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Christmas Tree Luminary

November 23, 2017 by Nadia van Zyl 4 Comments

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We made a pretty Christmas tree luminary from salt dough and it is so easy and fun to do!

Christmas tree luminary

You might remember the Christmas Tree Handprint Keepsake or the Fingerprint Wreath Ornament? This was the salt dough from that same batch. 3 special projects with one batch of salt dough! (See the keepsake post for the recipe)

Materials needed:

  • green salt dough
  • Small funnel
  • plastic wrap
  • bling/sequins
Materials needed

This is how the Christmas tree luminary was made:
First, I wrapped the funnel with plastic wrap. This helped to remove the dried shape from the funnel easily. Then, the dough was rolled out to a circular shape and a hole was added. Finally, it was wrapped around the funnel.

Process

My almost 5 year old (freely) decorated the tree using the bling objects. I made holes all around using a thick straw.

Decorating

We left the shape as is for a day so that it can set. Some of the bling did fall off, but a little bit of glue fixed that.

After a day I removed the dough from the funnel and placed it upside down in a glass so that the inside can air dry. We left it for over a week. I think you can oven bake it, depending on the type of bling you added, but we were in no hurry. After it dried completely, we added a small light on the inside and voila, a pretty Christmas tree luminary!

Luminary
Tree luminary



Also check out these Magical Christmas Lanterns and don’t forget to see ALL the ideas shared during this series(click on the image below)!

Decorations series

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Comments

  1. Jen Walshaw says

    November 27, 2017 at 3:21 pm

    Oh my, these are just adorable. Thank you ever so much for joining in with this year’s kid made Christmas series.

    Reply
    • Nadia van Zyl says

      November 27, 2017 at 5:39 pm

      Thanks for hosting!

      Reply

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  1. A Month of Kid-Made Christmas Decorations - Mum In The Madhouse says:
    November 27, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    […] fantastic luminary here, but this time a really great hands-on make from Teach me […]

    Reply
  2. Christmas Stones - Kindness Rocks! - Family Makes says:
    December 1, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    […] We are linking this post as part of Kid Made Christmas with Mum In The Mad House. She has compiled a whole month of Christmas crafts ideal for kids, so please pop over and see what else there is to make with your family. Yesterday there was a fabulous Christmas Tree Luminary from Teach Me Mommy. […]

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