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DIY Salt Dough Heart Ornaments For Valentine Gifts

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These easy salt dough hearts make the perfect Valentine's Day gift tags! They're simple to make and kids will love decorating them.
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A hand holds two heart-shaped salt dough valentine hearts, one purple and one red with glitter, each with a hole and red-and-white string. Blurred hearts and "salt dough Valentine tags" text appear in the background.

Roll up those sleeves today and make something handmade for the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday! We are talking simply supplies, steps and the kids can help too!

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Salt Dough Valentine Gift Tags

It’s a new year, a new day and a new holiday creeping up on us SUPER QUICK! If you are looking for a great DIY to make with the kids today, that also doubles as a gift, you are in the right place today with Glued To My Crafts!

Our Salt Dough Valentine Heart Gift Tags are super fun because the children can get involved in the making, decorating and of course – gifting!

I decided to turn our finished pieces into gift tags, but you also get creative and turn them into ornaments {perhaps for a Valentine’s Day tree?} or even make magnets out of them. All of which are great to gift this time of year to those you love the most!!!

Find all the details listed below for these Salt Dough Heart Ornament Pieces! Happy crafting, my friends!!!

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Four images show the process of making salt dough hearts: cutting dough with a cookie cutter, unbaked hearts on a tray, painting them red and purple, and a finished salt dough ornament being held up.

Show that special someone how much you care this Valentine’s Day with a homemade salt dough heart gift! Making something from the heart has never been so easy – get creative and get crafting!

Craft Supplies:

  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1 cup Salt
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • Large Mixing Bowl
  • Mixing Spoon
  • Valentine Cookie Cutters
  • Rolling Pin
  • Straw {to make hole in salt dough pieces}
  • Wax Paper
  • Various Colors of Craft Paint
  • Paint Brushes
  • Glitter/Embellishments

Directions:

  • First combine your flour, salt and water in large bowl.
  • Mix/knead until mixture is smooth and well combined. If too sticky – add more flour. If too dry – add more water.
  • Set your oven to the lowest temperature it will go.
  • Roll out your dough mixture on a flat surface and cut shapes out of it. You don’t want the thickness of the dough to go beyond half an inch.
  • When you have your shapes cut out, if you want to make gift tags, use the straw to make a hole where the ribbon will go through.
  • Place some wax paper on a large cookie sheet.
  • Lay out your cut-out salt dough pieces on cookie sheet, leaving some space between each piece.
  • Place the cookie sheet in the oven.
  • Bake your salt dough pieces for three hours, turning/flipping them over every hour.
  • When done baking, let them cool completely.
  • Decorate with paint or other embellishments like glitter, glitter glue etc.
  • When done decorating, let dry completely.
  • Then use your beautiful new pieces for gifts, ornaments or magnets!!!

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A hand holds a red glittery salt dough valentine heart ornament with a string, while more decorated salt dough ornaments lie in the background. The text GluedToMyCraftsBlog.com appears at the bottom. Three handmade salt dough valentine hearts—one purple with glitter, one gold, and one red with black specks—each hanging from red-and-white string, are displayed on a white surface decorated with gold stars.

I’m planning on tying our heart shaped salt dough ornament pieces to some fabric gift bags with some plain ribbon and then gifting just as is. I even pulled a couple aside to place on my little picture holder ladder that I decorate for each holiday. These pieces were definitely worth it to me!

And my last tip for this post – with a thin-tip Sharpie marker, you can easily address your gifts to a receiver or write a special message on the back.

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A hand holds two heart-shaped salt dough valentine hearts, one purple and one red with glitter, each with a hole and red-and-white string. Blurred hearts and "salt dough Valentine tags" text appear in the background.
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Salt Dough Hearts For Valentine Gift Tags

These easy salt dough hearts make the perfect Valentine's Day gift tags! They're simple to make and kids will love decorating them.

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Directions:

  • First combine your flour, salt and water in large bowl.
  • Mix/knead until mixture is smooth and well combined. If too sticky - add more flour. If too dry - add more water.
  • Set your oven to the lowest temperature it will go.
  • Roll out your dough mixture on a flat surface and cut shapes out of it. You don't want the thickness of the dough to go beyond half an inch.
  • When you have your shapes cut out, if you want to make gift tags, use the straw to make a hole where the ribbon will go through.
  • Place some wax paper on a large cookie sheet.
  • Lay out your cut-out salt dough pieces on cookie sheet, leaving some space between each piece.
  • Place the cookie sheet in the oven.
  • Bake your salt dough pieces for three hours, turning/flipping them over every hour.
  • When done baking, let them cool completely.
  • Decorate with paint or other embellishments like glitter, glitter glue etc.
  • When done decorating, let dry completely.
  • Then use your beautiful new pieces for gifts, ornaments or magnets!!!
    Three handmade salt dough valentine hearts—one purple with glitter, one gold, and one red with black specks—each hanging from red-and-white string, are displayed on a white surface decorated with gold stars.
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