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The winter weather always inspires me to get a little more crafty.  I think this is due in part to the fact that there are all kinds of cute decor out there that can be made and in part because when I was growing up our community would host a community craft show for several days where you could open your home to the public in the hope they would purchase the crafts that you made.  We would participate with our neighbors in this holiday craft show; the weeks leading up to it would have my mother and I furiously crafting in an effort to have enough inventory for the show. The crafty bug has hit me again and I have two Christmas ornament crafts for you! 

Do you have left over Christmas cards that are too pretty to throw out but you have no idea what to do with them? I have a craft for that!

Christmas Card Ornaments

·       Choose a variety of Christmas cards with small pictures on them. 

·       Select a pre-cut wood slice and lay it on top of the Christmas card. 

·       Using the wood chip as a pattern, outline the wood chip on the card then cut it out. 

·       Use decoupage to coat the wood chip and lay the cut-out card on top. Turn the chip upside down or use wax paper as a buffer and lay a book on top to help encourage the card to adhere smoothly to the wood chip. 

·       Let dry.

·       Coat the front and the back of wood chip with decoupage. Let it dry, then coat a second time. 

·       If desired, spray with spray glue and dust with glitter. 

·       Spray with sealer. 

·       Hot glue an ornament hook to the back of the wood chip. 

·       You’re done! 

Snow-Covered Twine Balls

I love twine balls and I think they look just gorgeous on a Christmas tree. For these ornaments:

·       Start with a bare twine ball. (You can also do this with pinecones.) 

·       Spray with spray glue.

·       Immediately role in glitter.

·       Let dry.

·       Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have your ball covered thoroughly (or as much as you want).

·       After the ball has dried, take a hot glue gun and adorn randomly with little pearls and crystals. Let the hot glue cool.

·       Attach a hook: you could use fishing line, a regular metal ornament hook, or a fancier one like I did. 

·       In a well-ventilated area spray the ball with a clear coat of sealer to help minimize glitter loss. 

·       You’re done!

I hope these ideas will help inspire you if you are looking for some Christmas crafts to do on your own or with your family. Happy crafting!

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