With this being Pippa’s first Christmas, I though it would be nice to make an ornament for her. Mike thought I was crazy for doing this, so one afternoon when he was at the library, Pippa and I had arts and crafts time.
I mixed up some salt dough (2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 1 cup water) and kneaded the dough on the kitchen counter. I rolled out the dough, about 1/4-inch thick. I didn’t have a circle cookie cutter large enough for Pippa’s paw, so I used a 1-cup measuring cup.
I placed the circles of dough onto a cookie tray lined with parchment paper.
Then Pippa got to help. Luckily, she was napping. I was able to scoop her up and press her paw into the dough before she even had a chance to be uncooperative.
Then I used the end of a straw to make a hole in the ornament for a ribbon.
The ornaments baked at 300 degrees for about 45 minutes. After they cooled, I painted them with red and white acrylic paint. I used a fine-tip permanent marker to write on the back.
This will be the only ornament on our mini-tree this year, but I’m sure it it will be joined by many others… just as soon as Pippa learns the difference between a chew toy and an ornament.
Linking to : Look What I Made from Creations by Kara; Show and Tell from Blue Cricket Design; Sundae Scoop Link Party from I Heart Nap Time.
Ohmygosh! I looooove LOVE LOOOVE that you made a little puppy ornament like this! You can compare paw print size over time… and there’s just something extra adorable about how puppies get the big paws that they grow into over time! I just made little ornaments with names for my pups this year, but totally wanted to do something that had them more involved… though I did have them stamp all our cards to friends and family this year. I’ve got to do this for next year’s tree! Thanks for such an awesome idea!
-Mel the Crafty Scientist
ok. that is just neat. need to do one of Rascal before he’s not with us anymore. Merry Christmas. love the blog. look forward to checking it out.