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Manualidades Navideñas 2
Manualidades Navideñas 2
I just got back from vacation in Costa Rica, which was absolutely awesome, but my mind never completely escaped Christmas. It
didn’t help that even the resort was all decked out in Christmas decorations. (You should have heard my squeals of delight when I saw
lighted reindeer surrounding the pools….EEEEEE!)
So, with Christmas inspiration even on a beach, I had an idea for December. I am going to attempt to do a 12 Days of Christmas
(ornaments!) blog project…12 posts of handmade ornament DIY’s. This is going to be tough, because these things can get really time
consuming, but I’m going to try my very best. I am positive that I will not be able to manage these 12 days to be all in a row…but still,
I will try to do them all before Dec 24th.
And today, I have something really simple: an ornament wrapped in braided trim. So easy to do, but such pretty results:
What you’ll need:
I found it easiest to start from the bottom up. Thread a bead onto a straight pin:
Now, put a little bit of glue on the styrofoam around the bead, and just start winding the trim snugly around it…the bead will help you
hold the end in place and makes it easy to wrap the trim. (Which is exactly how I had the idea to use a bead here in the first place.)
It took me a good 25 minutes to wrap this…when you get to the other end, be sure to use a generous amount of glue so that the trim
will stay put:
But I wanted to make it into an ornament, so I cut a few pieces of coordinating ribbons into varying lengths, between about 3 to 4
inches each, angling the edges:
I also used an 8″ piece of ribbon for a hanger. Just thread a second bead onto a pin, and form a loop with your hanger ribbon right after
the bead:
Then pin right through the centers of each of your pieces of ribbon:
A little dab of glue right under the bead doesn’t hurt either:
All done!