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!!!