• Instructions:
  Combine flour, cinnamon, and salt.
• Add hot water, & food coloring if you want. (without food coloring, the dough will turn a nice brown color with bits of cinnamon throughout).
• Knead for 5 minutes on floured board

Now, to make your dough into ornaments for your tree

• Here’s what you’ll need:
  rolling pin
  Gingerbread shaped cookie cutters
  Straw
• Instructions:
  Roll out your dough, just like play dough

• Use your cookie cutters to make shapes

• Once you have made your shapes, ***take the straw and make a hole for your ornament. Push the straw into the desired location
• Some dough may be left in your straw. Just, tap it or squeeze it out before each ornament

 Drying your ornaments:
You can let them air dry for 1-5 days. To speed up the process, bake them on a cookie sheet at 200-degrees for 3 hours.

Decorating your ornaments:
Before you get started –  **Don’t forget to put names on the back and the date for a keepsake

• Help kids by giving them a picture of a gingerbread boy and girl for inspiration.
• Let kids use the puffy paint to create their own gingerbread boy or girl