From time to time i love to have us all sit down together and make something fun!! Crafting together is way better than crafting alone. For this craft night we were going to try our hands at a 3-D style snowflake. Avery is the perfect age for stuff like this. She is coordinated enough that she does not need much help anymore and actually does it herself. Mitchell quickly loses interest and we end up making what he started.
Yes that is a giant pencil...i am waiting for one of the kids to whack themselves in the head with it while they are writing.
Chris helped to make the snowflakes but he also made hanging it much easier. All i had to have was the idea, and he found a way to make it work. I have a stash of sticks and branches in the garage, some have even moved with us, and i thought this would be the perfect way to use them. Chris used fishing line to hang the branch from our ugly flourescent light and we then hung the snowflakes from said branch.
More than the snowflakes i am in love with the branch. i can not help myself. i have sticks all over my house. That stick is going to be a permanent fixture whether i have something hanging on it or not. These are not as tricky a snowflake to make as they might look. I used a wonderful tutorial at
Heritage Acres Homestead blog. Try it out, they are fun to make in lots of different sizes.
13 comments:
those are so schmance--clever girl.
Yay! I'll be hanging my giant snowflakes later today. Unfortunately, no cool stick to hang them from.
Love that silver tree in the background!
These are so pretty! What a great idea!
Funny, we have sticks around the house too...only they do whack themselves and each other on the head (and anywhere else not protected!) with them!
lol
Love the snowflakes and thanks for the tutorial!
Merry Christmas!
Love it! And love that your love your branch. :-) I look forward to seeing it updated throughout the year. Hearts next??
Those are fabulous!
That's a great stick - and I love the snowflakes hanging from them. Makes it all very organic and wonderful! And thanks for that link. I've seen them before and had not been able to find instructions.
I was about to say they looked very complicated, then I saw the link to the instructions. I'll have to check it out. Joshua & Zoe may not be able to make them, but I think they'd like them anyway. And I secretly want to make one. But it's not such a secret anymore, oh well.
Hey! Nice snowflakes! :) Aren't they fun? I love the way you hung them!
I love snowflakes and these look so nice! Think I'll give them a try!
wow! Those are really cool looking. I noticed your little silver tree too. :O)
Thanks for the great idea...they're soo pretty!! ;)
Great idea. I love that you are hanging them from a branch. And I LOVE your gray wall. :)
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