Michele Made Me

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Ornament #4

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The above two tree ornaments come to you courtesy of The Boy. He designed and made them on Friday, and I just had to include them in the ornament series! I’m big-time in love with them. They’re so simple, beautiful, innocent. It’s the kid thing. Those little fingers do magic, I tell you.

He made them from a cereal box, paint, pistachio nutshells, junkmail confetti, string, scissors and glue.

The pistachio shells, I’d painted a while back, so when it came time to decorate his trees, the shells were there for the taking. In fact, if you plan to do a collage craft like this with your kids, it’s a very good idea to prepare all the decorative bits ahead of time. That way, there’s no waiting and they can dig right in!

The shells need a generous amount of glue if they are to stay put. He applied a goodly blob to each before attaching them to the trees. Those little guys are there for the duration, methinks.

The confetti was punched from Christmas-flavoured junkmail, a favourite in these parts.

But who am I kidding? There was no way I was going to let him have all the fun. Nuh-huh, I just could not do it. I had to make one of my own too, right? Here’s mine below.

And here’s the tree-some…

I’m thinking of asking The Boy to make me a whole grove of them. Wouldn’t that be great? I wonder if he’d go for it… Do you think?

♥M


Previous installments in this little ornament series: here, here and here.

 

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  4. Giac says

    Hello Michele,
    You post the msot fun family ornament projects ever! I think it might be worth asking him…they came out gorgeous.
    Big hug,
    Giac

  8. Melissa Kojima says

    Oh, they are so awesome. The boy has some great ideas—following in your footsteps, Michele! I love the treesome! Yes, make a whole garland of them. The nut shells are such a great detail!