This apple cinnamon acorn garland is super cute and totally easy to make. Follow this step by step tutorial to create this lovely rustic garland today!
Let me show you how to make this simple acorn garland – it makes a great natural decoration or gift!
This pretty cinnamon garland is a must make because it is super easy to create. We make cinnamon ornaments every year, in the past we’ve even created a Baby Yoda ornament and Chewbacca ornament!
This is fun to make by simply cutting acorn shapes from apple cinnamon dough and adding them to twine with embellishments!
We often make these Apple Cinnamon Ornaments and give them out as random acts of kindness throughout the holiday season too.
How to make this apple cinnamon garland:
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Supplies:
- 1 cup of applesauce
- 1.5 cups of ground cinnamon
- Acorn cookie cutters
- Bakers twine
- White dimensional paint
- Hot glue gun
- Rolling pin
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Twine
- Wooden beads
- Red gingham ribbon
One batch of dough makes approximately fifty small ornaments. It takes about thirty minutes to create and decorate the garland, minus the time to cook the dough.
Cinnamon ornament recipe:
Directions:
1. Slowly add the cinnamon to the applesauce until the mixture resembles play dough or sugar cookie dough.
2. Use cinnamon like you would flour when rolling out cookie dough. Dust your work surface and the rolling pin with cinnamon.
3. Roll out the apple cinnamon dough about 1/4 inch thick. Use the cookie cutters to cut out acorn shapes.
4. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and bake the dough in a 200° oven for 1.5 hours. Check the underside of the ornament for doneness, the center will still be dark in color if it’s not completely baked.
5. Use the white puffy paint to create fun patterns and designs on each acorn.
6. Finally, create the garland by stringing a pattern of wooden bead, gingham ribbon, wood bead, acorn ornament and so on. I used hot glue to attache the acorns to the twine but you could also tie them on with a loop of bakers twine.
So fun right?! This would be a great craft to do with the kids or grandkids!
CINNAMON ORNAMENT TIPS:
- Look for cinnamon in the dollar store or bulk section of the grocery store.
- Use small 1.5 inch cookie cutters for little ornaments that can be used to accent almost anything.
- Dough too dry? Add more applesauce.
- Dough too wet? Add more cinnamon.
- These do not rise or expand and can be placed very close together on the cookie sheet.
- Use cheap apple sauce and cinnamon as no one will be eating these, hopefully!
Try creating ornaments with this dough in other shapes and sizes, the possibilities are seriously endless!
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More of our crafting essentials for kids:
- We love using these Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints to add bright color to all of our projects.
- These paint brushes are ideal for most craft surfaces and a great price!
- This art supplies kit is our favorite because it has everything we needed to get started.
- This rolling storage cart helps to keep our craft supplies organized.
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DIY Apple Cinnamon Acorn Garland
This apple cinnamon acorn garland is super cute and totally easy to make. Follow this step by step tutorial to create this lovely rustic garland today!
Materials
- 1 cup of applesauce
- 1.5 cups of ground cinnamon
- Acorn cookie cutters
- Bakers twine
- White dimensional paint
- Hot glue gun
- Rolling pin
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Twine
- Wooden beads
- Red gingham ribbon
Instructions
1. Slowly add the cinnamon to the applesauce until the mixture resembles play dough or sugar cookie dough.
2. Use cinnamon like you would flour when rolling out cookie dough. Dust your work surface and the rolling pin with cinnamon.
3. Roll out the apple cinnamon dough about 1/4 inch thick. Use the cookie cutters to cut out acorn shapes.
4. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and bake the dough in a 200° oven for 1.5 hours. Check the underside of the ornament for doneness, the center will still be dark in color if it's not completely baked.
5. Use the white puffy paint to create fun patterns and designs on each acorn.
6. Finally, create the garland by stringing a pattern of wooden bead, gingham ribbon, wood bead, acorn ornament and so on. I used hot glue to attache the acorns to the twine but you could also tie them on with a loop of bakers twine.
