Gingerbread Man Tree Ornament
Use inexpensive salt dough with cocoa added to create these little gingerbread men to decorate your tree. Personalize them for friends or relatives.They make a great gift for school friends or use them as gift toppers for an extra special touch.
Time: 2 hours total time
Age: Any Age
Level: Easy
Materials
Salt dough (see recipe in the method section)
Glitter glue
Acrylic paint
Buttons, sequins, felt or other embellishments
Ribbon
Acrylic spray sealer
Method
Make the cocoa salt dough: 1 cup salt, 1 cup flour, 1 cup cocoa, 3/4 cup water. My dough was very dry and crumbly so I ended up adding about another 1/4 cup of water gradually. If the dough is too sticky, add 1 tablespoon of flour and 1 tablespoon of salt until workable.
Roll the dough out on a floured surface as you would for gingerbread cookies.
Cut out your gingerbread men.
Use the end of a straw to cut the hole in the top for hanging.
Bake at 250 degrees Fahrenheit or 120 degrees Celsius until the gingerbread men are dry. It will take at least 1 hour.
This recipe made 20 gingerbread men.
These were gifts for school friends so we personalized the gingerbread men.
Categories
#ornament
#salt_dough
#christmas
#gingerbread_men
#any_age
#easy
#tree_decoration
#decoration
#under_5s
#5_to_10s
#over_10s
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