My funny family likes to celebrate the Holidays in weird ways. One year we had to go thrift shopping and buy an outfit that we wore to our Christmas party. There were some strange clothes, I can tell you! But it was great fun. Here’s my outfit:
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This year, the rules were that we had to buy the weirdest knick-knacks we could find while thrifting. I found a frog playing baseball. But I also came across a package of beautiful Christmas scrapbook papers for 99 cents. Of course they had to come home with me too. I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but the deal was too good to pass up.
I remembered an ornament from one of our AllMomDoes ornament blogs, and an altered version was perfect for my new papers!
A few snips and some glitter would turn my paper stash into ornaments, or a garland, or even gift tags. Perfect!
Here’s what you’ll need:
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- A pattern
- Thin cardboard
- Scrapbook paper (printed on both sides)
- A pencil
- Scissors
- Hole punch
- String
- Glitter glue (or glitter AND glue)
Do a search online for a free star pattern (or any other shape you’d like). I love stars at Christmas, because: “When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.” Matthew 2:10
Anyway, I found mine on Pinterest. Print your pattern out.
Tape it to a piece of cardboard (cereal boxes work great). Unlike me, you might want to wait until the cereal is gone!
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Tape your pattern onto the cereal box and carefully cut it out. It’s much easier to draw around cardboard than a pattern made from paper.
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Cut out as many stars (or other shapes) as you’d like.
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Punch a hole in the top of each star. I lined mine up so the holes would be aligned.
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Place your shapes on a piece of parchment or waxed paper and cover the edges with glitter glue (less messy) or brush glue on the edges and sprinkle them with glitter (way messier). The waxy paper will keep your stars from sticking. Let them dry.
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If your stars curl, simply stack them under a book overnight (AFTER the glue has dried, of course).
Tie twine or ribbon through the holes you punched and hang them from the tree, or tie them on packages, or string them together to make a garland.
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Did you know that stars are mentioned about 60 times in the Bible?
Your star craft can be transitioned into a Bible study. Not only can kids practice their scissor skills and play with glitter glue, but they can also look up star scripture verses. They could even print their favorite star verses on the back of the stars.
Here are a few to start them off.
- “Who commands the sun not to shine, and sets a seal upon the stars;” (Job 9:7)
- “I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;” (Genesis 26:4)
- “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” (Matthew 2:2)
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