This was the first year we made salt dough ornaments. For the most part, they came out pretty good. We’re happy with them, and my daughter was very proud of what we did. Yesterday, we made some beaded salt dough ornaments. We didn’t do anything all that special to make them. My daughter rolled out the dough is circles/ovals, then put beads in them. We used different colored dough for each ornament. At first sight, these ornaments can look unimpressive. But…The ornaments look great when put in front of a light. They catch the light from the tree, and the beads kind of glow. Very pretty.
Once we added the varnish to them and hung them on the tree, we could see their true beauty. I think these are my daughter’s favorite salt dough ornaments. We might end up hanging them in our window during the summer like sun-catchers.
* See previous post for salt dough recipe.
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