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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Nov 11 2005 : 5:16:14 PM
Does anyone out there know how to make those "cookie" like tree ornaments that smell like cinnamon. I bought some at a craft fair that are really cute and shaped like gingerbread men. Please let me know. Thanks, Melanie
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| suzyhomemaker |
Posted - Oct 20 2006 : 04:57:35 AM
I made these years ago with a playgroup. We store ours in a coffee can between Christmases (also good for storing those painted dough ornaments). You can use royal icing or fabric paints (puffy) to decorate the ornaments. If you worry about someone or some animal eating it, use royal icing.
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| Lora Mayea |
Posted - Oct 18 2006 : 12:27:48 PM
These really are great ornaments--they may rot if they got too much humidity, but in Eastern Oregon desert they last for years. I used to do a Christmas crafts day with local elementary students, and we would use paint pens to decorate--a favorite was Gingerbread people and white paint pens for "ric-rac" outlines, and black for eyes, red for lips, etc. Kids got real creative. There is also puff paint you can buy at craft stores. |
| Hideaway Farmgirl |
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 11:33:09 AM
Hey, Libbie. Post a picture of your tree when you have it decorated! Sounds lovely! I can already smell the cinnamon!
Jo |
| Libbie |
Posted - Oct 12 2006 : 11:20:32 AM
I'm going to add this to my "what we're going to do on the next rainy day" list - what a wonderful idea - you gals always come through with shining colors. This year, I think my Christmas tree will be these ornaments, a red gingham ribbon and gold or silver balls with white lights. Simple - safe - and yummy smelling!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 2:33:11 PM
 that's funny the cat and dog eating them, the recipe for the cinn. and applesauce it said it wouldn't hurt kids if they did eat any! i really have to get at alot this yr. i got summer savory comming out my ears, to get processed, and some homemade dish cloths to get at. also i make wreaths every yr. and going to have a hard time getting brush this yr. with hubby gone! oh well i will take the four wheeler and do it myself! what is a farm girl for? right? if she can't do?? lol! hope everyone has a happy day jo!
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| Bluewrenn |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 8:58:44 PM
Be careful to hang them up out of the pets reach (although my cats will climb into the tree after them.) We lost a lot of the ornaments this way! But they sure did make the house smell nice. I used a plain old gingerbread cookie recipe for mine, punched a hole in them before baking and then just strung them with a pretty red satin ribbon - no decorations on them, just plain. They were really nice and made the house smell like cookies and cinnamon. But like I said, the cats and the dog ate them. The cat would knock them off and the dog would grab them. Finally the cat got so frustrated that she just started eating them while they were still on the tree. Found a lot of red satin ribbons on the floor under the tree! (Oh well, it kept the bugs from getting them.)
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 1:12:08 PM
Boy I was just reading the recipe, maybe a gallon of cinnamon might not be enough!!
NANCY JO |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Oct 05 2006 : 12:59:22 PM
i packed mine away last yr. hopefully they won't be too brittle when i get into them as i used them on the tree last yr. but going to make some more anyways, for this yr. the cinnamon bread one is sooo cool! i'll have to try that too. jo~,
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 30 2006 : 6:37:10 PM
I make mine with glue. Here is a tip though. Check with a local school cafeteria. I was able to order a 1 gallon jug of cinnamon at a HUGE discount. I have enough cinnamon to make 1 MILLION ornaments! HA
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
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| babs |
Posted - Sep 30 2006 : 11:43:51 AM
We made a ton of these a few years ago. I really should sit with the kids and make more, they look so "country" and smell good.
I put mine in the dehydrator and they've lasted well. I didn't use the glue recipe. Infact I really didn't use any recipe. I started with a bowl of sauce and added cinamon until I had a soft dough. Then we rolled them out, cut them and laid them in the dehydrator. I don't remember how long it took. We had some bits left over so we added a little water rolled it up and made cinnamon beads.
I took a picture with my really awful camera - apologies.
See it here: http://web.mac.com/phase2design/ornaments.jpg
The lines you see in the large star are from the dehydrator.
I originally strung them with slices of dried orange, so that the shape was centered in the orange slice, then I knotted it, strung a bead, knot, loop for hanging, knot. The cinnamon ornaments outlasted the orange slices by about 2 years. Apparently I don't have the knack for drying oranges, they were either too thick which made them gummy and they went bad, or too dry and were brittle and broke.
Babs
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Sep 30 2006 : 06:38:32 AM
floral they are really easy, and sooo fun to make, even the little ones can make them. i like tieing plaid ribbon on them for to hang,thay smell sooooo good! jo~
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| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 6:12:30 PM
I have just recently heard about gingerbread ornaments, tempted to try those.
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 3:35:34 PM
hi girls, well i got some stuff to make some cinnamon decorations with again this yr. they are soooo sweet. i put some of them tied on gifts, and they are good for gifts all by themselves along with my homemade soaps~ it is the best thing i've ever seen. i am sooo glad i found out how to make them from this sight u girls are all so wonderfull friendly and supportive! later jo!p.s. anyone starting them for this yr yet?
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| JO AND AL |
Posted - Dec 13 2005 : 03:40:58 AM
I have been making these cinn. ornaments, left and right here, since I found the recipee on here, they are so fun to make. I used small chunks of the cinn, left over from the straw,that u make the hole with, for hanging, and made eyes, they seem to be staying good, and a pen or pencill just dab it lightly, to draw out nose, and mouth, it dries with the cookie ornament, eveyone around here,is soo excited. scrambling to make some for xmas, such a good idea. We taped a few on xmas gifts,with yarn int he hole of them to ahng on a tree, and put the recipee inside the gift, cool idea! I have been using saran wrap to roll them out i put one under and one over, it leaves a bit of crack look but i found it easier to peel off, to put out to dry, and u can smooth it out with your fingers or what ever. I also dry them on the saran wrap seems easier to peel off to turn, works well for me anyways, prob wax paper would be good, but didn't have any at the time, so will have to try that too. don't think they rot, probably too dry to rot, i do know they sure smell good.I put a whole bunch of them on my Charlie Brown tree i have in the porch ha ha! I am sooo glad to have found that recipee on here.grandkids love making them too. jo!
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| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Dec 12 2005 : 04:06:28 AM
http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=429
This is a good explanation. |
| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Dec 12 2005 : 01:52:03 AM
We made these yesterday from the Mccormick recipe online. I am glad to know they will keep, mine didn't have glue. Found another two links today, I am a bit rushed, hope it all makes sense.
http://www.make-stuff.com/projects/cinnamon_ornaments.html
http://www.betterbudgeting.com/frugalcrafts/cinnamonornaments.htm
http://www.mccormick.com/recipedetail.cfm?id=1264
My husband rolled some out with a damp sponge in between the dough and the rolling pin, it seemed to help, the cracked surface indicated it was too dry, I had put a little cinnamon on top to roll, but probably shouldn't have. |
| CityCat |
Posted - Dec 09 2005 : 5:10:08 PM
Uh, this may sound really stupid, but if you wanted to decorate these ornaments, how would yo do that? Do you glue things to them? Or, like with sugar cookies or gingerbread, use royal icing? And, uh, another stupid question: can these ornaments rot? Thanks in advance! -Cat |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Dec 02 2005 : 03:52:23 AM
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Originally posted by Deb P
Melanie, My daughter and I have made these in past years and I still have some - they still smell good, even after several years. The recipe I used was equal parts of ground cinnamon and applesauce (not the chunky kind). Then you mix it up and roll it out, cut it out with cookie cutters and make a hole for a ribbon with a straw. Then you put them on cookie racks to dry, which takes several days. That's it! Enjoy! Deb :)
"Well-behaved women rarely make history" - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
 Hi Deb i tried the cinn. ornament recipee and it is super, I can't seem to stop making them, they are fun, and i can't waite to hang some of them on my tree this year. Jo~~
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| bramble |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 11:02:15 AM
Marget- I have never tried them in the dehydrator but it might dry them too quickly (ha!) and become even more brittle.Not sure...let me know if you try it.
Girls, I threw away my Elmer's glue recipe because I think that glue smells BAD!It didn't seem to make a superior product when included, in my opinion. Does anyone have a different experience? It would be nice to add something that makes them more durable without sacrificing scent.
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| FlipFlopFarmer |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 10:30:42 AM
Here's the link to the site that has the recipe I have. I think it would be really YUMMY with the addition of the cloves, nutmeg & allspice like brambles recipe.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/dough2.html
Carla
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| whispering pines |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 4:51:48 PM
Could you give us the recipe using elmers glue......Thank you |
| FlipFlopFarmer |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 4:35:58 PM
I was thinking of making these this year too. The recipe I have is very similar only it also has elmers glue in it?
I was thinking that this would be a cute gift tag as well assumeing you could write on it with a fine tip marker of some sort.
Carla
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Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly. |
| mellaisbella |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 11:36:30 AM
yes, vey cool indeed please keep sending the recipes as I will try them all and see which ones I like best. Hooray!!!
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| Horseyrider |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 10:08:47 AM
Seems to me that adding a few drops of cinnamon oil while mixing would strengthen the fragrance. Or you could drip a little on old ones to refresh them.
Kewl idea for ornaments, you guys!  |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 12 2005 : 12:40:03 PM
Ms.Bramble wonderwoman, knew we could count on ya to come through... We made these for my youngest girls preschool gifts. Naturally the queen of disorganization here lost the recipe. These are so sweet hanging on a tree with other things the kids make. We outlined our trees with green glitter.
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