Christmas Craft!

Yesterday I decided to do a craft with the girls.  I wanted to make the day fun for Adda who was pretty bummed about not getting to go to school for her Christmas party because of some weird fever causing virus.  She acted fine but had a fever Monday night and so I didn't feel right about sending her to potentially infect everyone else in the class.  I try to make some sort of ornament with the kids each year and looked around on Pinterest for some inspiration.  I wanted to try and use their hand prints and decided on salt dough because I already had everything for the project.  Here is the recipe I used:

Salt Dough Ornaments
1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Salt
1/2 Water (or more if needed)

Mix all ingredients and form into a ball.  Roll out on a floured surface to desired thickness.  Use a straw to make the hole for the ribbon.  Bake at 250 degrees for 2 hours.  I actually had to bake mine a little longer and ended up turning Adda and Ella's over after 3 hours.  I guess the bigger the ornament the longer it takes to dry out in the oven. 

After they were cooled I spray painted them white.  I painted the inside of the hand print with regular glue and then dusted it with glitter, then set them aside to dry overnight.  This morning I used a brush to dust off excess glitter and then sprayed them with a thin coating of polyurethane.  They turned out pretty cute and the girls had a blast.  I wish I had done this for Adda and Ella when they were younger.  I love their tiny prints and I can see little things in each hand that reminds me of their actual hand.  I'm glad I have a little memory to hold on to. 

Adda choose orange glitter only because I did not have any rainbow glitter!!!

Pink for Chloe because this is the color we use to tell her apart from Claire.  Pink Paci, Pink Print!

Purple Paci, Purple Print for Claire!

Yellow (or gold) glitter for Ella.  This seems to be her favorite color right now.  She was the hardest to get a print from.  I think I redid hers about 15 times before I got a decent print.  I love how it shows her little crocked pinky finger just like my Granny's!