Looking for a kid-friendly homemade ornamentation for gift giving or decorating at home? Look no further. Classic Cinnamon Ornaments are the perfect slow homemade ornamentation projection for piddling ones. Plus, they odour every bit skilful every bit they look! {If non fifty-fifty better, that is.}
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I belong to a grouping Pinterest board called 'It's Beginning to Smell Like Christmas' ... as well as amongst these Cinnamon Ornaments around, that's sure enough true!
Chock total of Earth cinnamon, these kid-friendly homemade ornaments odour absolutely wonderful.
I made these adorable piddling cinnamon ornaments amongst my 2d score students ... all 23 of them ... final week. {Very thankfully, I had the assistance of the fabulous pupil instructor who's partnering amongst me this year. So I truly should say, she made these amongst my 23 2d score students.} And I must say, my classroom as well as my solid couldn't odour better!
Classic Cinnamon Ornaments are the perfect slow homemade ornamentation projection for piddling ones. Plus, they odour every bit skilful every bit they look!
Each forenoon when my students walked inwards spell these were drying, they'd say, "It notwithstanding smells similar cinnamon inwards here!" To which I'd reply, "It's going to odour that means for a while!" Which to me, is a wonderful thing. I love the odour of cinnamon. Fortunately, my students do, too.
Also fortunately, these adorable piddling cinnamon ornaments are pretty slow to brand ... amongst just 3 unproblematic ingredients as well as some drying time.
The 3 unproblematic ingredients are applesauce, liquid white glue {you know, similar the Elmer's white stuff}, as well as .... tin y'all guess??? ... CINNAMON! Yes, I bet y'all had figured that out.
You tin seat inwards a piddling flake of Earth cloves or allspice, if you'd like, for a flake of a twist on the aroma.
Or, every bit I discovered ... y'all tin fifty-fifty purpose a mixture of cinnamon as well as pumpkin pie spice.
See, I sort of waited to the final infinitesimal to larn all the cinnamon I needed to brand these cinnamon ornaments amongst my class. I had nearly one-half of what I needed, thence ran out the black earlier nosotros were making these to purchase the rest.
These adorable piddling cinnamon ornaments are pretty slow to brand ... amongst just 3 unproblematic ingredients as well as some drying time.
Well, evidently this wasn't a skilful plan. Because apparently I'm non the solely instructor inwards my town who makes these amongst her students.
First shop - no cinnamon.
Second shop - no cinnamon.
Third shop - no cinnamon. And me? No to a greater extent than patience for looking for cinnamon!
So I scanned all the spices thinking of what else could run ... when my eyes landed on a large amount of pumpkin pie spice lining the shelves. Score! I knew that would run as well as hold out jusssssssstt fine.
Now, 1 time y'all mix upwardly a dough amongst the applesauce, glue, as well as cinnamon, merely gyre it out or pat out balls of it amongst your hands, similar this ...
You wish the dough to terminate upwardly just nearly 1/2-inch thick. Much thicker volition accept a long fourth dimension to dry out ... as well as much thinner volition curl upwardly a tad flake on the edges every bit it dries.
But there's sure enough non an exact scientific discipline to the thickness! ... guess is just fine.
Next, press a cookie cutter into the dough to cutting out your ornaments. We used a gingerbread shape cookie cutter, but these tin sure enough hold out made inwards whatsoever shape you'd like.
Use a straw, pencil, or wooden skewer to poke a hole nigh the order for a ribbon ...
... as well as and thence fix the cutting cinnamon ornaments aside on waxed newspaper or newspaper towels to dry.
They'll air dry out inwards nearly 3 or 4 days ... or, if y'all necessitate a faster turn-around, they tin dry out inwards a few hours inwards a 200 score oven.
When rolling out the dough as well as cutting the ornamentation shapes, travel on inwards heed that the cinnamon ornaments volition dry out exactly how they await when they're cutting {aside from a slight alter inwards color}.
So if y'all wish them to have got a shine surface, run the dough until it's shine on top. If the shape warps a tad when removing them from the cutters, reshape them immediately.
When rolling out the dough as well as cutting the ornamentation shapes, travel on inwards heed that the ornaments volition dry exactly how they await when they're cut.
Of course, I mean value the 'character' of the ornaments made past times piddling 2d score hands is precious.
Some amongst thumbprints correct smack inwards the middle of the body.
Some amongst ribbon holes correct smack inwards the middle of the face.
Some amongst a few 'character lines' {aka - cracks} ...
And some amongst interesting shapes ...
But fingerprints, interesting shapes, 'character lines,' as well as all ... these cinnamon ornaments were all made amongst honey as well as joy.
And I'm reminded of that beautiful honey as well as joy each fourth dimension I grab a wonderful whiff of cinnamon from these drying about my classroom as well as house.
Cinnamon Ornaments
(NOTE: These ornaments are non edible)
(NOTE: These ornaments are non edible)
- 1 c. applesauce
- 1 (4 oz.) container ground cinnamon
- 2 T. white liquid glue (such every bit Elmer's glue)
- Mix together the applesauce, Earth cinnamon, as well as gum until good combined, forming a soft dough. Knead amongst your hands until smooth. If dough is also sticky, add together some to a greater extent than cinnamon.
- Roll or pat out dough to around 1/2-inch thickness as well as cutting amongst a gingerbread shaped cookie cutter, or other desired cookie cutter shapes. Use a drinking straw, pencil, or wooden skewer to cutting a hole nigh the order for a ribbon.
- Place on a cookie sail . Dry inwards a 200 score oven for ii to 3 hours. Or, fix aside to air dry out for 3 to 4 days, flipping nearly 1 time per day.
- Once dry, insert a ribbon through the hole as well as necktie it inwards a knot.
NOTES:
- Some Earth cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and/or pumpkin pie spice tin hold out added inwards amongst the Earth cinnamon.
- Recipe makes around vi ornaments cutting amongst around 3-inch sized cookie cutters. Yield volition vary significantly based on the thickness the dough is rolled or patted out as well as the size of the cookie cutters used.
- For a classroom-sized batch (approximately xxx ornaments), I used: 48 oz. applesauce, around 24 oz. Earth cinnamon, as well as around 1/3 c. glue.
- Ingredient amounts needed may vary based on the consistency of the applesauce and/or gum used. The finish is to accomplish a soft dough that's non thence gluey it glops on your hands, as well as that tin hold out rolled or patted out. If later combining the element amounts inwards the recipe the dough is non a workable consistency, add together to a greater extent than cinnamon until a workable consistency is reached.
- Due to the gum inwards this recipe, these ornaments are NOT edible.
Enjoy!
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