Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Three ingredients, some acrylic paints, and some Christmas music playing in the background = a fun afternoon with the kiddos and hopefully some great memories that they will keep with them forever. We had a blast making homemade Christmas ornaments this week! Even my 19 month old enjoyed getting her fingers a little dirty to create some adorable ornaments for our tree.

Here are a few of Kadence's...


Here are a few of Carson's...


They are both proud to see their artwork displayed on our Christmas tree this year. And I am one proud momma. I think they did a great job! :)

Homemade Christmas Ornaments
Source: Homemade Grits

4 c. flour
1 c. salt
1 1/2 c. water

Combine ingredients and knead dough for 15 to 20 minutes. (I used my stand mixer.) Roll dough out and cut out ornaments using cookie cutters. With a toothpick or straw, make a small hole for the hanger. Bake at 300ºF about 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. You may have to bake considerably longer depending on how thick your items are. They may not feel hard right away but will harden as they cool.

Tip: make sure to use a nonstick surface, or spray cookie sheet with pam. Paint and decorate as desired. Acrylic paints work best and use a varnish to make them shiny.

Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Three ingredients, some acrylic paints, and some Christmas music playing in the background = a fun afternoon with the kiddos and hopefully some great memories that they will keep with them forever. We had a blast making homemade Christmas ornaments this week! Even my 19 month old enjoyed getting her fingers a little dirty to create some adorable ornaments for our tree.

Here are a few of Kadence's...


Here are a few of Carson's...


They are both proud to see their artwork displayed on our Christmas tree this year. And I am one proud momma. I think they did a great job! :)

Homemade Christmas Ornaments
Source: Homemade Grits

4 c. flour
1 c. salt
1 1/2 c. water

Combine ingredients and knead dough for 15 to 20 minutes. (I used my stand mixer.) Roll dough out and cut out ornaments using cookie cutters. With a toothpick or straw, make a small hole for the hanger. Bake at 300ºF about 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. You may have to bake considerably longer depending on how thick your items are. They may not feel hard right away but will harden as they cool.

Tip: make sure to use a nonstick surface, or spray cookie sheet with pam. Paint and decorate as desired. Acrylic paints work best and use a varnish to make them shiny.

Scented Ornaments

These ornaments smell amazing! I wanted to make them last year and then time got away from me so I put it on top of my to-do list for this holiday season! My preschooler had a blast helping be dig through all my cookie cutters and find just the right ones for this project. We made snowmen, Christmas trees, crosses, gingerbread men, stars, candy canes, and even threw in a train or two.

These are super simple to make, just make sure you allow yourself about 3 days for them to dry. At first I laid them out on waxed paper on our counter and would flip them over each morning to make sure both sides were able to dry out. Then on the last day (when they were really starting to harden up) I laid them on a cookie rack to dry one last day. They look {and smell} wonderful on our Christmas tree!

Nutty for Acorns

Fall is definitely among us. The temperature is beginning to cool down and the trees in our back yard are already starting to lose their leaves! I'm never ready for summer to come to an end but I do look forward to all the things that fall brings...apple picking, the leaves turning beautiful colors, pumpkin recipes, and lots more.

I saw these cute acorns in my latest Family Fun magazine and they immediately caught my eye. They were super easy to make and my preschooler got a kick out of them.

Homemade Scented Playdough

Last Wednesday it rained all day. I seriously don't think it let up once so we needed to find something fun to do inside. Homemade playdough seemed to do the trick! It was super easy to make, smelled so good (we used Grape Kool-Aid), and kept my preschooler busy for a couple hours!

Homemade Slime

This is a Non-Edible recipe but it was so much fun that I just had to share!

When we made it last week, we still had freezing temps outside and needed an afternoon activity to keep my preschooler busy. This was a huge hit! For both my 4 year old and myself! Carson helped measure out all the ingredients and stirred everything together making the ooey, gooey slime! I let him pick two colors this time and handed him some cookie cutters to play with. At first he was almost afraid of the stuff and didn't want to touch it. Low and behold after a few more minutes and watching his momma dig right in and have a blast he soon decided to join in on the fun. He played for 2 hours with this stuff!