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Easy Salt Dough Reindeer Ornaments to Make

By Jen

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 We love a good salt dough Christmas ornament. We’ve made all kinds of salt dough Christmas ornaments over the years and we have shared many, many fun reindeer crafts – but we haven’t combined the two. This year seemed like a great time to make Rudolph and his team of reindeer salt dough ornaments for the Christmas tree.salt dough reindeer ornaments hanging in tree

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In fact, I shared how to make Rudolph cookies over on my friend Cerys’ site, Rainy Day Mum. And when I made the cookies, I didn’t think about the salt dough possibilities. It wasn’t until my daughter mentioned how we could make the cookies into ornaments that I realized we had a fun craft that needed to be made.

Everyone has a heart-shaped cookie cutter and we have a super simple Christmas salt dough recipe –  that’s all you need to make these silly reindeer ornaments. 

Salt Dough Reindeer Ornaments DIY

Salt Dough Recipe
all-purpose flour
table salt (iodized salt)
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2/3 cup warm water
chopstick or straw
brown, black, red and green acrylic paints
paint brushes
black and red pompoms
googly eyes
decorative string
glue gun
modge podge

Whisk together flour and salt in a large bowl. Once whisked together make a well (a dip) in the middle of the flour and pour in the oil and water. Mix together until a dough forms. Drop the dough onto a clean work surface and knead it together into a smooth ball. If it’s a bit too sticky and a bit more flour. 

Ball of Salt DoughRoll the dough to about 1/4″ thickness. Cut the dough into heart-shaped ornaments with a 2″ heart cookie cutter. Place the unbaked ornaments onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Don’t forget to poke a hole in the ornament, for the string loop. I used the end of a chopstick, you could also use a straw to poke the hole. Bake them in a 250°F oven for 2 hours. You will know they are done when they are firm to the touch. Once they’re baked set them aside to cool.

Okay, the hearts are ready to go. Scrape any little bits of clay the may be inside the hole, where the string will loop. Paint the entire ornament with brown acrylic paint. Set aside to dry.

salt dough reindeer ornaments painted brownOnce dried, it’s time to add the noses and eyes. Use a glue gun to adhere the eyes and nose in place. We used a variety of sizes of eyes and noses. Only one Rudolph in our team of reindeer!

reindeer ornaments with eyes and noses glued in placeNow that the faces are in place it’s time to add the antlers. Make a dark brown by combining black and brown or simply use dark brown paint. With a thin paintbrush, paint on the reindeer antlers. The more “branches” the better. 

salt dough reindeer ornaments with antlers painted onWhen the antlers are done drying it’s time to add a little sparkle…the Christmas lights. Do you know how to make polka dots with a paintbrush? Flip the paintbrush around and dip the round end of your brush into the paint. Then dot-dot-dot the paint all over the antlers. Experiment with adding more and less paint to make BIG and little dots. We went with red and green dots, but you could do any colours you like. Let everything dry.

salt dough rudolph and reindeer with red and green dots on antlersIf you want to you can add a little more personality to your reindeer by adding eyebrows and eyelashes with a permanent marker. And don’t forget to add the year to the back of your ornaments.

reindeer salt dough ornaments with string through holesNow it’s time to seal your ornament. Use a craft sealer, we used Modge Podge, for this job. Paint it on and then let it dry.

salt dough rudolph ornament in treeFinally, it’s time to hang up your salt dough reindeer ornaments. Feed a piece of decorative string or ribbon through the holes and hang them on your tree. These little cuties would also make a great gift topper. Will you make Rudolph and his entire team for your tree?


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