Better Homes & Gardens – Holiday Crafts 2019

Instructions

HolidayCrafts 2019 101

North Pole Sign

shown on page 96

MATERIALS

 3-inch wooden half ball

 Drill and drill bit

 7- or 9-inch length of^3 ∕ 8 -inch-

diameter wooden dowel

 1-inch wooden ball with^1 ∕ 2 -inch hole

 Artists brushes

 Acrylic paint: white, red, light green,

dark green

 Transfer paper

 Old ballpoint pen

 1^1 ∕ 4 ×3-inch wooden rectangle

 1^3 ∕ 8 ×2^3 ∕ 4 -inch wooden heart

 Fine-tip permanent marking pen:

black or gold

 Wood glue

 Hot-glue gun and glue sticks

 Decoupage medium (such as

Mod Podge brand)

 Mica flakes

 Crafts glue

 Glitter: gold

Drill a^1 ∕ 2 -inch-diameter hole through

curved portion and about halfway into half

ball. Paint the half ball, dowel, and 1-inch

wooden ball white; let dry. Paint^1 ∕ 4 -inch

stripes on dowel using red; let dry.

Using transfer paper and a dried-up

ballpoint pen, trace the patterns in Pattern

Pack onto the wooden rectangle and heart.

Paint the words using red; let dry. Paint

the edges and back of rectangle red. Paint

front of heart light green; let dry. Paint the

arrow, edges, and back of heart dark green;

let dry. Outline the words and arrow using

a fi ne-tip black or gold permanent marking

pen if desired.

Push wood glue into hole in half ball and

insert dowel into hole. Push wood glue

into hole in 1-inch ball and push ball onto

end of dowel. Hot-glue rectangle and heart

to pole.

Brush decoupage medium onto half ball

and edges of the sign. Sprinkle with mica

fl akes and shake off excess. For a glittered

top ball, brush the 1-inch ball with crafts

glue and sprinkle with gold glitter.

Box Set

shown opposite

MATERIALS

24 kraft paper jewelry boxes (ours
measure 2^1 ∕ 2 ×1^1 ∕ 2 ×1 inches)
Small number stencils (ours were
about 1 inch tall)
White fine-tip oil-base marking pen
White paper doilies
Glue stick
Candies or trinkets
Removable mounting squares

Using number stencils, mark numbers

1 through 24 on the box lids using a white

marking pen. Vary the placement of the

numbers as desired. Fill in some numbers, if

desired, using white marking pen.

Cut paper doilies into pieces to fi t the

box lids, wrapping some around the lid

edges. Adhere the doilies to the lids using

a glue stick.

Fill boxes with candies or trinkets.

Arrange and mount the boxes to wall or

surface using removable mounting squares.