By Melanie Danner
BEADED CORN
(Pinterest) TOOLS AND SUPPLIES: Pony beads 12” Pipe cleaners
TOILET PAPER ROLL CHRISTMAS TREE (Pinterest)
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES: Toilet paper roll Paint Pencil/Pen Scissors Glue/Glue gun Findings (gems, buttons, stickers) DIRECTIONS: Draw a pine tree on one side of the toilet paper roll. The point should be at the top of one end and the trunk
should end about 1/2” from the other end. Gently fold the toilet paper roll in half and cut out the tree. Be sure to cut the end with the trunk, keeping a ring at the bottom for the tree stand. Paint your tree and let it dry completely. Use the glue to add your gems, buttons or stickers. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
DIRECTIONS: Take four 12” pipe cleaners and twist them in the center to create eight equal sides. Your pipe cleaners should look like a star. String each side with beads (about 15 beads), leaving about 1” on each side without beads. Once each strand is covered, it’s time to shape your corn. Gather all the ends together and twist two to three times. Then fan out the ends to create the husk. This would look super cute arranged with a few small pumpkins or gourds.
NATURE’S THANKFUL PUMPKIN
(Pinterest) TOOLS AND SUPPLIES: you find? Leaves, bark, maybe Cardboard a pine cone or two? Pencil/Pen Then it’s time to head inside, Scissors Draw a pumpkin on a piece Glue/Glue gun of cardboard. Finding from outside (bark, Cut the pumpkin out, leaves, etc.) Glue your findings on the pumpkin. DIRECTIONS: Discuss what you are First, bundle up and head thankful for as you glue the outside. What fun objects can items together.
14 Chicz November/December 2022
