Crafting with a toddler: Salt dough ornaments

For the past few days Brayden and I have been making/painting salt dough ornaments. We made them for our tree as well as Grandparent gifts. They were very easy and fun! This is a great craft for toddlers. Very good for sensory play. You can also make these for Father's Day, Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day, etc. I made paper weights out of two of Brayden's prints. Brayden played with the dough for a while. He had a blast! He also loved print his hand, cutting shapes and etc. Then, of course, he loved painting them. It was a ton of fun!

The recipe we used:

1 1/2 cups of salt

1 1/2 cups of flour

water- enough to where the dough isn't wet or too dry. We used about 3/4 cup of water. If it get too wet just add a little more salt and flour.

Combine the ingredients.
Shape them the way you want.
Poke a hole with a straw.
Bake at 200 degrees F for 3 hours or until the ornaments aren't "squishy" at all.
Let cool.
Paint. We used kids acrylic paint.
Let dry for around 2 hours.
String with ribbon or string.
Hang up or give as gifts!