December 10: Homemade Ornaments

One of my favorite things that we did this holiday season was making homemade Christmas ornaments! It was oh so messy, but oh so much fun!! I googled the recipe for the dough and Reid helped me gather all of the ingredients. 

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 Reid always asks me if he can help cook, so when I told him I needed help mixing the dough, he was super excited!

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 Sissy helped too! And this is when it started to get messy! I let her pour in the flour by herself and we had flour everywhere...on the counter, on the floor, on our clothes...pretty much everywhere but the bowl!

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 "But mommy! I'm such a good helper!"

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 Then we mixed, and stirred, and mixed some more!

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 "Is this one cup, mommy?"

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 I was excited to make the kids' handprints. The sad part to this is that I cooked the ornaments too long, or mixed the dough up wrong, and after a few days the ornaments started splitting and cracking and then broke into pieces. I was so upset, but realized that it was about making the ornaments and spending time with the kids that mattered most. 

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 Aren't they adorable?

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 We got Christmas cookie cutters and made some more ornaments with the left over dough. Unfortunately, I forgot to put holes in these ornaments before I baked them and they ended up being little dough decorations instead!

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Reid wanted to  make a Christmas tree and LilliAnn picked out a snowman!

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I'm looking forward to many more holiday craft projects in Christmases to come...