DIY foodprint stones

I was going to write this post yesterday, since that's when I started the project, but it took a little longer than expected. It's a great project though, and super easy! It's to make your own footprint (or handprint) stones! All it takes is 3 simple ingredients and 3 hours cooking time! You can do this with your baby, toddler, or even with your pets if you want. I am definitely going to be doing this project again soon, for the grandparents Christmas presents.

And for the record, this is not my project. I found it on the fantastic site, Pinterest. I just figured I'd share it on here and show my results, in case anyone else wanted to do it! 

So here's what you need:
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup water 

Mix all the ingredients together (the mix will be really sticky, just a heads up!). Keep folding it together until it creates a dough like substance. The dough will be gritty.

Then once it's in dough form, just make it into whatever shape you want. Then bake it at 200 degrees. 

I made a heart, and it actually came out rather well. This was a practice one (Note the cracked and bumps in it), but I will definitely be doing this again. 

One thing I did notice is that mine took a lot longer than 3 hours. It took about....8-ish. But that's because I made mine a little too thick. I found that if you flip it once the top is nice and hard, it'll harden the back rather quickly. (I figured that out after I had gone about 7 hours).

But yeah, that's all there is to it! I plan on making handprint ones as well as more footprint ones for Christmas gifts. Just poke a hole in the top and then you can hang them on the wall. I think it'd be pretty neat to do a handprint of mom, dad and baby on one too. So there's endless possibilities. I hope you try it! 

xo, Jess.