DIY Corn starch Ornaments

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Makes approximately 24 ornaments
Drying
Overnight
Active TIme:
30+ minutes
Ingredients
1 cup Argo® Corn Starch
1 cup baking soda
2 tablespoons Mazola® Canola Oil
1 cup water
5 to 10 drops of your favourite essential oil, try cinnamon for a lovely holiday scent

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.