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5.
Inexpensive Holiday Earth Gifts to Make
Index
1. Christmas
Crafts for Kids - Animal Shapes
2. Christmas
Ornaments for Kids to Make
3. Clove Studded
Orange Project
4. Fabric Animal Chains for
Christmas Trees
5. Inexpensive
Holiday Earth Gifts to Make
6. Make a Hexagon Shape Puzzle
7. Make a Wreath Project
8. Make an Easter Egg Puzzle
9. Make Holiday Paper Chains
for Learning Sets
10. Spicy
Dried Apples to Hang on the Tree
11. The Story of
the Felt Santa Claus - Craft
12. Yarn Tree Ornaments
All
the kids in your family can help put together gifts for family, friends or
teachers. If your child has a learning disability help
out as necessary in a supportive way. Just sitting with the kids is an encouragement;
they know you'll be there for advice as needed.
Begin your projects by creating several terrariums. Collect your largest jars
or glass baking pans you no longer use. I looked in my stash of pans and found
several baking dishes I had forgotten I put there when I bought ones with
tinted glass, so that part was easy. I have found that a soap impregnated
stainless steel pad is the easiest way to get old glass baking dishes looking
clean and clear again. Second choice is scouring powder.
Haul out the Christmas decorations and pull out those that are very small which
you probably don't use very often. These can be used to brighten up the little
scene you will create.
To weight down the glass containers go outdoors with a bucket and collect small
pebbles. Wash the small stones free of debris, then
lay them out in a thin layer, about an inch deep across the bottom of the
glass. It is fun to layer stones of different sizes or colors in strips.
To create a live plant terrarium layer in a couple of inches of garden earth
and moss from the yard over the base layer of stones and poke in small ground
cover plants. I found many little evergreen plants at the base of my pine tree
where they grow in the shade.
Finish your arrangement and then clean the inside and outside of your glass
container with a damp towel. Water the soil and plants enough to see water run
into the gravel layer.
To finish your gift arrange small Christmas tree ornaments on the moss. Anyone
would be pleased with this earth-friendly gift costing you nothing to make but
your time.
Another idea, make your terrarium a winter scene without any water. First lay
in a layer of stones or small pebbles to weight down the glassware. This will
form the base of your scene. Then, go into your stash of Christmas decorations
and pull out those small pieces that seem to go together.
Friends and relatives will love that you have given them an earth friendly gift
made from your own resources and creative ideas.
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