Chicken Ornaments Made out of Baking Soda! (Video)

Baking soda ornaments are so easy to make! Make any shape and paint them if you’d like! We made chicken ornaments to hang on our tree. This post contains an affiliate link.

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Watch our step by step video!

We have chickens, therefore we needed chicken ornaments to hang on the tree. One for each of our chickens! The kids had fun painting our chicken ornaments and they look ADORABLE on our tree. My favorite part is that I didn’t paint a single one. They did such a great job and they look just like our cute flock.

Have you tried making ornaments out of baking soda? They dry smooth and bright white. You can leave the white or paint them with acrylic paint. We added a coat of spray paint to ours for a bit of shine.

Baking Soda Chicken Ornaments

Ingredients

• 1 cup baking soda
• 1/2 cup corn starch
• 3/4 cup water

Instructions

Just 3 ingredients!

• Mix them together in a saucepan over medium heat until they resemble mashed potatoes.

NOTE: this Danish dough whisk is a must-have for making doughs. So much better than a wooden spoon!

• Transfer the dough to your work surface and cover it with a damp cloth until it is room temperature.
• Knead the dough until soft and smooth.

Chicken Cookie Cutter

• Roll the dough out with a rolling pin NO THINNER than 1/4″. If they are thinner than 1/4″ of an inch they will crack. I know this from experience. You might still have a few hairline cracks and that is totally fine. You’ll cover those with paint anyway.
• Cut out ornaments using a cookie cutter.
• Let the ornaments dry 24-48 hours, turning every 8 hours to allow for even drying. You can also dry them in the oven, but I recommend letting them air dry (less chance of cracking).
• Paint ornaments with acrylic paint and let dry.
• Cover with a coat of clear spray paint, if desired. This adds shine and protects them.
• Hang on a tree!

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Baking Soda Chicken Ornaments

Baking Soda Chicken Ornaments

Baking soda ornaments are so easy to make! Make any shape and paint them if you'd like! We made chicken ornaments to hang on our tree.

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Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 30 minutes

drying time: 2 days

Total Time: 2 days 40 minutes

Yield: 6 ornaments

Cost: $1

Equipment

• cookie cutter
• baking sheet
• Rolling Pin
• pan
• craft paint
• clear spray paint
• paint brush
• baker's twine

Materials

• 1 cup baking soda
• 1/2 cup corn starch
• 3/4 cup water

Instructions

• Combine baking soda, corn starch and water in saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir constantly until mixture resembles mashed potatoes (3-5 minutes). Note: a Danish dough whisk works GREAT for really mixing up this dough.
  
• Transfer dough to your work surface and cover with a damp cloth. Let cool until room temp or warm (not hot).
• Knead cooled dough until smooth.
• Roll dough NO THINNER than 1/4". Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
  
• Cut out a hole for the ornaments by poking a straw into the dough.
  
• Transfer ornaments to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Allow ornaments to dry 24-48 hours, turning over every 8 hours or so for even drying.
• Paint ornaments with acrylic craft paint.
  
• Add string and hang on the tree!
  

Notes

If the dough is too sticky while kneading, add a small amount of corn starch to your hands. You want the dough to be nice and soft to prevent cracking, so don't add too much. Just enough to be able to handle it without the dough sticking to your hands. I usually don't need to add any extra corn starch.