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Christmas Tree Photo Frame

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Materials:

  • Jumbo Craft Sticks
  • Wood Star – Large
  • Yarn – Red
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Brown
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Grass Green
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Red
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Yellow
  • Scissors
  • Paint Brush
  • Aleene’s “Tacky” Glue®
  • Paper Towels
  • Paper Plate
  • Stickers – Numbers
  • Creatology™ Foam Dots

Instructions:

  1. Paint star yellow, 10 craft sticks green and 2 craft sticks brown. Let dry.
  2. Lay craft sticks in triangle and trim edges as shown.
  3. Create second layer of tree making slightly larger and trim edges as shown.
  4. Create the last and largest layer of tree, trim edges. It will take 2 craft sticks to make the bottom edge of tree.
  5. Glue the 3 layers together to create your tree.
  6. Cut the brown sticks in 2″ pieces, lay 2 side by side and glue the third on the back to keep them together, forming the trunk.
  7. Glue the trunk to bottom back of tree. Glue a green stick along back side to cover trunk.
  8. Glue yarn to tree as shown for garland.
  9. Add foam dots for ornaments.
  10. Personalize top of tree with star and number stickers.

Gingerbread Magnet

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Material List:

  • Crayola® Blunt Tip Scissors
  • Crayola® Washable Markers – Classic, Thin Tip
  • Magnetic Specialty, Inc® Craft Magnets
  • Wood Shape, Gingerbread
  • Crayola® Squeezables™ 3-D Paint

Instructions:

  1. Color the wood gingerbread shape with markers on both sides. Let dry.
  2. Adhere the craft magnet to the back center of the gingerbread shape.
  3. Use Squeezables™ 3-D Paint to decorate the front of the gingerbread shape. Air-dry before attaching to the fridge.

Christmas Tree Decorating: A Space Saving Tip

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Branch out of traditional tree trimming mode with some mega paper ornaments that amp up the party spirit.

HERE’S HOW
Buy a selection of paper balls and bells at your local party shop. String lights as usual. Attach the paper  decorations to your tree and finish off with a crepe paper garland.

Christmas Wreath Of Bows

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly, but why not try trimming a wreath with dozens of festive ribbons instead.

HERE’S HOW Hang a plain wreath on the door. Using scraps of ribbon in different colors and widths, tie a bunch of bows and randomly glue-gun them close together on the wreath.

Christmas Topiaries

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This year put your green (and red and pink) thumb to the simple task of cultivating a multicolored topiary  forest that you’ll never have to water.

HERE’S HOW
Cut tissue paper into 2-inch squares and gently crumple. Starting at the top of a Styrofoam topiary form, attach  each piece with Styrofoam glue. Working around the form, affix the pieces close together, mixing up the colors
as you go. Place your topiaries in ceramic flowerpots. Use a circle of cardstock, crimped at the edge, as a lid.