| Nothing says 'home' quite like the aroma of baked | | | | Arrange your cinnamon ornaments in a pretty |
| goods laced with cinnamon, and the scent of | | | | glass or ceramic bowl with a handful of cinnamon |
| cinnamon makes any home smell fresh and | | | | sticks or potpourri for a unique table top |
| inviting. While you may associate cinnamon | | | | accessory. |
| scented ornaments with the holiday season, you | | | | To make the ornaments, start by rolling the |
| can use them all year round to bring a fresh | | | | dough out so that it is about one-quarter inch |
| down home feeling to your kitchen, pantry or a | | | | thick. Sprinkle your choice of colored glitter on top |
| sunny window. They're easy to make and | | | | of the dough and roll it up tightly. Trim off the |
| cheaper than store-bought fragrances that are full | | | | ends and slice the rolled dough vertically to make |
| of chemicals and additives. | | | | ornaments. Allow the ornaments to dry for at |
| Gather your Supplies & Make Some Dough | | | | least twenty-four hours then display them in a |
| You can whip up a batch of cinnamon dough | | | | bowl, glass vase, or clear coffee cup. |
| ornaments with items that you have around the | | | | Make bears, stars, flowers, cats, dogs, cows and |
| kitchen every day. Measure out one cup of | | | | more with cookie cutters. Don't limit yourself to |
| cinnamon and one cup of applesauce. You'll also | | | | cookie cutter shapes, however. You can cut out |
| need a larger plastic zipper-top bag, cookie cutters | | | | simple shapes like sailboats and birdhouses with a |
| for whatever shapes you'd like to make, a pair of | | | | knife. Embellish cinnamon dough animals with |
| scissors and narrow ribbons for hanging your | | | | plastic eyes and use thin licorice for whiskers, or |
| finished creations. If you want to add other | | | | you can paint features on the crafts with latex |
| decorative touches to your project, you'll also | | | | craft paint. Lightly press colored or metallic glitter |
| need plastic craft eyes, latex craft paint, a fine tip | | | | into the dough while it is still pliable for stars, |
| artist brush, clear drying glue and faux gems and | | | | flowers or other shapes. Or, instead of glitter, add |
| colored glitter. | | | | clear drying cement and affix faux gems after |
| The dough is very easy to make. Simply place | | | | the dough has dried. You can also embellish your |
| the applesauce and cinnamon in the zip-up bag and | | | | creations with buttons, beads, seashells and |
| need the mixture until a soft dough forms. As | | | | stones. If you want to hang your creations with |
| soon as the ingredients are well combined, the | | | | ribbon, create a hole for the ribbon with an |
| dough is ready to use. Roll it out on a cutting | | | | ordinary drinking straw. Always allow finished |
| board to roll into pinwheels or cut into shapes. You | | | | ornaments to dry completely before handing |
| can make whatever shapes or trinkets you can | | | | them. Hang groups of ornaments threaded with |
| imagine. Cookie cutters in the shape of stars, | | | | ribbon and use them as sun catchers in a kitchen |
| animals, flowers or geometric shapes are just a | | | | window, or hang them from a door, a shelf peg |
| few of the possibilities. | | | | or below a cupboard. When embellished with glitter |
| Cinnamon Scented Dough Ornament Ideas | | | | or gems, they will add sparkle and the soothing |
| Try making sparkling pinwheel ornaments to fill | | | | scent of cinnamon throughout the house. |
| any room with the enticing aroma of cinnamon. | | | | |