Poco Mountain Girl

 

 Guess what I bought this week?  

If you guessed 101 cookie cutters, you’re right.

Yes, I did. I bought 101 cookie cutters. 

She and I both love them.

Of course, we had to put them to good use just as soon as we got our 101 cookie cutters home. So…

We made salt dough!

Salt Dough Recipe:

4 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 1/2 cups water

 

(I halved this recipe and it made plenty of dough to keep Zia and me busy for quite a while)

Combine flour and salt, gradually mix in flour. Knead for a few minutes, adding more flour if dough is too sticky. Roll out to approximately 1/4″ thick. Cut shapes with cookie cutters or knife. Bake on a a parchment-lined cookie sheet at 250F for 2-3 hours. (Mine actually baked for about 3 1/2 hours before they seemed nice and hard. I also turned them over every so often, but that’s probably not necessary.)

This was such a very fun project! Zia helped stir the dough and roll it out, and cut the shapes out. We made 3 sizes of stars, and several other shapes.

I poked a hole in each one with a toothpick before baking so I could hang it on a string, but I would use something larger next time, probably a drinking straw. The holes kind of closed up while they baked. I had to really work to open them back up later!

When they were finally finished baking, we painted them, and then added 2 or 3 coats of Mod Podge to gives them a little shine, and to keep them from absorbing moisture from the air.

(Note: Gingerbread girl (pictured above) is not salt dough. More info on how to make her later. Hint: she smells amazing!)

We  tied fishing line on some for hanging

 

And sprinkled sparkles on some, just because we love sparkles so much.

We think they’re extraordinaire. What do you think?

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