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Home » Making tree decorations

Making tree decorations

Modified: Jan 9, 2012 · Published: Dec 7, 2011 by admin · This post may contain affiliate links or sponsored content

I saw this recipe for cornflour salt dough on The Mad House blog and thought it looked fab, so we had a go. It took three attempts before we got them right. The first time, for some reason I totally misread the recipe. The second time they were perfect but I left them in the oven to cool and my husband turned the oven back on without checking inside and they burned! The third time they were pretty perfect!

Ingredients
2 cups salt
two thirds of a cup of water
2 cups cornflour
Half cup water

Instructions

  • Place the salt and ⅔ of a cup of water in a pan and bring to the boil.
  • Add the cornflour and half cup of water, and mix until the mixture is the consistency you want.
  • Make into shapes. We just used cookie cutters, and used a straw to make a hole at the top.
  • Put in the oven on a low heat, we did about 70 degrees for 3 hours. Allow to cool.
  • Decorate as you wish.

 

I loved these so much as they came out all sparkly! I have a big plate of undecorated ones for when people come round, the kids have really enjoyed it.

Linked to Red Ted Art, The Nurture Store.

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Ali

    December 07, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    Oh wow they worked out so beautifully. I am going to share this on my facebook page.

    Reply
    • admin

      December 08, 2011 at 9:34 pm

      Aww, thank you. x

      Reply
  2. HELEN

    December 08, 2011 at 9:56 am

    these look great…I really should do it but know we won’t get time as usual!
    x

    Reply
    • admin

      December 08, 2011 at 9:33 pm

      They were quite quick and easy really…after the 3 hours cooking time x

      Reply
  3. TheMadHouse

    December 08, 2011 at 10:58 am

    They look fabtastic, thank for the pictures

    Reply
    • admin

      December 08, 2011 at 9:32 pm

      Thanks for the inspiration! x

      Reply
  4. maggy,red ted art

    December 08, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    Hooray! They worked in the end! And they look LOVELY! 🙂

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

    Reply

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