Someday I'll have my aesthetic Christmas tree, and then I'll probably miss when the kids loved making their own ornaments. Our annual salt dough day is still the holiday event they look forward to most.

Here's the recipe:

• 4 cups of flour
• 1 cup of salt
• About 2 cups of hot water (keep adding until it gets to dough consistency)
• Optional food coloring

Stick in the oven at 325 degrees for 45 minutes so it dries and hardens.