Tree Traditions

We have many traditions surrounding Christmas that make this season special, and one is getting, decorating and making ornaments together for our Christmas tree.

Kate took the process very seriously...Hannah enjoyed finding sticks.

"Helping" dad put the tree stand together

In 2009 we used model magic to make some ornaments (which really just look like dry hunks of clay on our tree), and in 2008 we made hand prints with the McFadden family. This year I found a quick recipe for dough ornaments using things I already had on hand:

1. 1 tablespoon Salt
2. 2 tablespoon Flour
3. 1 tablespoon Water

Mix the ingredients, use cookie cutters or just sculpt ornaments (make sure to put a hole at the top so you can put some ribbon or string through the ornament to hang on the tree), and then cook the ornaments at 250 for 2 hours. Once they are cooked and cooled, paint the ornaments and put ribbon on them. We spent two afternoons making the ornaments: one sculpting and one painting. It was a lot of fun, and now we have keepsake ornaments on our tree.