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PROJECTS
O Sweet Christmas Tree
Typical Project Completion Time: 2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
MATERIALS NEEDED:
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STYROFOAM* Brand Products:
Cone, 12" x 5"
Disc, 9" x 1-1/4"
Sheet, 12" x 12" x 1/2"
Other Materials:
Three-ply green paper napkin, 17" square
Red, green, and white gift wrap paper
1" pompom gift bows, 15
45" solid green cotton fabric, 1/3 yd.
7/8" green grosgrain ribbon, 7/8 yd.
1/4" satin ribbon: red, 3-1/2 yds.; green and white, 1-1/2 yds. each
3/4" white lace, 1 yd.
Red or white beaded head straight pins
Liquid starch
Floral wire
Starlight mints, 2 lbs.
Scissors
Ruler
Small paintbrush
Compass
Thick white craft glue
Darning needle
Wire cutters
Plastic wrap
Pencil
Blow dryer
Fine-tip marker
Serrated knife
Candle stub or paraffin |
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| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1. Cut or tear away embossed borders of napkins. Separate napkin plies and tear into 2" squares. |
| 2. Following manufacturer's instructions, apply napkin squares with liquid starch to cover foam cone. Let dry. |
| 3. Use compass to draw two 11" circles on green fabric. Cut out circles and glue them centered on each side of foam disc. Clip excess fabric at 1/2" intervals and then glue tabs to side of disc. |
| 4. Glue green grosgrain ribbon around side of disc, covering tabs. |
| 5. Glue cone tree centered on disc and let dry. |
| 6. Using darning needle, pierce a 1-1/2" hole in top of tree. |
| 7. Align one 1-1/2 yard length each of red, green, and white satin ribbon. Use all three colors as one length to make an eight-loop bow with 10" streamers. Secure center of bow with floral wire and then glue to hole in treetop. |
| 8. Cover tree and base with plastic wrap. Apply liquid starch to a ribbon streamer, wrap it around a pencil, and then dry with a blow dryer. Remove pencil from curled ribbon. Repeat to curl each streamer (refer to photo). |
| 9. Glue lace to top of disc around edge (refer to photo). |
| 10. Tie remaining red satin ribbon into small bows. Glue bows to lace evenly spaced around tree. |
| 11. Begin at bottom of tree to pin mints to foam, working in circles to top until completely covered. |
| 12. Use a marker to draw 15 assorted 1-1/4"- 1-1/2" squares on the foam sheet. Wax serrated knife with a candle stub or paraffin to cut out squares. |
| 13. Wrap foam squares in gift wrap paper, gluing as necessary to secure. Glue gifts around base of tree and a bow to each gift. |
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