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Here's How:

1. The night before, drain the applesauce through cheesecloth and discard the fluid.
2. Cover your toddler (and yourself) with an apron or old shirt.
3. Prepare a surface to roll the dough onto. I like to use wax paper.
4. In a bowl, mix the applesauce and the cinnamon thoroughly and pat into a solidified ball.
5. Take about one cup of the mixture and place on the wax paper.
6. Place another piece of wax paper and place on top of the mixture and pat or roll until the ball is flattened and about 1/4" to 1/2" thick.
7. Cut the dough with cookie cutters. Use a straw to make a hole near the top so the ornament can hang.
8. Allow the ornament to dry. Depending on thickness, this may take 24-48 hours.
9. Thread a paperclip, ornament hook or curl ribbon through the hole.

Tips:

1. If you don't have cheesecloth to drain the applesauce, you can use an old birdseye weave cloth diaper (flatfold) or other very thin fabric.
2. Be careful not to make the hole too close to the top or breakage may occur.
3. Ornament hooks can be purchased in bulk at your local hobby store.
4. Be sure to use sweetened applesauce. The sugar content helps hold the ornament together and prevent breakage.

What You Need:

• One 16 ounce jar of sweetened applesauce
• 8 ounces cinnamon
• Mixing Bowl
• Wax Paper
• Cheesecloth
• Curl ribbon, paperclips or ornament hooks
• Holiday cookie cutter(s)
• One drinking straw