Sadly I didn't do a lot of crafting in 2013. All my creativity went into my teaching, which wasn't that creative either! It's hard to be a creative teacher when you are just starting out. I did create a bag for my sister in law which I blogged about
here and earlier in the year I made a big cushion for the Cowboy's birthday.
The Princess and her friend made salt dough cookies for Christmas gifts with quite a bit of guidance from me.
We used
this recipe which was step by step easy to follow and super successful.
What I liked about this project was minimal ingredients, flour, salt and water and minimal equipment, baking trays, baking paper, cookie cutter and a chopstick for punching a hole in the head!
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Pre Cooking |
We used a stencil and a metal skewer to initial each 'cookie' as they were for family members.
I painted the initials with black food colouring before baking in a cool oven, for hours!
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Cooked and ready to be glazed. |
The following day we glazed the 'cookies' with a watered down mixture I concocted using ochre and black acrylic paint and put them outside to dry in the hot sun.
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Glazed and drying in the sun |
We threaded garden twine through the holes and attached them to each family members Christmas gifts. Unfortunately in the scramble to get Christmas together I didn't photograph them tied to the gifts, trust me they looked so cute.
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Brown paper wrapping looked cute with the 'cookies' |
This was a great child friendly crafting project, one I think the Princess and I will make a tradition of and do each year using a different shape.
Thanks for visiting.
Rachaelxo