Christmas Salt Dough Ornaments for Kids

Christmas salt dough ornaments for kids are easy to make and look great hanging on the Christmas tree. Using our easy salt dough recipe you can mix up a batch of salt dough in minutes and create personalized Christmas ornaments to treasure forever! We bring out our Salt dough Christmas ornaments year after year and it is lovely to see how these salt dough crafts develop as the children get older. Just scroll down to see our collection of salt dough ornament keepsakes. Making homemade ornaments from salt dough is such a fun and easy Christmas craft for kids of all ages!

Christmas salt dough ornaments for kids

Our collection of salt dough ornaments seems to grow and grow! The kids have made some of the salt dough crafts independently and for others they have made the handprint or footprint and I have painted them. Salt dough ornaments for babies have to be my favourite as they are so tiny!

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Click on the titles or images of the salt dough Christmas ornaments below to be taken to full instructions for each of the salt dough crafts. All of these salt dough ornaments can be made using our easy salt dough recipe.


Salt Dough Santa Handprint


One of my favouirtes, these salt dough santa handprints look stunning on the tree. I have always loved Harry and Daisy's Santa handprints and have just added one of Oliver's handprint to the collection!

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Salt Dough Handprint Robin


This salt dough handprint robin looks beautiful with a golden tint to it! It looks great against the green of the Christmas tree but would work well as a winter craft too.

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Fingerprint Salt Dough Ornament - Christmas Tree


This is such a fun salt dough craft for preschoolers to make independently. There is a video included in our step by step instructions to show you just how easy this fingerprint salt dough ornament is to make.

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Salt Dough Footprint Reindeer


These adorable salt dough footrprint ornaments were made using tiny baby feet! Try mixing cinnamon into the salt dough before making these salt dough footprint reindeer.

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Salt Dough Star Frame Christmas Ornament


Adding photographs to salt dough ornaments makes them even more precious! Photo frame ornaments are suprisingly easy to make and they make perfect handmade gifts to give to family.

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Cinnamon Salt Dough Gingerbread Man Ornament


Here is another salt dough ornament that has had cinnamon added to the salt dough whilst it was being made. Add fingerprint buttons to this salt dough gingerbread man craft to make an adorable and personalized Christmas ornament.

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Salt Dough Footprint Penguin


This beautiful footprint penguin is a fun salt dough ornament to make. I love the addition of a little felt hat and scarf! This salt dough craft would also be fun to make as part of a winter themed project.

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Salt Dough Snowman Ornament


These snowman ornaments are so much fun for toddlers and preschoolers to make independently and you can guarentedd that each of these salt dough Chrisrtmas ornaments will end up being totally unique!

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Fingerprint Snowman Ornament 


We also have fingerprint snowman ornaments. This is actually a clay ornament rather than a salt dough ornament, but it would work just as well if it was make out of salt dough. Just follow our easy salt dough recipe rather than using air dry clay.

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Penguin Salt Dough Handprint Ornament


Make a salt dough handprint ornament full of penguins! Made with a baby handprint this handprint ornament is totally adorable and a lot easier to make than it first looks! I can't wait to hang it on our Christmas tree with all our other salt dough ornaments this Christmas. 

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Salt Dough Handprint Ornament Elf Craft


This cheeky elf ornament is made from a cut out salt dough handprint and painted with acrylic paint. This salt dough handprint ornament looks great paired with the salt dough santa! 

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Easy Salt Dough Decoration


Keep it simple and use cookie cutters to make Christmas tree shapes and then decorate your salt dough with markers.

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Have fun using our easy salt dough recipe to make your own set of salt dough ornaments. The big question is, which of these salt dough Christmas ornaments will you make first! These salt dough crafts make such fun Christmas crafts for kids. Take a look at all our keepsake crafts too!

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