Better late than never, right? No bake salt-dough alternatives to decorate your tree.

 PD has been a bit off colour of late so we’ve been staying at home doing some winter craft. As she is a big raw-dough consumer, I came up with an alternative to prevent her overdosing on salt, with a little help from the Usbourne 50 Christmas Things to Make and Do book. All you need is some old bread, cookie cutters, and some paint.

And in my case, a plain wreath I bought from Ikea.

Step 1: cut out your shapes from the bread. I’d recommend simple larger shapes: the smaller ones I did broke easier. Poke a hole (for hanging) with a straw or squewer. I used a meat thermometer as it was to hand! Lay them on a cooling tray and leave to dry out overnight.

Step 2: mix PVA glue with poster paint and paint your the sides and back of your shapes. They do go a little soft at this stage. Leave to dry again, then repeat on the other side. Whilst the paint is still wet, decorate with glitter and sequins etc. Whatever you’ve got really. I used glitter paint.

Step 3: once dry, thread with string or ribbon and hang wherever you fancy.

Check out the other posts for the Christmas Countdown at Cafebebe and kids getting crafty at Redted Art