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Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments
Recipe 1:
The recipe that I use is
1/2 cup ground cinnamon,
1/3 cup applesauce, and
1 Tbs. Tacky glue
Mix in bowl and stir until well blended. Work mixture in hands for three minutes to form a ball. If it is too dry, add applesauce, if too wet, add more cinnamon. Knead ball on cinnamon-sprinkled surface until it holds togehter well. I roll this out and use cookie cutters for the shapes. I also use a drinking straw to cut a hanging hole. These can be air dried for 24 to 48 hours. Turn several times. They can also be baked in a slow oven.
Recipe 2:
1 lb. powdered cinnamon
3/4 c. applesauce
1/8 c. orris root powder (optional)
1/8 oz. apple fragrance (optional)
Add scent to the orris root and mix well. Combine with the cinnamon powder and add the applesauce. Add a tiny bit of apple cider if it's too dry, or more cinnamon if too wet. Roll out no thinner than 1/4" and cut out shapes. Use a straw to cut a hole at the top if making a hanging ornament. Dry in a dehydrator or air-dry. Let dry thoroughly and sand the rough edges with a fingernail file and paint with fabric paints.
Recipe 3:
1-4 oz. can of cinnamon
1 T. cloves
1 T. nutmeg
3/4 cup applesauce
2 T. white glue
Mix dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients Mix thoroughly. Roll out and cut shapes. Let dry several days, turning over frequently. Do not eat!!!
Recipe 4:
1 c. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. allspice
1 t. ground cloves
1 c. applesauce
Combine dry ingredients. Add applesauce a little at a time, mixing thoroughly. Roll out and cut shapes. Allow to dry 4-5 days. Paint after completely dry.
Recipe 5:
1 Cup Cinnamon
1T Cloves
1T Nutmeg
3/4 C Applesauce
2T White glue
combine cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg. Add applesauce & glue, stir to combine, work mixture with hands for 2-3 minutes. Divide into 4 parts. Roll each to 1/4" thickness. Use straw or toothpick for hole. Place on wire rack & allow to dry at room temp. Turn after a day. (takes about 2 days to dry). I use white fabric paint to decorate, looks like frosting.
Corn Starch Cookie Cutter Christmas Ornaments
You will need:
1 cup Corn Starch
2 cups baking soda
1 1/2 cups water
In a large saucepan mix corn starch and baking soda. Add water and stir until smooth. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is the consistency of slightly dry mashed potatoes. Remove from heat and cover with a damp cloth. When cool enough to handle, coat hands and surface lightly with corn starch and knead until dough is smooth and pliable.
Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with holiday cookie cutters. To dry, place on a baking sheet in a 250 degree oven for 20-30 minutes or until hard. For best results, allow to cool and brush loose powder off ornaments before painting. Makes about 16-20 ornaments
hese really make your house smell like the holidays.
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> 4 cups of all-purpose flour
> 1 cup salt
> 1/4 cup cinnamon
> 3 Tbsp nutmeg
> 1 1/2 cups warm water
> 2 Tbsp ground cloves
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> Mix the dry ingredients and stir until the dough is the consistency
> of modeling clay.
> Shape with hands or use cookie cutters of your choice and place on an
> non-greased pan or pan lined with parchment paper.
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> *Remember to poke a hole in the top before baking if you plan on
> hanging the ornament. The resulting hole will be nearly half the size
> after baking.
> Bake at 200 degrees for one hour.
> Cool and finish with coat of water-based polyurethane.
> *These ornaments may be left natural or painted with acrylic paints,
> then sealed again with the varnish after drying or use a spray on finish.
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I found this site and thought you all would enjoy it. patricia
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> http://www.make-stuff.com
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Gingerbread Christmas Ornaments
Gingerbread dough for craft projects that makes ornaments to hang or put in baskets that look and smell like real cookies and are made with normal ingredients but bake up rock hard and keep for years and smell great for years. Use gingerbread dough and your favorite cookie cutters to make gingerbread man garlands, gingerbread ornaments and houses.
Recipe 1
3 tabs. shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 teas. baking soda
3/4 cup water
3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon of cloves, ginger and cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy, stir in molasses. Sift the dry ingredients together. Stir them into shortening mixture in 3 parts alternating with a 1/4 cup of water each time. Dough will be stiff. Refrigerate overnight.
Cut dough into 3 pieces. Knead to warm dough slightly, then roll each piece out about 1/4 inch thick. Cut cookie out with a gingerbread pattern of your choice.
Use a drinking straw to punch hole in center if ornament will be hanging. Place cookies on cookie sheet and bake 20 minutes, turn oven off and let cool in oven.
Remove from cookie sheet and place on rack to dry for about 3 days to totally harden. These cookies are purely for decorative purposes and not to be eaten. If you wish you can seal cookies with 3 coats of clear acrylic and decorate with colorful acrylic pains when dry.
Recipe 2,
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup dark molasses
1/2 cup cold water
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp gground allspice
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Mix sugar, shortening, molasses and cold water in a large bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Heat oven to 350; spray the pan with cooking spray. Shape or cut out your ornaments. Bake 12 minutes or until the edges are lightly brown. Immediately loosen from pan, but do not remove. Cool 5 minutes, remove from pan onto wire rack. Cool completely.
pattern request:Back in the 70's we made dish det. Santa's and Mrs Santa's. The bottle was the body and you attatched a plastic head to the bottle opening. He had a full Santa suit and she had a full Mrs Santa dress they were made out of velvet. Does anyone know where to find the pattern?
Hi, I don't have the pattern but will keep my eyes open. I have or had (not sure which) a mr. and mrs. Santa made from 2 liter pop bottles. The head was attach to the neck of thee bottle and they were made with velvet and lace., sounds like your dish detergant ones. When I get my Christmas stuff out I will look for them and post pics on the craft page of the photo album(if I have them). This won't he;p you now ,but I will keep my eyes open sooner.
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Hi - Years ago we used to make little mice sleeping in walnut shell halves or in small match boxes. The mouse head was a grey pompom with felt ears and seed bead nose & eyes & even floss whiskers. Fabric scraps made his stocking cap and blanket.
I just made up a bunch of felt snowmen ornaments for an exchange on another website. It was a commercial pattern that I reduced in sized and adapted from there. I gave them vests and tophats with holly and jingle bell trim - very cute if I must say.
Take care - Pippe
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