Friday
for age 5 upwards
Ghost
Use a cork and wrap a finger gauze bandage around it draw eyes with glow in the pens to make the spider wrap black wool around the cork and glue on pipe cleaners for legs
Spider
scrunch up a piece of newspaper cover with black paper attach pipe cleaners for legs and use glow in the dark pens for eyes and extra effect
Bat
use a small oval Styrofoam shape and cover with paint or black paper cut out bat wings and glue oval on to wings use glow in the dark pens for eyes and lines on wings
Skeleton
Fold a white pipe cleaner in half twist it around a tiny oval Styrofoam shape or cardboard shape this will be body and arms fold another pipe cleaner in half and twist around body this makes the legs
O clock designed by Anne B
Anne made the O clock using a paper mache letter
painted with black Pebeo studio acrylic paint and then polished with silver patina the front of the O was stippled using a stipple sponge the outer O was highly polished and the wooden frame for the face of the O’clock was painted black with Pebeo Studio Acrylic paint lightly rubbed with a soft cloth the rim of the wooden frame was left black the frame was glued to the O and the clock mechanism attached
glitter pipe cleaner/chenille stem
small red glitter pompom
googly eyes
How to make
cut pipe cleaner in half thread through the hole – the plastic inner will come out as you push the pipe cleaner through
cut theother pipe cleaner in half again wind around each side to make antlers
glue on red pompom for nose and glue on googly eyes -alternatively use sticky backed googly eyes
Can be used as a bauble on the tree.glue onto a hair slide ,glue onto a brooch back
Recycled Christmas Bauble
use a recycled bauble wind the pipe cleaner through the hanger and make up the same way as pompom reindeer
Star Christmas Tree
requirements
acrylic star beads 2 large 2 medium 2 small 3 tiny
Instructions
Thread beads onto pipe cleaner starting with the large and decrease in size so that the tiny beads make the top of tree – the beads slot easily into place -leave a small piece of pipe cleaner at both ends curl at the bottom to stop beads from falling off and turn pipe cleaner at the top to make a hanger
Make your own Festive Holly Wreath. This project steps you through the assembly process of creating a personalised holly wreath that will last for ages, and with it’s construction techniques will allow it to weather the storms of winter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Step One
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Choice of Holly Wreath Ring size. |
The Holly wreath rings are available in 8, 10 and 12 inch sizes. This dimension refers to the size of the ring. The completed wreath will be between 4 and 6 larger than the base ring depending on how thickly you the holly. A standard size wreath is made on an 8 inch ring. A 12 inch ring will make a large wreath for a large front door.
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Step Two
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We have chosen to use a base of straw (hay), you should be able to acquire some from a neighbourhood farmer or equestrian centre. If you have no access to straw, you can use either newsprint or kitchen roll.
Take a handful of straw and shape it round your ring, while binding it to the ring using a strong binding twine. If using newsprint or other paper, scrunch and twist several sheets together then shape and bind to the wreath ring using the twine. You may also use Moss to wrap your wreath ring. Moss can be purchased at a good garden centre. Finish off by cutting away lose straw etc. If you intend using your wreath as a table decoration etc, you may wish to isolate the straw, or paper by wrapping strips of cling film around the ring
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A useful aid to wreath making, are skaters knee pads. Strapped to the inner side of the knees they act as a protective shield when binding the clusters to the wreath ring. | ![]() |
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Cut sprigs of holly, cypress, mistletoe etc. Spring should be between 4 and 10 inches long. The longer the sprigs the larger your completed wreath will be. A good selection would be a large spring with berries, a piece of cypress a piece of plain holly and a small piece of variegated holly |
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