It is snowing like crazy at our house today. What a great day for arts and crafts (until we bundle up and head outside to play)! Luckily, we are prepared with homemade clay ornaments and a bunch of paint.

Last night, my 3-year old and I mixed up a batch of homemade sculpting clay. It was super easy to make and actually a lot of fun. The ingredients and instructions for making homemade clay are below:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup salt
• Water (about ¾ cup)

Mix ingredients together with your hands until it is dough-like in consistency. Then, roll it out (or squash it with your hands). Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Put the cut-outs on a cookie sheet and bake at 225° F for about two to four hours (or let them sit out on a plate for a few days).

Homemade clay cut-outs are ready for the oven.

When they are dry, have fun painting them.

The artists are hard at work.

The artwork of a one-year old.

The artwork of a three-year old!

Both my 3-year old and my one-year old had a great time painting the various cut-outs. Pumpkins, fish, circles, and snakes all were made into multi-colored pieces of artwork. I even made giant letters for them to paint.

Such fun!