We planned ahead when we were at Marvel Hill last Summer and gathered pine cones.
There are an abundance and a variety at Marvel Hill (unlike where we live in Colorado - and I don't think cactus would substitute very well!), and we seriously pondered if/how we could bring a Christmas tree with us too...
Nah!
Anyway, pour some tacky glue onto a paper plate
Roll pine cone in the glue, then drop into a zip lock bag along with several Tablespoons of glitter.
Shake the bag a little, then remove pine cone to dry.
We used four bags with four colors of glitter.
After the glue was dry (we waited over-night) Zachary hot glued a loop of ribbon on top, and we hung our sparkly creations on the Christmas Tree!
Viola!
5 comments:
That is a GREAT idea! I think I'm going to have to use it for next year!
So pretty, and you are the BRAVEST woman I know, using glitter! You'll be seeing in the cracks of everything all year! Wild and crazy you are!
You would think. In fact, after I planned this project AJ didn't know I had already bought glitter and was telling one of his friends that "we don't do glitter!" in no uncertain terms. Oops! ;-D
The zip lock bags served me well, and I let the pine cones dry in a box lined with a large plastic trash bag.
I also kept a damp rag handy for wiping down hands.
So far so good...
So fun! :-D
My Dad and I did those and paper snowflakes every year... can't wait to do them again when my boys are just a smidge older. ;-)
By the way, I know that glitter gets EVERYWHERE, but if you're going to make a mess it might as well sparkle right? :-)
You are just the best mom ever this week! lol
Wish I were there having all this fun along with you all. Awesome ideas Lene!
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