Salt Dough Ornaments

One of our favorite traditions is making salt dough ornaments. The girls get to pick the shapes, then we bake/dry the ornaments and paint them. We didn't go with any particular theme this year but we did make some gingerbread men and reindeer that smell like coffee. Instead of using water in the salt dough ornaments, you use coffee for a brown color and coffee scent.

These package tags are made with the coffee salt dough:



As is this gingerbread lady:



We all sit down together to paint:



Grandma G was here this year and we're so honored she painted with us:



Here are her ornaments (the 3 in the corner):



Maisie:



Dani:



Katie (before she painted her arms):



Katie (with picasso arms):



And not to be left out, Lily being carried by daddy in the Baby Bjorn:



The painted ornaments: