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Salt Dough Puppy Paw Print Christmas Ornament

DIY Ideas· Homemade Christmas Ornaments

29 Nov
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How to Make Personalized Dog Ornaments

If you want to cherish the memory of your pup, make one of these paw print ornaments! You can customize them with so many colors! Please note that these are toxic to dogs if eaten so hang them high up on the tree. Here's my Sadie girl, an Australian shepherd terrier mix at about 2 years old :-) This is my favorite dog Christmas ornament to make that is so cheap and easy you just need to search through your pantry to grab the supplies!

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Salt Dough Ornament Ingredients:

  • 1 cup salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup water
  • Parchment paper or aluminium foil
  • Straw/pen for punching a hole

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Mix the salt, flour, and water in a bowl until it becomes firm. Knead the dough for 30 seconds and then cut individual circles with a cup.

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Press your dogs paw into the salt dough and use a straw/pen cap to make a small hole at the top.

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Bake at 200 degrees in the oven for 2-3 hours or until completely dry. Once it is cooled, grab some chalkboard paint and red tinsel glitter to decorate! I wrote the year and her name with a piece of chalk. Finish it off with a pretty ribbon to hang on the tree!

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Make sure to check out our other fun salt dough ideas for kids!

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Salt Dough Paw Print Ornament

Materials

  • 1 cup salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup water
  • Parchment paper or aluminium foil
  • Straw/pen for punching a hole

Instructions

  • Mix the salt, flour, and water in a bowl until it becomes firm. Knead the dough for 30 seconds and then cut individual circles with a cup.
  • Press your dogs paw into the salt dough and use a straw/pen cap to make a small hole at the top.
  • Bake at 200 degrees in the oven for 2-3 hours or until completely dry. Once it is cooled, grab some chalkboard paint and red tinsel glitter to decorate! I wrote the year and her name with a piece of chalk. Finish it off with a pretty ribbon to hang on the tree!
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Comments

  1. Channing says

    April 21, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    I am commenting agian cause I made mine they turned out really good but I used acrylic paint and painted my dogs name with a fine tip brush and instead of using ribbon I used hemp cord for the hanger

  2. Moriah❤️ says

    December 18, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    I really love this idea! It's so thoughtful!

  3. Tammy says

    December 18, 2015 at 9:00 pm

    Mine are in the oven as I type this out! Thanks for the great idea! I told my husband about it and he had me mix up your recipe on the spot...We got 6 paw prints out of this recipe. We have 3 dogs, so that's a set for us and one for the in-laws., the just love their granddogs!! :D
    Thanks again and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

  4. Danielle says

    December 01, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    This is fantastic! Thank you so much for the idea!

  5. Michelle says

    November 05, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    Yes! Acrylic paint works great too (even the $1 bottles at Walmart)

  6. Tami says

    November 05, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    Can you paint it with something lighter color that is not chalkboard paint?

  7. Michelle says

    November 04, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    Absolutely!

  8. Lindsey says

    November 04, 2015 at 3:40 am

    Can you do this but with a kid's handprint??

  9. Jennifer Runkles says

    October 03, 2015 at 10:21 pm

    The dog in this picture looks exactly like my dog!!!! What state are you in?

  10. Michelle says

    December 21, 2014 at 11:51 pm

    Fahrenheit :)

  11. Mélanie says

    December 21, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Is it 200 degree C• or F•??

  12. Ana says

    December 17, 2014 at 4:33 am

    Love this idea!! Wish we did this for our 16 year-old dog before he passed last Christmas :(. Will have to do this for my younger dog!

  13. Stephanie says

    December 16, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    Thank you for this idea. My mother's pug is dying and this is the best Christmas gift I could give her.

  14. Michelle says

    December 16, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    I made about 4 of them from the recipe

  15. Mary123 says

    December 16, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    Used this for my new kitty this year. So pretty, thanks!

  16. Emmy says

    December 16, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    How many ornaments does this make? I only need one...

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