How to Make Baking Soda Dough Christmas Ornaments

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Mix the water with the baking soda and the corn starch in a big pot.

   Set your burner on medium and start stirring.
   
   Wait about a minute or two until you get a homogeneous mixture and then add the essential oil.
   
   Continue stirring while the mixture boils and make sure you scrape the sides of the pot often, so nothing burns.
   
   In less than five minutes you should have a medium-sized ball of steaming hot dough
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   Step 2: Remove the pot from the burner.

   Take the dough out on a plate or in a bowl. ,,,,,, Don't forget to turn them about a day after you have made them to allow the bottom side to dry as well. ,
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   Step 3: Let the dough cool off for at least an hour.

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   Step 4: When the dough has cooled off

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   Step 5: roll and flatten it.

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   Step 6: Use the cookie cutters to make figures or make custom ones with a knife.

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   Step 7: Make holes for the ribbons right after you have cut the figures.

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   Step 8: Arrange the ornaments on a cookie tray or other solid surface;

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   Step 9: Allow them to dry on the tray for a couple of days.

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    Step 10: Finished.

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