Better Homes & Gardens – Holiday Crafts 2019

Instructions

72 HolidayCrafts 2019

Tiny Bauble

shown on page 68

MATERIALS

2^1 ∕ 4 -inch round plastic ball ornament
Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
Eye protection
Acrylic paint: white
Small artists brush
Crafts glue
Glitter: green and gold
3-millimeter pearl beads: light green
1-inch-tall pink bottle-brush tree
Decorative bead
Two to three pieces of assorted mini
artificial greenery
Metallic-pink chenille pipe cleaner

CUT THE ORNAMENT

Remove hanger from top of ornament. Dab

hot glue inside hanger. Place hanger back

on ornament.

Draw a circle around one side of

ornament, starting about^1 ∕ 2 inch in front of

ornament hanger. Note: Some ornaments

have a center seam you can use as a guide;

the ornament will not hang properly if cut

exactly in half.

Wearing protective eye wear and using

scissors with a sharp point, poke a hole into

the ornament on the drawn line. Carefully

cut along the line and remove the cutout.

PAINT THE ORNAMENT

Brush white acrylic paint inside the

ornament; let dry. Brush crafts glue inside

ornament and sprinkle green glitter onto

wet glue; let dry.

Hot-glue pearl beads onto bottle-brush

tree. Hot-glue a decorative bead to top of

tree. Hot-glue tree inside ornament.

Cut mini artifi cial greenery to fi t behind

tree. Brush greenery with crafts glue and

sprinkle with green glitter; let dry. Glue

greenery behind tree.

Cut artifi cial greenery to fi t in front of

tree. Brush greenery with crafts glue and

sprinkle with gold glitter; let dry. Glue

greenery in front of tree.

Hot-glue a pipe cleaner around ornament

opening. Trim off extra pipe cleaner.

Picture-Perfect

Snowflake

shown on pages 66–67

MATERIALS

^1 ∕ 8 -inch-wide quilling paper: white
Quilling tool (needle tool or
slotted tool)
Toothpick
Crafts glue
Spray adhesive
Fine clear glitter
Pearl bead
Embroidery floss
Embroidery needle

MAKE THE SNOWFLAKE

Make each snowfl ake part the number of

times indicated.

Tight Coil: Cut a 17-inch strip of

quilling paper. Using the quilling tool or

a toothpick, tightly coil the strip to make

a coil about^1 ∕ 4 inch in diameter. Remove

the coil from the tool, holding the shape

together. Glue the strip ends to the coil.

Make one tight coil (for snowfl ake center).

Teardrop: Cut an 8-inch strip of quilling

paper and make a tight coil. Pull the center

of coil to one inside edge; glue in place

using a toothpick and a dab of crafts glue.

Pinch the coil into a 1-inch-long teardrop

shape. Make 12 teardrops.

Open Coil: Cut a 5-inch strip of quilling

paper. Using the quilling tool or a

toothpick, tightly coil the strip. Remove

the coil from the tool, holding the shape

together. Let coil loosen slightly until it’s

about^3 ∕ 8 inch in diameter. Glue strip ends

to coil. Make six open coils.

Loop: Cut a 2-inch strip of quilling paper.

Fold the strip in half, pinching the ends

together to form a fl attened loop; glue

loose ends. Make 12 loops.

FINISH THE ORNAMENT

Referring to photo, left, arrange the

teardrops, open coils, and loops around the

center tight coil; glue together shapes and

let dry.

Spray ornament with adhesive. Sprinkle

glitter onto ornament and shake off excess.

Glue pearl bead to snowfl ake center.

Thread a short length of embroidery fl oss

through an outer teardrop; knot ends for a

hanging loop.