Thursday, July 30, 2009

A star made with cardboard


Basic Christmas Craft Ideas - Primitive Star Ornament

For this project you will need:

- Cardboard boxes
- red yarn
- scraps of red material
- scissors
- cookie cutters for templates (if desired)
- buttons
- tacky glue

Instructions:

1. Cut different Christmas shapes out of the cardboard box.
2. Following the method below for stitching on cards, stitch around the shape with the yarn. Leave a longer piece for hanging and tie it off into a loop.
3. Tear out a small piece of fabric and glue it to the center of the shape. Repeat for the back side of the shape.
4. Glue a button on the fabric to embellish it. Repeat on the back side of the fabric.

For stitching on cardboard see:
http://www.craftideas.info/html/stitching_on_cards.html

Merry Christmas

Barb


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