Snowflake garland
Now who says we have to pay a kazillion dollars for someone to make a garland to drape all over the house and all over the Christmas tree? Why not use some of the reams and reams of junk mail that comes into the house (and the kids if you do not feel like doing all the cutting yourself) to make yourself a gorgeous garland to hang around the house and save yourself the high designer cost.
This garland was cut using a craft exacto knife and leftover cardboard box, then covered with glue and glitter and attached to a ribbon. I like the weight of the cardboard to make the garland drape just right, but if you do not want the weight, you could do the same with the lightweight junk mail that arrives every day. You would just need to ensure that the glitter covers all the silly advertising and covers it well.
This would be a fantastic craft for little hands to work with (as long as you are willing to clean up the inevitable glitter that will stretch from one side of the room to the other, but that is part of the fun). The resulting garland would look wonderful on the Christmas tree or decorating your Christmas presents. I wanted to use the heavy cardboard snowflake garland to decorate the kitchen cupboards, because I think they would they look remarkably like gingerbread cookies. Instead, I think I am going to end up using them to decorate Christmas present packages.
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