Our Crown of Thorns

We had a late start to Lent, due to illness. But we did make our crown of thorns from salt dough following this basic recipe from Morton Salt. Next year I’ll do the grapevine wreath idea. Due to potential hazards of a 3 year old and toothpicks, I got some craft sticks from A.C. Moore, dyed them and use them as our thorns. It still gets the point across to my son.

To make my dough a bit darker, I used hot, strong coffee for the liquid in the dough. I also added an egg wash when baking to darken and make it a little glossy.

We’re learning the concepts of good works, prayers, sacrifice, “offering it up”, obedience….

Here is one version of directions for the salt dough. The Morton method calls for 2 cups wheat flour, 1 cup salt, 3/4 cup water.