Craft Lightning Christmas Edition 2016

Time for another Craft Lightning.... crafts in 15 minutes or less for Christmas.

I always love to see what everyone comes up with.

It is a glorious fall where I live and I have gathered some sweet acorns for this quick craft.

Clean them and be sure you have a cap and an acorn for each ornament.

Drill a hole in the cap of each acorn.

Cut a piece of wire for each one about two inches long.

Twist the wire to make a loop as shown.

Push the ends of the wire together and slide them down through the acorn cap.

Once through, open the wires on the inside.

Use a hot glue gun to glue the acorns into the cap.

Gather your glitter and glittering glue.

I really do the stuff Martha Stewart makes for this.

Brush on the glue, and sprinkle with glitter.

Tap off excess.

Allow to fully dry and add a little twine hanger.

These make great gift toppers or ornaments.

A quick tip:  You can either buy processed acorns or gather your own.

If you gather your own, it is best to bake them in a craft dedicated toaster oven at 150 degrees for about 30 minutes to kill any critters dwelling within.

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Bracelet Makeover Round Up

Christmas is right around the corner.

If there are a few gals on your list that you have not finished shopping for, try a few of these quick and easy bracelet up cycles.

For most of these, I started with plastic bangles.

A couple used metal bangles but you can use whatever you have on hand or pick up.

These pretty bangles are just updated with some vintage buttons.

You can find the directions here.

These are essentially the same but I used cheap earrings and removed the posts.

This fun shabby chic cuff uses recycled sheets and takes longer to locate the sheet and tear strips than it does to make the cuff.

Tutorial here.

These are my favorites.

I used sheets that we dyed with RIT dye to get these fantastic colors.

But you can use whatever you have on hand.

My tutorial is here.

 These would be great for a wedding party too.

And the last one just uses washi tape to dress up the bangles.

Tutorial here.

For the most part, it will take longer to assemble all the supplies than it will to make the bracelets.

An hour or two will produce enough to make a dent in that gift list.

Have fun!

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