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December 1, 2014

Christmas Book and Bear Ornament Craft

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The kids and I love to make homemade ornaments! They have Christmas trees in their bedrooms full of the ornaments they have made over the years and love to reminisce about making each one.

One of our favorite Christmas books is Bear Stay Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson so it was fitting to make a bear ornament to go along with the story!

Bear Salt Dough Ornament! The perfect craft to go with the story Bear Stays Up for Christmas!

We made the ornaments out of salt dough which is a great activity for preschoolers.  They get to mix and bake their ornaments then decorate them, it’s like making sugar cookies without the sugar high!

How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments

How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments:

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1/2 cup of salt
  • 3/4 cup of water

Mix the dry ingredients together and add the water.  Knead until you have a dough that can be rolled out.  If it’s too sticky add a little more flour and if it’s too dry and a tiny bit of water.

Roll out the dough on a floured surface until it is about 1/8 of an inch thick.  Use a cookie cutter to make your desired shape and then poke a hole through the top with a straw.  Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Salt Dough Bear Ornament Kids Craft

 After our bears were cool the kids painted them and added faces.  We then strung them with ribbon and hung them on the tree!

Making bear ornaments was lots of fun!

More Christmas Ornament Crafts:

  • Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments
  • Family Tree Mini-Ornaments
  • Snowflake Ornaments
  • Clothespin Angel Ornament

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Courtney Hengel Herman says

    November 26, 2013 at 8:03 am

    Very cute!

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    • Coffee Cups and Crayons says

      November 26, 2013 at 5:21 pm

      Thanks! 🙂

      Reply
      • Gma says

        November 26, 2018 at 9:57 am

        Do u use all purpose flour for this decoration

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        • Megan Sheakoski says

          November 27, 2018 at 6:44 am

          Yes! 🙂

          Reply
  2. Emma Craig says

    November 26, 2013 at 11:57 am

    Adorable!

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    • Coffee Cups and Crayons says

      November 26, 2013 at 5:21 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Veens @ Our Ordinary Life says

    November 27, 2013 at 9:22 am

    Totally adorable 🙂 #love these ornaments 🙂

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      November 29, 2013 at 11:53 am

      THANK YOU!

      Reply

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