I have a great holiday DIY for you! This is perfect for kids and adults alike! My family has a tradition of putting up a kid's craft table for the holidays and I was trying to come up with new crafts for this year. I thought it would be fun to make hand prints for my niece, nephew and my siblings. I started researching home recipes to avoid paying $20 for a kit at the craft store. I found this recipe that is so simple and I'm pretty sure I've made a topographical map out of the same materials at one point.
I also wanted to do a test run before I tried it with a live human baby. I thought my dogs would make the perfect Guinea pigs, and now I have some adorable Christmas ornaments!
To begin, I found these round plastic lids. They're about 2.5 inches in diameter, but you can use cookie cutters too (they're probably easier anyways). After I finished these I thought about using my Christmas tree cookie cutter instead of these circle lids, but maybe next time.
The recipe for the dough is as follows:
1 cup salt
1 cup flour
3/4 cup of water
Slowly mix in the water, and make sure your dough isn't too sticky. If your dough is too sticky, add a bit more flour. Knead the dough until smooth, I skipped that step. Do as I say, not as I do.
I then took a spoonful of dough and pressed it evenly into my lid mold. Don't make your ornaments too thick because they will become very heavy.
I then wrangled up each of my pups and pressed their back paw into each mold.
I also used a straw to make a hole so I could hang them after they dry.
I skipped a step, whoops.. In order to get them out of my lid mold, I simply flipped them over onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Then, I pulled the plastic wrap off and flipped them right side up again.
Once the ornament are completely dry, I grabbed a couple bottles of my acrylic paint to make them more festive. Beasley's turned out really well, while Booker looks like he's a raccoon. (Guess it's time to trim his nails)
When the paint dried, I hung them on our little Christmas tree! Now my fur babies are represented on our family tree :)
Meet my kids....
Beasley is the larger Chihuahua, or at least he used to be a Chihuahua. He is 5 years old and 20 lbs! Booker is the baby, he was the runt of the litter and he is almost 2. No, they are not related, I somehow managed to find two matching dogs. They are both rescues, but we've had them since they were born basically. They don't know how tough life could have been :D |
They are completely and utterly spoiled! They each have their own unique personality and I swear they can communicate with me. Random fact, Booker loves bananas and Beasley loves broccoli. |
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11 comments :
Oh thats awesome! So creative!
What an awesome Diy. Your dogs are super cute <3
xo
glamDevils
OMG OMG OMG love this!!! totally doing it!!!
thanks for the tutorial!
xo. c & v
cake & valley
You babies are adorable! I did this craft about 25 years ago and still have some of the ornaments. Putting a coat of modge podge or some kind of sealer on them after the paint dries helps keep longer.
aw aw aw!! TOO CUTE!
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Brani Laine
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That's so adorable! I love the little paw prints (:
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This is so cute! New follower:)
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Brittney
Aww. What a cute project! I don't know how cooperative my doggies would be with this. They hate having their paws touched!
Fizz and Frosting
This is such a cute idea! Your dogs are adorable and really do look like they're related!
-Sharon
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Too cute!!!
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