Decorate the Mantel With This Easy Salt Dough Moon and Stars Garland for Ramadan
Get the kids involved with this fun, easy baking craft and keep 'em busy for more than an hour.
Areeba Adnan
Add a homemade design touch for Ramadan with this DIY salt dough garland. Mint Candy Designs blogger Areeba Adnan shares her favorite recipe for easy, kid-friendly salt dough ornaments perfect for decorating at any occasion. Gather some basic baking supplies and pre-heat the oven.
Areeba Adnan
Ingredients + Tools
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- cookie cutter - stars and moon
- rolling pin
- baking sheets
- parchment paper
- stainless steel straw
- twine
Mix Ingredients
Mix flour, salt and black pepper in a bowl (Image 1). Slowly add warm water into the flour mixture to form dough. Keep adding water until all the salt and flour are combined and a smooth dough is made. Mix and knead the dough with your hands (Image 2).
Areeba Adnan
Areeba Adnan
Roll + Bake + Enjoy
Next, roll out the dough with a rolling pin about 1/4'' - 1/2'' thick. Then use moon and stars cookie cutters to cut out the ornament shapes (Image 1). Use a straw to punch a hole near the top of the ornament shapes for the twine to go through. Place ornaments on a baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes at 300 degrees Fahrenheit until they harden (Image 2). Once done, thread a piece of twine through each ornament to create the garland and display on the mantel (Image 3).
Areeba Adnan
Areeba Adnan
Areeba Adnan
