Spending several months on the west coast and being close to our grandchildren has been wonderful! I love that they enjoy helping in the kitchen and I thought that making homemade cinnamon applesauce ornaments would be a wonderful craft to do with my granddaughter.
These ornaments smell wonderful and there is still time to make them before Christmas!
Just mix 1 ½ cups of cinnamon with 1 cup of applesauce to make your dough.
Place the dough between two pieces of waxed paper and roll out with your rolling pin to about 1/8 inch thickness. I found slightly thicker worked better.
Peel off the top piece of wax paper and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Add a small hole at the top of each shape with a straw or skewer and let them dry over night, or until they are completely hard. You could also put them in a 150-degree oven to speed up the drying process. Place them in the oven for about 20-25 minutes.
When cool thread a ribbon through the small hole to hang.
My granddaughter was thrilled to wrap her ornaments to put under the tree for gift giving!
Such a fun morning, can’t wait until our next craft day!
Nancy on the Home Front 
How interesting, and they can be done in so many different shapes.
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What precious memories you are making as well as the ornaments, Nancy! The photographs are lovely! There’s something so lovely about homemade ornaments like this – what a great tradition! Thank you so much for sharing them with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop. Hope to ‘see’ you again this week – the hop is open now.
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April,
I am having such fun with my grandchildren!
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I can’t wait to try these with my toddler! So wonderful that you are creating such special memories with your grandkids. Grandparents are the best. ❤
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Erin,
Have fun, the dough is a little tricky and I’ve seen some suggestions to add a little glue to the mixture. Fun memories to be sure!
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This is such a fun idea to do with kids! It smells amazing too. Thanks for such a thorough walk through and for sharing on the Homestead Blog Hop. I hope we see you again this Wednesday. 🙂 Pinning.
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Kelly,
It was such a fun day and my granddaughter had so much fun!
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