DIY Donut Christmas Ornaments
Use a donut pan and plaster of Paris to make these easy donut ornaments for the holidays!
Equipment
- Donut Pan
- Disposable Tub or Tupperware
- Stir Stick or Disposable Spoon
- Hammer
- Foam Brushes
Materials
- Plaster of Paris
- Twine
- Small Paper Clips 1 per donut
- Paint any color(s) of choice
- Puffy Paint optional, for sprinkles
Instructions
- Tie a loop of twine to one side of a paper clip before stirring up your plaster.
- Stir up plaster according to package instructions.
- Spoon plaster into each donut pan. It should go right up to the top edge of the center hole. Shake the pan a little bit to smooth the plaster over.
- A few minutes after you’ve poured it, push one twine-tied paper clip in, horizontally, to the edge of each donut. The paper clip acts as an anchor, holding the twine in place inside the donut, while the loop will hang over the edge of the pan. If you plaster has already hardened too much and doesn’t cover the whole paper clip, just spoon a bit more plaster on top to cover it up (and shake to smooth it over).
- After about an hour, pop your donuts out of the pan. To do this, flip your pan over onto something soft (like a towel) and tap a hammer along the entire donut ring of each. Keep going until it pops up. Continue to let dry according to package directions.
- Once dry, paint the bottom of your donut, as well as about a 1/2″ up around the inner and outer edge with your donut color.
- Paint the top of your donut with your frosting color! Let dry.
- If desired, use your puffy paint to pipe tiny sprinkles all over each donut. Let dry.