Decorative scented ornament with coffee salt dough



I just love making these ornaments. I use it as an air freshener by adding a few drop of essential oils to the flower. It makes my home smells so good. I even put one of this ornament in my toilet. I mix lavender oil and mint oil to it. I smells so refreshing! I guess the coffee ground in the salt dough plays an important role to neutralise the bad odour in the toilet as well.


Coffee Salt dough recipe:

1 cup of used coffee grounds

1cup of salt

1cup of flour

1 cup of water (You don’t need the full cup)

 

Salt dough recipe:

1cup of salt

2 cups of flour

1 cup of water

A few drops of food colouring
(I used red and blue colouring and I mixed the blue and red to make the purple)

 

Instructions

Mix both recipes separately using different bowls. Then, slowly add the water to the dry mixture and knead the mixture into dough. If it is too sticky add more flour.

Once you are happy with your project, bake it for 1 to 2 hours at about 100’c.

Once the ornament cools down to room temperature, add about 20 drops of the lavender essential oil to the ornament. I top it with some coffee beans just for decoration.

To make the leaves, I used these cutters. 

To make the butterfly, I used these cutters. 

 

To make the flower, I used these cutters.