It’s time for more awesome candy-themed Christmas crafts to sweeten up your holiday! Today, you can save money and dress up your tree with these DIY snowflake cookie ornaments. You probably even have everything you need to make them (except the sprinkles) in your craft room already!

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It’s Day 6 and we are sharing DIY Ornament Ideas!

Pink Snowflake Cookie — Photo Credit: HobbyLobby.com

These ornaments are what sparked the theme for my projects for this year’s 12 Days of Christmas blog hop. I saw the one above on Hobby Lobby’s website and fell in love (they are no longer available online). Unfortunately, I need a lot of them for my tree and couldn’t justify the the price tag.

Enter the idea to make my own. They turned out fantastically and, bonus, come at a fraction of the price! If you’re looking for a budget friendly way to adorn your candy tree this year then these beauties are for you.

Note:

The size of your snowflake cookie cutter will determine how many ornaments this makes. My cookie cutter was about 3” wide and made 40 ornaments!

Glittery Snowflake Cookie Ornaments Materials

Prepared Salt Dough Recipe (I used this recipe)
Rose Gel Food Coloring
Royal Blue Gel Food Coloring
Rolling Pin
Small Pointy Stick (I used a kabob stick)
Snowflake Cookie Cutter
Mod Podge
Cord or Ribbon
White Acrylic Paint
Paint Brush
Styrofoam Sprinkles

Step 1

First, preheat your oven to 250º Fahrenheit.

Step 2

If you haven’t already, start by mixing up your salt dough.

Step 3

Once your dough is mixed, separate it into 2 halves.

Step 4

Set one half aside and then knead rose gel food coloring into the second half until you’ve reached your desired color.

Step 5

Repeat step 3 with your royal blue gel food coloring and the second half of your dough.

Step 6

Next, roll out 1 color of your dough until it’s about 1/4 inch thick and cut as many snowflakes out as your can.

Tip:

Store your dough in a glass bowl and cover with a damp towel while waiting between baking batches.

Step 7

Then place your cut out snowflakes on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 2 hours.

Step 8

As soon as your take the snowflakes out of the oven, poke a hole in one spoke of the snowflake with your pointy stick to create a spot for your ornament hanger. Then place them on a cooling rack to cool.

Step 9

Continue making snowflakes until you run out of dough.

Optional:

When you get down to the last bits of blue and pink dough, knead them together to mix them into purple for your remaining snowflakes.

Step 10

Once all of your snowflakes have cooled, cover them in glue and glitter. Set aside to dry.

Step 11

After your glitter has dried, add your cord or ribbon hanger. You want to do this before you add your “icing” because you will cover the hole.

Step 12

Next, add a thick layer of white acrylic paint to look like icing. It doesn’t have to be perfect. In fact, it looks more realistic if it’s not.

Step 13

Immediately add you add your acrylic paint, top it with the Styrofoam sprinkles.

Step 14

Set your ornaments flat until completely dry.

These DIY snowflake cookie ornaments turned out absolutely fabulous! If you’re keeping track, that’s 40 amazing ornaments for our candy tree for the low, low price of $5. That is incredible! Even if you have to buy some of the other materials, it’s still less then $10. That is definitely good for your Christmas Budget this year.

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When you’re a picky eater, holiday pitch-ins are a nightmare. You never know if you’ll like what is served and bringing your own festive food seems impossible. These candy themed veggie trays let you create a festive appetizer that is 100% plain for even the pickiest eater.

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It’s Day 5 and we are sharing Holiday Party Food Ideas!

Admittedly, as much as this is a treat for me because I absolutely love fresh vegetables, it was also a test to see if the kiddos would be more apt to eat the veggies. When you make things look like candy, kids love it, right?

Well, my youngest (4) ate some of the tomatoes and the middle (5, almost 6) totally ate a bunch of the bell peppers! Say what? I never thought I’d see the day that happened.

If you have picky kiddos (or simply want to add a little pizazz to your holiday veggie trays) these fun candy themed veggie trays are for you!

Candy Themed Veggie Trays Ingredients

2 Yellow Bell Peppers
2 Orange Bell Peppers
1 Large Container of Button Mushrooms
2 Packages of Grape Tomatoes
2 Heads of Cauliflower

Bell Pepper and Cauliflower Veggie Trays

Step 1

First, slice all of your bell peppers.

Step 2

Next, pull apart both heads of cauliflower.

Step 3

After your vegetables are cut up, start arranging one color of bell peppers on a plain white dinner plate like a spiral. Do not use all of the bell peppers yet. You are only creating an outline.

Step 4

Then fill in the white spaces between the bell peppers with 1 head of cauliflower. Because the cauliflower pieces are much bigger and sturdier, use these to create walls around the bell peppers.

Step 5

Next, fill in the bell pepper areas with your remaining bell peppers of one color.

Step 6

Repeat steps 3-5 with your second head of cauliflower and second color of bell peppers.

Tomato and Mushroom Veggie Tray

Step 1

First, cut your mushrooms into halves.

Step 2

Next, create your candy outline with mushrooms. Try to build your “walls” up as high as possible to help hold your tomatoes in place.

Step 3

Lastly, fill in the white spaces on your plate with your cherry tomatoes.

These candy themed veggie trays let you keep the candy theme going without an overabundance of unhealthy treats! Feel free to make these with any vegetables you like. I do recommend finding at least 1 white vegetable (such as the mushrooms or the cauliflower) to place between your colors. It adds to the look and creates consistency between the multiple veggie trays.

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The holidays mean a lot of breaks for school-age kids and that can leave moms pulling their out during such a busy time of year. Add a handmade touch to your candy Christmas tree and enjoy school breaks with your kids with these easy kids cotton candy ornaments.

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It’s Day 4 and we are sharing Kids Christmas Craft Ideas!

Raise your hand if you love cotton candy!! Now you can add one of your favorite sweet treats to your candy Christmas tree decorations.

Even better, this ornament is so easy to make that your kiddos can totally get in on the crafty fun. Pull it out on one of the many school breaks this season and entertain the little ones while still getting your home holiday ready.

Materials

Cotton Balls
Red and Blue Food Coloring
Water
Paper Towels
Cardstock of Choice
Scissors
Glue
Ribbon

Mom Tip: I recommend you prepare the the cotton balls before doing this craft with the kids. They can totally help prepare the cotton balls but it is a lot of waiting.

Step 1

First, add a small amount of water to a plastic container.

Step 2

Next, add 3 drops of red food coloring and 2 drops of blue food coloring then mix.

Step 3

Add some cotton balls to your water and make sure they are submerged.

Step 4

Leave your cotton balls in the colored water overnight.

Step 5

After your cotton balls have soaked overnight pull them out and place them on some paper towels to dry. This can take a few days to complete.

Step 6

Once your cotton balls have dried, pull them apart so that they are a fluffy ball.

Step 7

Next, roll your cardstock into a cone and secure it with glue. Hot glue works quickest for this but you can use regular liquid white glue. If using liquid glue, allow it to dry before moving on.

Step 8

Then trim any excess paper so that your cone is even.

Step 9

Now cut a length of ribbon that is long enough to become a hanger for your ornament.

Step 10

Next, glue one end of the ribbon to the top of the open part of your paper cone.

Step 11

Continue attaching your ribbon by gluing the remaining end on the opposite side of your open paper cone.

Step 12

Lastly, glue your pulled cotton ball onto the open part of the cone. Be sure that your ribbon hanger goes around the cotton ball so that you can still hang it.

Step 13

Allow the glue to dry completely, then hang on your tree and enjoy!

Now you can make your own awesome ornaments for your tree and it won’t cost you a fortune. These kids cotton candy ornaments will also brighten your kids spirits every time they see their creations on your tree this year. After you have your cotton balls dying, check out the other amazing kids Christmas crafts from all of my friends below!

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