allwildgirl
Cathlete
How did the ornament decorating extravaganza go?
Hey Marie (red mct)
- Thread starter allwildgirl
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Hi, Shelley!
I posted about this over the weekend but I guess it got lost in the shuffle.
We had so much FUN! Your recipe was SO helpful. We baked a bunch of Christmas-y cutouts and my kids also insisted on using the leftovers to make a huge fish (with giant teeth). Hehe. So we painted all of those. The only thing I was ticked about was forgetting to punch a hole in the top so they could actually be strung on a tree. Oh, well.
We also paper-mached a bunch of lightbulbs beforehand and I spray-painted them with white snow texture. We used all kinds of crafts to create all kinds of snow-people, including my very own Jerry Garcia special, with red button eyes and a leaf in his hat that looks suspiciously illegal.
Just in case the clay didn't work out, I also bought a bunch of wooden ornaments for like 30 cents each which we also painted. And I bought beads, corsage pins, and pieces of cork to make snowflakes (very cool! I will post a link to that if anyone is interested).
So thanks for all of your help and suggestions! It was a really fun evening for the kids (and for me).
Marie
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I posted about this over the weekend but I guess it got lost in the shuffle.
We had so much FUN! Your recipe was SO helpful. We baked a bunch of Christmas-y cutouts and my kids also insisted on using the leftovers to make a huge fish (with giant teeth). Hehe. So we painted all of those. The only thing I was ticked about was forgetting to punch a hole in the top so they could actually be strung on a tree. Oh, well.
We also paper-mached a bunch of lightbulbs beforehand and I spray-painted them with white snow texture. We used all kinds of crafts to create all kinds of snow-people, including my very own Jerry Garcia special, with red button eyes and a leaf in his hat that looks suspiciously illegal.
Just in case the clay didn't work out, I also bought a bunch of wooden ornaments for like 30 cents each which we also painted. And I bought beads, corsage pins, and pieces of cork to make snowflakes (very cool! I will post a link to that if anyone is interested).
So thanks for all of your help and suggestions! It was a really fun evening for the kids (and for me).
Marie
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allwildgirl
Cathlete
I must have missed the weekend post! Sounds like you had a blast. I'm glad it went to well. I'd love the link for the snowflakes, if you don't mind
Check this out (hopefully it will work; bhg.com is LOADED with pop-ups)...
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?...BeadedSnowflakes_080205.xml&catref=cat1050045
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?...BeadedSnowflakes_080205.xml&catref=cat1050045
allwildgirl
Cathlete
Thank you SO much. Those look beautiful. I'll make some with Sophie this weekend.
