Preheat your oven to 200 degrees and line the baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, and water stirring until the mixture becomes like a thick dough.

Remove the dough and place onto the counter top and knead with your hands until it’s consistent.

Roll dough to a consistent thickness, no thicker than ¼-inch.

With the cookie cutters, cut out shapes, leaving the cookie cutters in place, preferably.

Use the straw to poke a small hole into each of the cookie cutter shapes, at the top of the ornament about ½-inch from the edge, preferably.

Remove the portions of dough that are not the desired cookie cutter shapes.

Remove the cookie cutters.

Gently, using the spatula, transfer the cookie shapes from the table to the prepared cookie sheet.

Use the excess dough and repeat making shapes and ornaments until all of the dough is used up. The amount of ornaments you get from each batch will depend on how big the cookie cutters you use are.

Place the baking sheet into the oven for 2 ½ hours and bake salt dough ornaments.

Remove the baking sheet from the oven and allow them to cool completely.

Paint the ornaments as desired and allow them to dry completely.

Thread a piece of ribbon through the hole and hang them on the tree.