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Fill a clear glass ornament with strips of
decorative paper.
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Hang small packages from the tree.
ornament is full, inserting single strips to
fill any open areas. Reattach the metal top
and hang ornament with ribbon.
■ VINTAGE SPOOL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS: Remove any thread from a wooden spool and a button; wipe them both
clean.
Cover the spool by cutting a strip from
scrapbook paper, sheet music or holiday
paper to fit around the center of the spool.
Wrap strip around spool; trim excess.
Secure ends of the strip using crafts glue.
Add an ornament hanger by cutting a 6inch length of wire. Run wire through the
shank of a button, leaving a half inch on
one side of the shank. Bend both wire
ends, leaving the short end slightly angled
to allow for a tight fit when wire is pulled
through spool.
Feed the long end of the wire through
the bottom of the spool. Add hot glue to
button shank, then push short wire into the
spool. Thread a large bead, then a small
bead onto the wire at the top of the spool.
Holding beads firmly against the spool,
bend the wire at a 90-degree angle. Firmly
wrap wire around a 1-1⁄8-inch-diameter
object (such as neck of a glue bottle) to
create a circular hanger. Curl wire end in
a tiny circle using needle-nose pliers.
Run crafts glue along bottom edge of
spool and sprinkle with glitter; let dry.
Repeat on top edge.
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Then glue all loops together to form a
rosette.
Punch two circles out of solid cardstock
and attach to the front and back center of
the rosette. Add sticker letters and a twine
hanging loop to finish.
■ MINI GIFT BOX ORNAMENT: Hand-cut
or die-cut a box shape from heavyweight
patterned paper, then fold and assemble it
to make a cube. Pierce a small hole at the
top of the box.
Loop baker’s twine through the hole
and tie a large knot at the end; thread the
loop through the hole in the box top.
Adhere two pieces of curling ribbon and a
bow; dangle a tag from the ribbon.
■ PAPER-STUFFED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT: Using a paper trimmer, remove
margins from around book text or sheet
music, then cut the text into single-row
strips if the paper is heavy or the text is
large. Cut double-row strips of text if the
paper is lightweight or the text is small.
Remove the metal top from a clear
glass ornament. Insert five to seven strips
of text into the ornament, arranging strips
so they line the bowl of the ornament.
Shake ornament a few times so strips
spread out and settle.
Add another group of strips and
arrange as for the first group. Repeat until
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