Have you had a chance to read today's Straits Times? Green Issues is featured in today's Get Crafty column! :-) I was very honoured when Rachel Chan, a journalist from ST, dropped me an email about appearing in the column - thank you, Rachel and Mark (the photographer)! I was asked to feature a Christmas ornament to their readers. It is a Christmas star made from twigs, and it's a great craft to do with the kids. In case you missed it, here's the tutorial!
Note: If you want to view other Christmas ornaments I've made, scroll all the way down to the bottom of this post for the links.
More Christmas decor from recyclables:
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| What you will need - your stash of old beads and buttons will come in handy!! Oops, forgot to include some string and sand paper in the pic. |
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| Break the twigs to size; mine were about 10-12cm. Buff the ends with sandpaper or a nail file. Then hot glue gun the twigs to make a star. You can also use strong craft glue. To secure it further, use a bit of wire. |
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| Measure and cut wire. Use pliers or pencil to create a small loop before beading. |
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| Bead the wire but not completely - you need to leave about 1/3 of the wire bare so that you can wrap it around the twigs. |
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| Add your buttons! |
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| Hang them up - you can either tie a string round the button, or string a button with the string before gluing it to the twig. |
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| Enjoy! :-) |
More Christmas decor from recyclables:
| CD-ROM Snowflakes  | Christmas Baubles | Keyboard Christmas Decor  |
| Coat Hanger Christmas Tree  | Christmas Angel 1  | Christmas Angel 2  |
I like this idea - very much like our spiders. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOoh those stars are GORGEOUS! I love the use of twigs. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
(And great minds think alike and all that ;-)
Congrats on the feature! Isn't it great to see your stuff in the national newspapers?? =)
ReplyDeleteTwinkle Twigs? I LOVE that name. :) These are super cute too!
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