you would for making cookies. Have your child press their foot into the dough however many times you need them to. Then cut about 1/2 - 1 inch outside of each print. Place on a cookie sheet. Before putting in the oven, take a straw to the top of the print to make a hole in the dough. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees F for 3 hours.
Once they are done baking, remove them from the cookie sheets and let them dry. I generally let them sit over night before I start painting. Paint the actual feet and toes white. The edges and back should be painted in a little blue. Once the white has dried, in the heal you'll want to make a mouth shape with the same blue used for the edges and back. A little above the mouth you'll want to paint a small carrot shape with orange paint. With black paint, outline the mouth, put little lines on the carrot, make the rest of Olaf's face, draw his hands, and buttons on his belly. Once all that is dried, with white paint make one little tooth in top part of his mouth. Then outline the tooth in black paint. Add some festive ribbon through the hole at top and write your child's name and age on the back with a sharpie.
There you have another fun and rather simple homemade Christmas ornament that will bring back memories for years to come. As always, send us pictures of any of the ornaments you've made because of reading our posts. Post them on our Facebook page
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