Make Daddy Claus, Mummy Claus and of course.. Baby Claus from Hand Prints in Salt Dough!!!!
Learn how to make our Salt Dough.here (basically you will only need some flour, salt & water!)
To make these Santa hand print ornaments, flatten the dough out to about 1 cm or half an inch thick, on the floured surface and press down the hand to make a hand print.
To make these Santa hand print ornaments, flatten the dough out to about 1 cm or half an inch thick, on the floured surface and press down the hand to make a hand print.
Cut around the hand print to really highlight the fingers and prints.
Finally pierce a hole in the centre of the palm area so you can hang some thread or ribbon through it once its baked.
As with all our salt dough kids crafts, Cook the dough in a low heat oven at about 50-100 degrees celcuis so the ornaments dry out slowly until they are rock hard and when you tap it, it sounds hollow.
Depending on the thickness of your ornament it may take 4-6 hours in the oven to bake to become totally dry and hard.
Once cool get out the paints and to make these Santa Handprints paint all the fingers white (for the beard) and red around the edge of the palm for his hat. I painted some rosy cheeks and a red nose and drew on some eyes and a smile with black marker once the paint had dried.
Finally pierce a hole in the centre of the palm area so you can hang some thread or ribbon through it once its baked.
As with all our salt dough kids crafts, Cook the dough in a low heat oven at about 50-100 degrees celcuis so the ornaments dry out slowly until they are rock hard and when you tap it, it sounds hollow.
Depending on the thickness of your ornament it may take 4-6 hours in the oven to bake to become totally dry and hard.
Once cool get out the paints and to make these Santa Handprints paint all the fingers white (for the beard) and red around the edge of the palm for his hat. I painted some rosy cheeks and a red nose and drew on some eyes and a smile with black marker once the paint had dried.
You can use leftover paint sample pots/ acrylics yourself but its best to use non toxic paint suitable for toddlers if they are going to get creative!
Once dried, you can varnish the creations with a mix of 1 part non toxic glue to 1/2 part water, clear varnish or spray with a glitter spray from most hardware or craft stores to add a protective shine.