This recipe makes a sweet smelling dough that can be made into ornaments or package
decorations.
MATERIALS:
•1 1/2 cups ground cinnamon
•1 cup applesauce
•1/3 cup white school glue (like Elmer's)
•1 medium sized bowl
•flat surface for kneading
•wax paper
•rolling pin
•cookie cutters - various types
•knife
•straw
•non stick cooling rack
•ribbon
•optional - puffy paints
.
INSTRUCTIONS: -
1. Mix cinnamon, applesauce, and glue together in a bowl.
2. Remove from the bowl and knead the mixture until it turns into a firm clay.
3. Let sit for about 30 minutes.
4. Clay is best used at room temp. you may need to dust your rolling pin, hands or working surface
with cinnamon, or use wax paper as a working surface.
5. Roll out clay with a rolling pin to approx. 1/8 of an inch thick.
6. Use cutters to cut out desired shapes.
(**OR make figures for your alter..OR make candle holders.)
7. If you are going to hang, use a straw to cut out a hole near the top of the shape.
8. Place shapes on a non stick cooling rack - or wax paper but you'll need to keep an eye on them
and turn them over occasionally so that they dry evenly and dry flat.
9. Dry shapes for approx. 5 days.
10. When dry you may put a ribbon through the hole for hanging, add to
packages or anything else you cam think of.
11. Optional- you may add puffy paint to decorate your shapes.
*****or decorate with dryed flowers..