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One of our favorite ways to decorate the tree every year is with homemade ornaments. Salt dough is a fun and easy craft for the kids and in the end you have an adorable keepsake ornament for your tree. There are SO many creative ideas out there for Christmas salt dough ornaments that I couldn’t pick just one, so here are some ideas that I’ve rounded up for you.

Before you get started here are some important supplies you’ll want to have on handy when you make your ornaments aside from the flour, salt and water for the dough, you’ll want to make sure you have festive holiday ribbon, paints, rolling pins, and most importantly an all purpose sealant like the one we use below!



Check out these 27 Christmas salt dough ornaments for kids to make below.

25+ DIY Christmas Salt Dough Ornaments

Click on the links below for instructions.

1. DIY Snowman Hands – From Paging Fun Mums

2. Reindeer Handprint Clay Ornament – From Happy Go Lucky

3. Salt Dough Handprint Christmas Tree Ornaments – The Imagination Tree

4. Frozen Olaf Salt Dough Christmas Ornament – From I Heart Arts n Crafts

5. Fingerprint Snowman Salt Dough Christmas Ornament – From Crafty Morning

6. Reindeer Footprint Ornaments – From Fun Handprint Art

7. Glow in the Dark Salt Dough Recipe – From Growing A Jeweled Rose

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ornaments – From Viva Veltoro

9. Snowflake Salt Dough Suncatcher Garland – From Homegrown Friends

10. Baking Soda Clay Ornaments – From Mama Papa Bubba

11. Rainbow Marbled Salt Dough Ornaments – From Twodaloo

12. Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornaments – From Fun At Home With Kids

13. Hand Print Santa Keepsake Ornament – From From ABCs to ACTs

14. Fingerprint Gingerbread Man Salt Dough Ornament – From Crafty Morning

15. Melted Crayon Salt Dough Ornaments – From The Artful Parent

16. Salt Dough Hand Print Ornament – From This Blessed Nest

17. Fingerprint Heart Ornaments – From Mama Papa Bubba

18. Cinnamon Scented Ornaments – From Smart School House

19. Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments – From Olive Juice Mama

20. Olaf Salt Dough Ornament – From The Educator’s Spin On It

21. Thumbprint Christmas Tree – From Seven Alive

22. Salt Dough Decorations – From The Imagination Tree

23. Handprint Mitten Ornaments – From Busy Bugs

24. Sparkly, Beaded Salt Dough Ornaments – From The Artful Parent

25. Toddler Painted Salt Dough Ornaments – From Alisa Burke

26. Christmas Salt Dough Letters – From Nurture Store

27. How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments – From Viva Veltoro

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