Thursday, December 18, 2008

A Cousin Christmas Tradition


"Each year at Christmas, my children exchange homemade ornaments with their cousins instead of presents. This year, my kids made "I spy" ornaments. This is the poem on the tag:

I spy 2 snowflakes, a star from the night,
A golden ring, and a Christmas light;
A holly leaf, a snowman, a little white dove,
2 bells, a present, and a heart full of love.

They are super simple to make. I ordered the empty craft ornament balls (4-inch) on e-Bay. Fill one half of the ornament with Polypellets (1 c.) purchased at Walmart, then put in 10 small Christmas-y items: confetti snowflakes; heart, holly leaf, and star beads, "gold" ring and tiny dove (from the bridal dept at Hobby Lobby), miniature Christmas light, and present (from Hobby Lobby's miniature doll house dept), 2 types of small bells, and a snowman button. Glue the 2 ornament halves together, tie on the tag and a ribbon, and that is it. They have been a huge hit."

http://busysmalltowngirl.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-spy-christmas-ornaments.html

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