I'm playing along with the
Ninth Annual Month Of Holiday Cards
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I'm not colouring at the moment but I am working on Christmas craft projects for creative little hands around our neighbourhood ... the endless months of Covid-19 lockdowns has brought our community much closer and I look forward to sharing more crafty adventures with them over the coming weekends and school holidays now that restrictions have eased.
Beccy's prompt for Day 28 is the letter "Y"
(Beccy's post with "Y" inspiration words and
gorgeous yellow poinsettia card to inspire is HERE)
My "Y" kids Christmas activity kit is for a Yarn & Stick Christmas Tree Ornament.
Little hands helped me gather sticks a few days ago. Some were used to make a "Magical Music Maker" and a "Twig Tree", now we get to use some for the project they were originally intended. I used my secateurs to cut sticks into four pieces, two for the long sides of the tree, one for across the base and one to make the trunk. I glued the sticks together with wood glue and left them to dry overnight. Knot (or glue) the end of the yarn to the tree and wind the wool round and round until the tree is filled as much as you want, knotting the end to the tree and trimming off the excess. Parts of the sides were quite smooth, so I turned the tree over and dotted some glue to the wool to keep it in place on the stick. Decorate the tree by adding assorted embellishments, from pom poms and sequins to buttons, bows and bling. Add a star to the top of the tree. I used a squeeze punch, little hands love using these punches, to make a large sparkling star. Before I glued it to the top of the tree, I knotted a length of ribbon, adhered it to the top of the tree with a dot of glue then glued the star on top.
Little hands are going to have so much fun making these.
They can supply the sticks to go with the kit bags filled with wool, embellishments, glue and, if it's out on our front lawn, some glittery cardstock and assorted star punches because everyone knows little hands love punches.
*** INGREDIENTS ***
sticks / twigs - gathered from the garden or park
optional - secateurs - to cut sticks to desired lengths
liquid adhesive - wood glue to adhere the sticks
yarn / wool - green - to wind around the stick tree
pom poms / buttons / bling - to decorate the tree
liquid adhesive - Helmar 450 Quick Dry to adhere the pom poms and star
large star - to decorate the top of the tree
I used a squeeze punch and cardstock, little hands love squeeze punches
ribbon / string / twine - loop to hang the ornament
*** REFERENCE ***
This project was inspired by the "Yarn And Stick Christmas Tree Craft" post on the "Kids Craft Room" blog HERE.
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