DIY Corn starch Ornaments

Ingredients

• 1 cup Argo® Corn Starch
• 1 cup baking soda
• 2 tablespoons Canola oil
• 1 cup water
• 5 to 10 drops of your favourite essential oil, try cinnamon for a lovely holiday scent
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  Equipment
• Cookie sheets, cookie cutters, textured rolling pin, cookie stamps, or anything you can press into the dough to create texture. To complete your ornaments, decorate with paint, glitter and/or a clear protective sealer, ribbon or string. Food dehydrator for faster drying, but not necessary.

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a pot over medium heat, stir constantly with a wooden spoon. Mixture will begin to bubble and then quickly turn into a dough resembling mashed potatoes, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and turn out onto counter. Once cool enough to handle, knead dough until it is smooth and pliable. If it is slightly sticky you can dust with a bit of cornstarch while kneading.

Roll out to ¼“ thick using a rolling pin. Add texture at this point, or begin cutting out shapes with cookie cutters. Place on a cookie sheet and allow to dry at room temperature overnight. Flip over to dry the other side a second night. If you have a food dehydrator that also works to dry faster, use on lowest temperature setting and dry for approximately 2 hours. Make sure ornaments are completely dry before painting.