painting dough ornaments
tiz the season for homemade ornaments… many of this web site’s loyal followers (thank you!) might remember when my little one and i made cinnamon playdough back in july. check it out, if you haven’t, as that is the first step to the process we are continuing here in today’s blog, made from a recipe in mary ann kohl’s mudworks
N and i pulled out the bag of baked cinnamon dough that we made in the summer, as it’s now time to add some color and personality to these lovely ornaments.
we used acrylic paint to paint designs and some names or words onto each ornament. after they were dry, i sealed them with a gloss varnish. i have to admit that the gloss varnish kind of flaked on some and dulled down the color on others. not the best choice, perhaps? when the varish was dry, we tied pretty ribbons (from our recycled ribbon stash at home) to the tops, as we had remembered to poke holes in them before they were baked.
and voila! handmade holiday gifts… (bah, the whole next month of this blog will so spoil any surprise for our friends and family about what they can expect this holiday season.)
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