Now that you’ve got salt dough, you can turn it into thumbprint wreath ornaments. Roll your dough out to about 1\/4′ on a floured surface. If you make the wreaths too thick, they become very heavy to hang on the tree. If you make them too thin, they aren’t very durable. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOnce you’ve got your dough rolled out, choose two items that will create concentric circles and use them to cut your dough. I used a mason jar and a small pyrex container. If you are fancy and have circular cookie cutter, those would be ideal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, let the kids press their thumbs into the dough. This will create the wreath look along the edges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the kids have finished, use a straw to punch a hole at the top. I forgot to do this, and we did manage to fix it by using a drill to create a hole. I can attest, though, that it is much easier to just stab the dough with a straw before baking than it is to try to drill through without breaking the ornament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Place your wreaths on a lined baking sheet and bake at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours to harden. Allow them to cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once the wreaths are cool, you trim your photos to fit the back of the wreath and hot glue them to the back so that the children’s faces are in the center of the wreath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then you can decorate them with ribbon, pompoms, pipe cleaners or whatever you’d like. Remember to add a ribbon as a hanger at the top!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n