Fabrics (FOR ONE five- TO 51/2-FT/1. fifty two- to at least one. 68-M GARLAND) 53/4 to six ft/1. seventy three to at least one. eighty three m heavy thread or dental floss good, large-eyed needle 6 oz/170 g dried cranberries three immense bowls complete (about 18 cups/4. 25 L) freshly popped popcorn (without butter) 1. T  hread the needle. rigorously push the needle via a cranberry, folding or doubling it, if valuable; repeat to 4 occasions. Then swap to popcorn, ensuring to insert the needle via a thicker a part of the kernel. trade teams of 3 to 5 popcorn kernels and 3 to 5 cranberries. 2. W  rooster the strand is sort of complete, tie it off with an important, tight knot. Your garland is able to drape at the tree. initiatives sixty nine 70 H O L I D AY C R A F T I N G & B A ok I N G W I T H okay I D S santa’s little helper elf drink stirrers T hese lovable eco-friendly helpers make it much more enjoyable to sip a scorching chocolate or sizzling vanilla. young ones prefer to make their little elves targeted, so inspire them to place their very own completing touches on each one stirrer. you could combine up the flavour of sweet cane as well—in addition to peppermint, test raspberry or orange. fabrics (FOR ONE ELF) Elf Drink Stirrer Template (see web page 112) Felt scraps in gentle and darkish eco-friendly, black, crimson, and white cloth chalk Scissors unhazardous glue Wiggle eyes (1/4 in/6 mm) 1 crimson mini pom-pom, 1/8 in/3 mm 2 white mini pom-poms, 1/4 in/6 mm Gold glitter or glitter pen Awl 1. reproduction  the elf template and minimize out some of the elements. position the template for the bottom on a section of sunshine eco-friendly felt, the belt on black felt, the face on white felt, the fingers on pink felt, and the hat trim on darkish eco-friendly felt. hint round each with the chalk and use scissors to chop out the shapes. 2. Arrange the felt items to create the elf. Glue the items down utilizing unhazardous glue. three. Working freehand, lower a grin, frown, or immediately lips from the purple felt. rigorously glue the positive factors onto the face, in addition to the wiggle eyes. connect a small pink pom-pom for the nostril. connect the small white pom-poms to the elf’s physique above the belt as buttons. 2-in/5-cm piece skinny eco-friendly gardening cord sweet cane, in style of selection cord cutters obvious tape purple or black licorice four. Using both a gold glitter pen or glue and glitter, make a belt buckle on most sensible of the black belt. allow this dry in a single day! five. Use an axe to punch holes lower than and to every facet of a pom-pom button and thread the golf green backyard cord throughout the holes in order that either ends are on the again (you are able to insert the cord at once during the felt with out prepunching holes). position the sweet cane among the twine ends and tighten them in order that the elf is connected. Trim the twine and tape the ends to guard the arms of these who deal with the stirrer. Wrap the licorice round the elf’s neck as a headband. initiatives seventy one 72 H O L I D AY C R A F T I N G & B A okay I N G W I T H okay I D S o christmas tree delicate felt embellishes T hese basic felt adorns are enjoyable for every age. mothers, dads, grandpas, grandmas, and young ones as younger as 3 can positioned them jointly.