Yesterday I was lucky enough to have my Niece, Brittany here with me for the day again!

After a quick rush in to town to get my nails done (they look very Christmassy!), we came home and started making salt dough ornaments!  They're so easy and so much fun...

The basic recipe is Half a cup of Salt, Half a cup of Water, and One cup of Plain Flour.

Mix the Flour and Salt together in a bowl, and slowly add in the Water, mixing with your hands to form a dough.  Add extra Water in small amounts if your dough is too dry, or extra Flour if it is too wet, then...

You have to knead the dough for about 10 minutes, until it's nice and soft!

After your dough is nice and smooth, you can put a little Vegetable Oil on your hands to stop the dough from drying out.

Then roll it out flat...

And cut out any shape you like!!!

Don't forget to poke holes so you can hang your ornaments on the tree!

I had seen on a TV show where they used the microwave to dry them out quicker.  We tried this with little success, so put the rest in a low oven for about half an hour, turning twice.

Once they're mostly dried out, paint and decorate them any way you want!  We used Watercolor paints, Glitter, Glitter Glue and Nailpolish on ours.

Drying off.  Half Bamboo Skewers made it really easy to hold onto the ornaments while decorating

Thanks to Kirstie's Homemade Christmas for the Salt Dough idea!