| Going through this economic time, it will be a | | | | leaves as Christmas ornaments around the |
| great alternative to make the organic Christmas | | | | hanger. |
| tree crafts by ourselves, since they are really | | | | Stringed Cranberries |
| easy to be created. | | | | These Christmas tree crafts can be made using a |
| The following are some great choices of the | | | | double threaded needle, pierce around a pound of |
| Christmas tree crafts that you could make: | | | | cranberries to get a six foot ornamental string. |
| orange cloves, popcorn ball, stringed cranberries | | | | And then keep them frozen. |
| and egg-shell bulbs. And the stuffs needed to | | | | Egg-Shell Bulbs |
| make these Christmas ornaments are truly | | | | Poke a little hole in the bottom of the egg using a |
| inexpensive. | | | | pin, then poke once more a bigger hole in the top |
| Orange Cloves | | | | of the egg. Get the egg to come out the big hole |
| You should avoid using the navel oranges for | | | | into a bowl by blowing through the smaller hole, |
| these craft, because they have a thicker skin and | | | | then keep the hollow eggs in an egg carton. |
| they are also more expensive. Grab a jar of | | | | Once you get decent shells, with a sharp scissors |
| whole cloves, pierce the orange peel, then cluster | | | | cut the holes in the front of the eggs big enough |
| the cloves as closely as possible. Enclose the | | | | to make it able to place a scene inside. Apply a |
| oranges with festive ribbon, and tie it in a loop for | | | | four-inch pieces of braid or ribbon for for each |
| hanging on the branches of the Christmas tree. It | | | | one of the egg, bend the pieces in half and then |
| should be good if you get accompany with | | | | stick the ends by the bigger hole at the top of |
| Christmas music, since this is a time consuming | | | | the eggs. Glue it into place and get it dry |
| task. | | | | overnight. |
| Popcorn Balls | | | | Arranging the scenes in the egg can be done by |
| Hot glue the popped popcorn to the 3 inch | | | | cutting some of your previous Christmas catalog |
| Styrofoam ball, and then fill up any open areas | | | | or cards to take the little pictures. Glue the scene |
| with the broken pieces of the popcorn. Push the | | | | into place after cutting the rectangular |
| popcorn tight on the ball without it falling off then | | | | background. Pull a cotton ball apart then glue it at |
| press firmly for a while until the popcorn totally | | | | the bottom of the egg, then make a scene by |
| adhered to the foam. Have some glue for putting | | | | attach any small figures you created before, glue |
| some small pine cones, ribbon, berries, or holly | | | | it on to the cotton. |