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| Welcome to Our First Ever Christmas Craft Collection! |
| The Yule Spider by Colleen (Makes 6) 6 18mm pearls 6 14mm pearls 6 large bead caps 876 2.5mm silver beads 20yds #30 silver wire 1 yd silver cord Ruler Needle Nose Pliers Wire Cutter 1. Cut an 18" piece of wire. Slip on a small silver bead and center it onto the wire. Slip both ends of the wire through (1) 18mm pearl (1) bead cap, (1) 14mm pearl and (1) silver bead. Then, bring the wires back through the 14mm pearl. Do not trim off ires, these will be made into two of the legs. 2. Cut three 18" pieces of wire and center them in between the two pearls. Twist around once to hold in place. Seperate the wires so there are 4 on each side. 3. Slip eighteen silver beads onto one of the peices of wire, then bring wire around the last bead and back up through other seventeen. Twist wire around once in between the two pearls to hold in place and trim off. Repeat with all the wires to make all eight legs. 4. To make hanger: Cut a 6" peice of cord. Center the cord and tie between the two pearls. Tie a knot in the open ends. |
| Christmas Reindeer Contributed by Tom Ellery Trace around your toddlers hand on brown construction paper and cut out the print. Place on a piece of blue construction paper folded into a card. Turn it upside down so the fingers point to the bottom of the card. The hand is a reindeer - the fingers are the legs, the thumb a head. Cut out little antlers, eyes, red nose and black hoofs and let your toddler gluestick them on! |
THE STORY OF THE YULE SPIDER According to legend, a poor woman had no decorations for her tree. A spider who had hidden in her tree to escape the dust mop watched as the woman prepared for the holiday. As the spider crawled about the tree that night she left a trail of dusty web. But when the woman woke the next morning, she found that the dusty web had turned to shimmering silver. (THis is also where the idea for tinsial and garland came from) |
| KIDS CRAFT REINDEER Good for age 2-5 Needs: Felt Squares in reds and greens paper plates brown fabric paint (For face) White fabric paint (For Antlers) Brown fine tipped fabric paint (for outlineing face) Clear or white fine tipped glitter paint (For outlining aentlers) Red Glitter paint (For nose) Red fine tipped paint for writing Green Fine Tipped paint for writing Hot glue and hot glue gun google eyes How To: Put a pool of brown paint into one paper plate and the white into another paper plate. Cover the bottom of the childs foot in the brown and place firmly on the felt to make an imprint. Wash foot immediately. Cover the bottoms of the hands with the white paint and imprint on the felt with the heel of the hand as close to the toes as you can get and thumbs pointing up ovwer the toes. Wash hads immediately. Let dry. When dry out line the face area in the brown fine tipped tube of paint and the antlers in the sparkley paint. On the heel of the foot put a blob of red sparkle paint for the nose. Above the head in red or green paint write the child's name and below in red or green paint write the year. |
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