Decorations

With a little imagination (and a bag of rice), you can create beautiful artwork.

Gather scissors fake flowers (make sure any hard parts are small enough to fit through the ball ornament’s opening) glue silver sequins clear ball ornament unsharpened pencil ribbon Go 1. Cut off stems from individual flowers. 2. Glue sequins randomly on the flower petals. Let dry. 3. Pull the metal top off the ball ornament …

Gather assorted fake flowers wire cutters tape pens with caps (not clickers) green floral gardening tape Go 1. Cut stems off flowers about 1 inch below the blossom. 2. Tape flower to the bottom of pen, attaching stem along pen’s side. 3. Wrap floral tape around the pen from top to bottom. 4. Create a …

Gather 4-by-6-inch picture frame blue paint and paintbrush (optional) sandpaper scissors beach finds: shells, shiny rocks, sand dollars glue gun Go 1. If your frame isn’t blue, paint it. Use wavy strokes to mimic the ocean. 2. Cut sandpaper to create your “beach” along the bottom of the frame. 3. Arrange objects around the frame, …

Gather large, used puzzle pieces washable paint paintbrush old family photos scissors glue magnetic strip Go 1. Ask permission before using puzzle pieces or photos. 2. Paint the puzzle pieces in bright colors. 3. Cut out faces of your family from old photos (or print out digital copies). 4. Glue heads to the “top” of …