Last week we were helping my in-laws put up their Christmas tree. My hubby’s sister told me about a Christmas tree ornaments activity she did with her 3rd grade students. She held up an ornament she made years ago. It was a cute little brown ornament with a great apple cinnamon scent.
Even though the ornament was made so long ago it still smelled GREAT.
After all those years.
I was impressed.
Impressed so much that I got the recipe from her and did the activity with my daughter. It was really fun and my hands smelled like cinnamon for most of the day. Win win!
The recipe is originally from cooks.com and you can see it HERE.
I didn’t have all the spices on hand so I had to modify the recipe.
Here’s my version:
Cinnamon Christmas Ornament Activity
Ingredients:
4 oz. ground cinnamon (almost two whole bottles)
2 TBSP white school glue
¾ cup applesauce
Important note: do NOT eat the dough! Remember—there’s glue in it! Plus I’m not sure it would taste all that good.
I had to work pretty hard to get my 3.5 year old to keep from eating it 😉
The Directions:
The full recipe made 18 ornaments of varying sizes.
Stir the cinnamon, glue and applesauce together in a bowl. Have the kids help you with this step.
Combine ingredients together with your hands. The dough should be moist enough to roll out but not too dry.
Roll dough on a non-stick surface until ¾ inch thick
Use cookie cutters to make ornament shapes. Then take a straw and make a hole at the top so a string can be tied in after it’s totally dry.
Let the ornaments dry out in a safe dry place for 3 to 4 days
(Yes they will take that long to dry out!)
Then tie a ribbon through the hole and hang up on your nearest Christmas tree!
What are some fun and easy activities you do with your kids at Christmastime? I’d love to hear some new ideas!
This post linked up at Inspire Me Please, Think And Make Thursday, and Serenity Now.
Super sweet ornaments! Made these when our daughter was small. Want to try again, pinned:) Stop over. New follow to your social media!
These are so cute! What a fun, family activity. I’d love if you’d link up to The DIYers. http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-diyers-40.html
Thanks, Kayla! It’s a fun (and good smelling) project! Headed over to link up now–thanks so much for the invite!
This is is timely! We were just putting up the ornaments and my 9 year old was so excited that the cinnamon ornament she made last year in school still smelled good. I know she and her siblings will enjoy getting to make these (and I had no CLUE how to make them, so thank you!!!)
I look forward o trying this out. My little girl is learning about cookies next week. This will be a fun craft for her to do. Visiting from Serenity Now Blog
This is so fun to do and one year after making these they still smell awesome!
I’ve been wanting to make these. I had no idea they lasted so long!
I never dreamed they would last that long. Since putting up this post one of my Mom’s friends said she still displays the ones her kids made in school 20+ years ago!
Very cute. I’ve also seen the cinnamon play dough recipe floating around. Might be fun to make both on the same day!
Yes–I just saw something about a cinnamon play dough recipe too! That’s a great idea to do them on the same day!
Super cute! I remember having these growing up.. I think we made them haha but I was to little to remember.
It’s nice to see little things that bring up sweet childhood memories 🙂