Holiday Fun on a Budget

This Christmas we are DEFINITELY on a tighter budget than we've ever been. Every year the kids have come home from school with a cute ornament they've made, but last year they didn't, and I was really sad about it. I thought ALL teachers had the kids make ornaments.  Isn't that in the teacher law book or something? It should be if you ask me. Anyway, this year I decided I couldn't take any chances so we are going to be making these cute little ornaments this weekend to add to our tree as well as adding yummy smells to the air! I already have most of the ingredients and that is great, because it need to be as inexpensive as possible.

I found the recipe here:

http://www.simplynotable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cinnamonorn2.jpg

Or you can just follow this recipe:
1 cup of cinnamon
2 tablespoons of ground cloves
2 tablespoons of ground nutmeg
1 cup of applesauce
2 tablespoons of white glue

Mix ingredients until they come together to form a dough. Knead for a few minutes until you can form a dough ball. Sprinkle some cinnamon onto your surface to roll out the dough. You can use cookie cutters or freehand cutting would work as well. Cut holes for hanging with a straw.

To finish, you can lay your ornaments out on a rack to dry for a few days {turning at least once a day} or put them in a 200 degree oven for a few hours. After they are dry -decorate as you wish. {modge podge and glitter would be awesome!}

They didn't turn out perfect, but the kids had fun. :)