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Snowmen Family Ready for X-Mas Eve

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Introduction: Сhristmas Snowmen Family Christmas Special Hello, guys! This time, I’m eager to offer you one more item you can make use of to decorate your home for Christmas. It is also a perfect gift for your friends or family, because you may use it as a unique greeting card. The decoration we will focus on today is quite easy to make, although, you will, probably, need half of the day or so to cope with the task! This is especially true, if you have never done such holiday decorations before. And, of course, encourage your kids, nephews and other children you know to help you create such an original décor element! I have called this decoration “Christmas Snowmen Family” .  Just have a look at it and you will feel that special atmosphere of happiness, family unity, Christmas spirit and joy associated with one of the favorite holidays of most kids and adults. Are you ready to start creating your own masterpiece? Then let’s do that right away! Step 1: Supplies co

Christmas 3-D Paper Snowflake with lighting

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Christmas Special Hi Friends.In this article, we are making these awesome 3-D paper snowflakes that add a gentle touch of light to your holiday decor! Let's begin... Step 1: What You'll Need... Here's what you'll need to make one: 4 sheets of copier paper Scissors Pencil Hot glue gun and glue sticks String, floss, ribbon, or fishing line (or hanging material of your choice) A clear plastic box (preferably with a handle)--I got mine from the Dollar Store...it was filled with thumbtacks LED tealight (or whatever kind of single strand light bulb can fit into your plastic box...you could also use strand Christmas tree lights or fairy "twinkle" lights, and have the lights coming up and out of the snowflakes.) Step 2: Folding the Base 1. Put your paper in front of you vertically. 2. Fold up the bottom about 1/2" to 1". 3. Accordion fold the paper. To do this, first fold the paper

Stirrers made by Candy Canes

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Christmas Specials   Peppermint and chocolate are common combinations during the winter season. They seem to just go together like peanut butter and jelly. I'm a big fan of hot chocolate, so I thought making candy cane stirrers would be perfect. These would also be great with coffee or any number of drinks. Step 1: Supplies Like usual, to get started, you need supplies. What you use is up to you as these supplies are very easy to swap out with your ingredients of choice. Ingredients: Candy Canes  - I also tried dunking a little  peppermint candy  and those could work too,  Peppermint sticks  are also an option - If you want to end up with a certain number of candy cane stirrers, make sure you  buy more than you need . Candy canes are delicate and could break while coming out of the box, while you are unwrapping them, while you are decorating them, or even just by looking at them wrong! Chocolates you can melt -  [PLEASE READ]