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All of the projects are inspired by Pinterest. Here are the details:
First, I whipped up these holiday decorations in about 5 minutes while the kids were in school. The instructions can be found here.
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I absolutely LOVE them! They suit my taste/style perfectly! I removed the bells from the back of the deer before gluing down so they would be somewhat flat against the glass. It cost me $3 to make both. The ornaments were 2/$1 and the frames were $1 each at Dollar Tree. I already had the scrapbook paper. These will go on the mantel.
Next up, ornaments!
The girls and I worked on Santa ornaments first. I used this blog post for instructions and modified them to suit the supplies I had on hand.
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We made a total of 5 and I need to finish them. I need to add some embroidery floss to hang them with and I'm thinking I might want to add a strip of black felt to make a belt, but I'm not sure.
Making the Santa ornaments inspired me to fiddle around and create a Mrs. Claus. Here's what I came up with:
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Isn't she just too stinking cute?! I love her to bits! I need to make 4 more now.
Living in Maryland means we sometimes have snow on Christmas, but it's not guaranteed. Well, the girls and I decided we would make sure we have snow on Christmas every year. First we made some Model Magic snowflakes following this tutorial.
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We were able to get 11 snowflakes out of 2 packages of Model Magic. I didn't want to make them too thin so they'd be sturdy once dried. They turned out pretty much awesome! I thought about drawing designs on them with red Sharpie, but I actually like them just the way they are. I hung them on our chandelier to dry, which took about 2 or 3 days.
One of my favorite experiments in high school chemistry was growing crystals. When I saw this blog post I just knew I needed to share that experience with my daughters. Science really can be stunningly beautiful! Here's how our crystal flakes turned out:
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In person they look like they are encrusted with diamonds. So darn pretty! I can't wait to see them on the lit tree. The sparkles will just be amazing!