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Now that your supplies are at the ready and your work surface has been prepared, let's begin!
What You Do
Preheat oven to 250 F. Mix together, salt, flour, and water until a dough is formed. Knead the dough on a floured surface until the mixture is elastic and smooth. If dough is too sticky, sprinkle with flour, continue to do so until stickiness is gone. BE CAREFUL. Do not add too much flour, this will dry out the dough and will cause it to crack before you get a chance to bake it.
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THIS DOUGH IS NOT EDIBLE.
Roll out the dough to about 1/2" thick. Use the cookie cutter to create an ice cream cone shaped ornament. Place the cut out onto the cookie sheet and bake for approximately 2 - 2.5 hours. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. For best results, allow shape(s) to cool and dry overnight, or for at least 4 hours.
Paint the ice cream cone with acrylic paints, using the photo as a guide. Create the candy sprinkles by dotting different colors of paint on with a stylus (a toothpick is an alternative to this tool).
Paint the wood slat with light brown paint. Using any leftover light brown, add some white and mix, highlight edges with the lightened brown. When paint is completely dry, drill two holes in the upper corners for your wire hanger. If you don't have a drill, you can use a hammer and a small nail to poke two holes in the wood. Just be careful not to split the wood! Thread the craft wire through one holes, curl the end by wrapping it around the back end of a small paintbrush. This will hold the wire in place on the wood. Use the paintbrush end to coil the long sides of the hanger, then thread the other end through the second hole and curl the end to secure hanger in place.
Using a fairly generous amount of Tacky glue, adhere the ice cream cone to the center of the wood sign. Use a white paint pen (then outline with brown paint pen) to put the "5 cents" at the bottom and a black fine tip craft pen to write "Ice Cream" at the top. Finish with two coats of acrylic sealer, waiting at least 15 minutes between coats.
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