Also when we drove down here we didn't have the foresight (or the truck space) to bring any of our Christmas decorations! And on a budget as tight as ours, buying ornaments to put on our tree is not a priority. So for the next week or so I am going to show you how to decorate a tree on almost no budget!
I'm going to kick off the season with a tutorial on gingerbread ornaments! They look like gingerbread, they smell like gingerbread, but you Can't eat them! They go on your tree to make it smell nice and look pretty :)
Here is what you need.
1 cup of Cinnamon
1/4 cup of Applesause
1/2 cup of kraft glue
and..
A little bit of time
Now, you will be tempted to use whatever glue you have in your house. I warn you, Do NOT use Modpodge. I doesn't work. And it's stinky. I made that mistake and I regret it.
Now roll your "dough" out. It should be about the consistency of sugar cookie dough. Not dry, but if the dough is sticking to the rolling pin you should sprinkle some more cinnamon on it.
Grab some cute Christmasy cookie cutters and go to town! Make sure you poke some holes so you can hang them on your tree.
Let the dough sit for 24 hours, turning the ornaments every six hours. After 24 hours set your oven to 200 degrees and bake for 2 hours. Turning once.
Aaaand your Done! You have beautiful CHEAP Christmas ornaments!
I got a few colors of Stickles and am going to add some decoration to them before I put them on the tree.
BONUS- I don't know if I mentioned it a few times but these smell amAzing!
Make someone smile today! Peace!
2 comments:
They turned out cute! What are stickles? Is it stickers? Just wondering.
It is like glitter glue. You squeeze it out of the container and use it like you would frost a cookie. I'm pretty sure you used the same thing on yours :)
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