Homemade Ornaments

Homemade Ornaments ::

What you will need:

1. 4 cups flour
2. 1 cup salt
3. 1 1/2 cups water
4. Paint
5. Some kind of string/ribbon
6. Access of an oven
7. Cookie Cutters
8. A cookie sheet

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees
• Combine flour, salt, and water
• Kneed for 10 minutes
• Roll out on a floured surface
• Cut out shapes with cookie cutters
• Poke a hole into the ornament, to be able to hang
• Put on cookie sheet, and bake for 30 minutes
• Decorate! :)

*Make sure to lay out the dough on a floured surface, if not it will stick
**I used a small pretzel stick to poke a hole, and pretty ribbon to hang the ornament
***Don't be afraid to get creative. I used glitter on my State snowman :)

OMG! TURKEYS! ::

What you will need:


1. A Package of Oreos

2. Chocolate Frosting

3. Malted Milk Balls

4. Small Reeses Cups

5. Candy Corn

• Take out two oreos, laying one oreo on the table (This is the base)
• Take the second oreo and put chocolate frosting on part of the edge, so you can stick it to the other oreo (This is the back)
• Take out one Reeses cup and slice off a sliver on one side so that it is flat
• Cover bottom and sliced side with frosting and attach to the oreos (This is the body)
• Take out a Malted Milk Ball and use frosting to connect it to the Reeses cup (This is the head)
• Take out 4 or 5 pieces of candy corn, and stick in the oreo acting as the back (These are the feathers)
• Cut the white tip off of a Candy Corn piece and use frosting to attach it to the head (This is the beak).

*I apologize if these directions are hard to follow. This project is more of a hands on activity.
**I couldn't find Candy Corn so I used Mike & Ikes, making it a little more colorful
***Make sure to store your turkeys in a container with a lid, the oreos will go stale! Enjoy!

Newspaper Print Nails!

Newspaper Print Nails ::

You will need:

1.  Light colored nail polish
2. Clear nail polish
3. Nespaper
4. Rubbing Alcohol
5. Q-tips

• Make sure your nails are free of all old nail polish
• Paint your nail a light color, I used a shiny grey
• Let dry (about 5 minutes AT LEAST)
• Fill a small cup (I used a shot glass) with rubbing alcohol, and soak one nail for about 5 seconds
• Rub nail with Q-tip, so the rubbing alcohol isn't dripping off your nail
• Take a piece of newspaper and press ((lightly)) on your nail for about 5 seconds
• Use a Q-tip with rubbing alcohol on it to wipe extra newspaper print from around your fingernails
• Paint over nail with clear nail polish to prevent smudging and give your nails a shiny gloss
• Repeat :)

*Just a note, it might take a little practice to get perfect. My left hand looks wayyyy better than my right!
**Also, don't use [too much] rubbing alcohol, the newspaper print will come off light and smudgy
***Beware! If you have hangnails (like I did) the rubbing alcohol will burn!