Christmas Season Ends January 9th

The lesson I covered in my RE class before the Christmas break was about the last week of Advent and the beginning of the Christmas season, which ends January 9th, 2012 on the Baptism of The Lord. Since we're still in the Christmas season, I'll share a Christmas tree ornament craft we did the previous week using recycled Christmas cards:


Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

  Materials Needed:

craft foam
tinsel stem
tinsel cord
Christmas card
cardstock (for oval templates)
glue
glue stick and glue gun
scissors
hole punch

Instructions:

1. Make two oval templates out of cardstock, one 1/4" larger than the other.
2. Use larger template to make foam cutout.
3. Punch hole in foam cutout for tinsel cord.
4 Use smaller template to make Christmas card cutout.
5. Glue Christmas card cutout to foam cutout.
6. Fashion tinsel stem into oval around Christmas card cutout, trim off excess.
7. Use glue gun to attach tinsel stem to foam cutout.
8. Slip tinsel cord through hole in foam cutout and knot.
9. Glue tinsel cord knot to back of foam cutout.

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