Instructions

Idea:

Make leaves from salt dough and write what you are thankful for onto each one. Then use them to decorate a gratitude tree as a family!

Find:

• 1 cup plain (all purpose) flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1/2 cup warm water
• gel food colouring or paint
• permanent marker pen
• twine or ribbon
• tree branch
  

Make & Do:

• Mix the dry ingredients together then slowly add the warm water.
• Mix well and then knead it on a lightly floured surface until it's soft and non-sticky. As with any dough, you can adjust slight problems by adding a little more flour if it's too sticky and a little more water if too crumbly.
• Roll the dough until it's about 1-2 cm thick then use leaf shaped cookie cutters to cut small leaves.
• Put these straight onto a baking sheet and then use a straw to make a hole in each one, ready for stringing a ribbon through later.
• Dry in the oven on a very low heat, approximately 100 degrees C (around 210 F) for 2-3 hours.
• Once ready, talk about what you are thankful and write a word onto each leaf.
• Then thread some twine or ribbon through each hole, tie in a loop and hang them from a branch to make a tree of thankfulness!