Easter Egg Craft with Little Man

This week we decided to get a jump start on decorating for Easter (even though Mom didn't post about it until today)!  

Collecting the ingredients for our Easter Craft!  The recipe for salt dough is SO easy;

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water

We mixed ours together using my kitchenaid mixer (first, the mixing paddle; then, the dough hook) until a dough forms.  We kneaded the dough a few time and... it was ready to play with!





Little man has his own roller and had so much fun getting the dough smooth and prepped for cutting out.  We left it about 1/4 inch thick.



We chose an Easter Egg shape (for obvious reasons) but you could use any shape!

A straw worked perfectly for making a hole for the ornament to be strung later after they were baked.

After our ornaments were ready, we baked them in a 250 degree F oven for 2 hours.  Put those puppies in and do something FUN while you wait!

We used a cookie sheet for a working surface.  I was brave enough to use acrylic paint, but any kid friendly paint would have been fine.

I think Little Man did GREAT decorating his ornaments.  We had some left over dough, so we made a cross as well to remember why Easter is such an important event!

Thankfully, the trees were just beginning to bud out.  We went on a hunt for strong branches and cut a few.  I used a left over tin bucket from his birthday and filled it with landscaping rocks.  I topped it off with some spanish moss from Hobby Lobby.  We strung the ornaments usings jute string.

We had so much fun decorating our little Easter Tree.  LM loves showing it off (especially to his Daddy when he got home)! 

Welcome SPRING and EASTER!!  What are you doing to celebrate; Our Savior is RISEN!