Category: Around the house

Window Snowflakes

A DoItAndHow Original Idea! Looks great at home or at work!

You’ll need:

  • Paper
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Spray Snow

Directions: Cut out a paper snowflake. Use paper that you would have recycled anyway.

Roll a couple of pieces of tape and secure snowflake to window, make sure you cant see the tape thru any holes in the snowflake.

Using spray snow, spray a cirle shape, starting at center of snowflake, working your way out. Try not to leave an obvious circle of snow around the flake.This might take some practice, but you’ll get the hang of it.

Important: Gently, carefully remove the paper, immediately after spraying. The spray snow will wet the paper and it will droop and ruin the design if you wait too long. Discard paper snowflake. Enjoy the compliments!

Tree Circle Ornaments

For those who get a real tree at Christmas-time.

A chip off the old block, these wooden ornaments preserve the piney memories of Christmases past.

Materials
* Handsaw
* Pine disk
* Copper wire
* Ribbon trim or cord
* Glue
* Artificial greenery and berries optional
* Marker or craft paint

Instructions
1. Saw a cross section from the bottom of your Christmas tree trunk before putting it into its stand for decorating (a parent’s job). Alternately, you can saw a smaller piece from the middle after the holidays are over. This is your pine disk.

2. Wrap a length of thin wire around the pine disk and twist it into a loop at the top for hanging. Tie on a ribbon, glue on some trim, or add greenery, berries, or other decorations.

3. Write the year across the front with a marker or craft paint. If the wood surface is too rough, sand it down a bit before writing.

4. For an extra remembrance, glue on a fun Christmas-morning snapshot before you store the ornaments away for next year.

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