Cinnamon Ornaments
From fizzle3nat 16 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 0
Here's a fun craft perfect for kids during the holidays! Make your own Christmas ornaments out of cinnamon! Once dry, they can be decorated with acrylic paint or even cookie decorations, like the ones my nephews, sisters, and I did here. Read more They smell delicious and look so pretty on the tree. The smell will last a couple years, and you can refresh it with a few drops of cinnamon essential oil so they can last indefinitely. Have fun and Merry Christmas! I don't think it needs to be said, but I'll say it anyway: These are NOT edible. Decoration only. See less
Ingredients
- 1 c. ground cinnamon, plus more for work surface shopping list
- 4 TBSP. white craft glue (Aleene's Craft Glue is a good choice) shopping list
- 3/4 c. to 1 c. of water shopping list
- Acrylic paints, for decorating shopping list
- Additional glue, for decorating shopping list
- cookie decorations, like non-pareils, confetti, etc, for decorating shopping list
How to make it
- Mix together cinnamon, glue, and 3/4 c. water. Mixture should be as thick as cookie dough. If too thick, add additional water 1 tsp. at a time until the right consistency is reached.
- Cover and chill dough for 2 hours in refrigerator. Sprinkle additional cinnamon on work surface and empty the dough onto the work surface. Knead dough until smooth.
- Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Using a drinking straw, poke a hole in each ornament for hanging.
- To dry the shapes, lay them on waxed paper at room temperature and turn them over twice a day for four days. To speed drying, you can alternatively bake the ornaments on a cookie sheet in a warm (200 degree) oven for 2 1/2 hours, turning every 15 minutes (in my opinion, the scent lasts longer if you air-dry the ornaments).
- After ornaments are dry, you can paint them with acrylic paints. You can also use glue and cookie decorations to decorate the ornaments. That is what we did on the ornaments pictured - they look like cookies on your tree and add such a lovely fragrance to your home. Thread ribbons through the holes you made in the finished ornaments to hang them. Refresh the scent each year with a few drops of cinnamon essential oil.
- Merry Christmas!
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Reviewed by 7 people-
wow i make ornaments these are new ones to do hahaha
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in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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Love it!!! We just got a note from my son's teacher to bring a bottle of cinnamon for a craft to school. Now I think I know what they are going to do with it! Kids will love this!
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in Clayton loved it
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Lol I like this recipe. Its not near as complex as the one I use every year and mine never last more than a year. LOL
thank you
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