Choose a red apple that is round and can stand upright on its own. Use an apple corer and carve out about ⅔ of its core from the top into a hollowed area with some apple left at the bottom. Place a tapered candle into the hole. Add some sprigs of holly and evergreen, and perhaps a ribbon or string bow, tied at the base of the candle.
Join us for a Children’s Candlelit Spiral on Jan. 2, 2021
Tissue (folded) paper star
Make 8 squares of tissue or kite paper. The kite paper is more durable and less likely to fade in the sun. Similar to origami, fold each shape into a pointed triangle and then glue all of them together with transparent drying glue.
Variation--Tissue (cut/torn) paper trees
*See the following video, from the series Sundays with Sarah Baldwin (of Bella Luna Toys).*
You will need:
Pattern
Use this pattern as a guide, enlarging and making it smaller as you wish, cut gnomes out of the felt. The children can choose the felt color and a color of embroidery floss. Thread the needle for them and have them sew a running stitch along side A matched to side B.