These gorgeous COOKIE CUTTER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS are easy to make using our 3-Ingredient white clay dough recipe. A generous sprinkling of glitter makes them look just like sugared Christmas cookies.
We’ve used our favourite 3-Ingredient White Clay Dough recipe to make a batch of “Christmas Cookie” ornaments for our Christmas tree.
Stays bright white once dry…
This 3-ingredient clay dough recipe is my favourite for homemade ornaments. It’s easy to make, and it remains white and bright when it dries.
We’ve used this dough to make Valentine’s ornaments and Fall ornaments, and the toddlers made these cookie cutter ornaments decorated with buttons and beads a few years ago at Christmas.
Today I was crafting with my oldest daycare kids, and we used Christmas cookie cutters and glitter to make our ornaments look like sugar-coated Christmas cookies. (Check out our cardboard sugar cookie ornaments too!)
Glittering the ornaments was the highlight of the day of course. These kids love glitter.
A tip for mess-free glitter…
If you’re not a fan of glitter yourself, don’t worry. When your ornaments have dried, you’ll give them a clear coat of varnish to hold all that beautiful glitter in place.
Yield: One batch of clay dough yields 26-28 ornaments when using standard-size cookie cutters.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 3/4 cup of warm water
Additional Tools & Equipment:
- rolling pin and cookie cutters
- drinking straw
- cookie sheet
- glue and paintbrush
- glitter
- ribbon or metallic thread
Instructions for Making Clay Dough Ornaments
Making the Dough:
- Add the baking soda, corn starch and water to a pot and place over medium heat.
- Stir continuously as bubbles form and the mixture thickens.
- When the water has evaporated and the dough resembles thick cake frosting, remove pot from the heat.
- Allow dough to cool for a few minutes, and transfer it to the countertop to knead it into a smooth clay.
Cutting and Decorating your Ornaments:
Pro Tip: It’s a good idea to protect your table top with a vinyl table cloth or to work on plastic cutting mats.
- Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick, and cut shapes with assorted cookie cutters.
- With a drinking straw, poke a hole in the top of each ornament.
- Transfer ornaments to a cookie sheet or cooling rack, and allow to dry fully before decorating. We leave ours to dry by the fire overnight. You can dry them in the oven at the lowest temperature, but I would leave the door open a crack so it’s not too hot. If you’re drying at room temperature, I would leave them for a full 24 hours.
- Once dry, brush the front of each ornament with a generous amount of glue. You want a nice thick layer so the glitter will really hold.
- Before glittering, place the ornaments on a cookie sheet to catch any loose glitter.
- Sprinkle a generous amount of glitter all over your ornaments. We combined colours to give our ornaments a little more depth and interest.
- Leave the ornaments on the cookie sheet until the glue is dry.
- Spray the front of your ornaments with clear varnish to seal the glitter to the ornament. I use Krylon transparent varnish, but any clear craft varnish will do.
- Thread some ribbon or cord through the hole, and secure with a knot.
Aren’t they gorgeous?
I love the way the glitter sparkles in the sunlight during the day, and shimmers by the light of the tree at night.
Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.
