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| Photo Credit: Sarah Landicho |
| Homemade decorations make extra-special gifts for Grandma! |
’Tis the holiday season, when I constantly try to think up some new craft or decorating project for the kids to do. This year I literally ran into an idea. We were visiting family in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving, and while I was out for a jog one morning I happened upon scads of pinecones!
Yes, pinecones are everywhere around my mother-in-law’s home and neighborhood. And as I passed pinecone after pinecone during my run, I started thinking about all the holiday ornaments we could make with them. My kids have always loved picking up pinecones whenever we’re out on one of our walks, so that’s just what I thought we’d do – go on a pinecone treasure hunt. So later that afternoon we pulled out a basket and off we went. When we returned, we sorted through the lot, looking for the best of the bunch. Then I gently washed off the good ones and soaked them for a few hours in a big bowl of water. (I wanted to make sure any creepy-crawlies hiding inside wouldn’t be around to interfere with our crafting follies.) I let the pinecones dry out overnight and into the next day. Then it was off to the local craft store. I didn’t need many supplies for what I had in mind: just some washable glue, a variety of glitter, some festive pipe cleaners, ribbon, googly eyes, some little white pom-poms and sealable plastic bags.
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