cinnamon ornaments

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88 Pinches
Mukilteo, WA
Updated on Nov 13, 2011

These are so much fun to make and they make your house smell wonderful!

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 1/4 cup white school glue (can add some glitter glue also)
  • 1 1/2 cups ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • - rolling pin
  • - waxed paper
  • - window screen or low setting on oven
  • - drinking straw
  • - holiday ribbon for hanging

How To Make cinnamon ornaments

  • Step 1
    Straw Mix cinnamon, cloves, applesauce, and glue together in a bowl. The dough should be as thick as cookie dough. Add a bit of water if the dough is too stiff.
  • Step 2
    Remove from bowl and knead. Put it back in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit for at least a half hour.
  • Step 3
    Remove the dough, knead again to make sure it's smooth. Flatten/roll the dough between waxed paper until it's between 1/4" thick and 1/8" thick.
  • Step 4
    Cut out desired shapes, use a straw to punch a hole for the ribbon to hang. The circle of dough will pull out with the straw.
  • Step 5
    Gently place the shapes on a piece of clean wax paper. Let set for approx 3 hours in a warm room. I take an old screen, place books on the ends so that screen is raised. This way air gets around the ornaments and they dry faster. They will take 3-5 days to dry, and you will need to turn them over a couple of times a day for them to dry evenly and flat.
  • Step 6
    After they are totally dry, you can paint them with acrylic paints and put pretty ribbon through the holes to either hang on tree or put on gifts!

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