Christmas Gifts from the Garden

Gifts Christmas from the Garden Funky Reindeer Pots Step 1 What Youll Need Gather and clean pots Old pots from the Find some old or unwanted pots in garden your garden. Wash them thoroughly and Step make sure they are properly dried so Glue that the clay takes the paint. Cotton wool/rolled Paint the base up felt Choose your desired colour Acrylic paint and cover the entire pot. Allow this to dry. Felt (for inner lining if wanted) Step Step Add features Personalise Next add the features to the reindeer. For the nose cover the cotton wool in You can add a Christmas touch by the color you want, and Step either burning, drawing or gluing a pattern on to the top of the coaster. leave to dry. Paint on eyes, freckles etc. and finally glue the dried nose to the pot in the right Glue the inner linning position. Cut the felt to the right size and apply a layer of glue to the inside of the pot. Once done carefully press the felt around the inside of the pot. Did you know? Did you kron? know? Did g you know? There are 364 gifts mentioned in "The Twelve Guatemalan adults do not The first Christmas exchange Christmas gifts until was celebrated on Days of Christmas". New Year's Day. Children get December 25, AD 336 theirs (from the Christ Child) on Christmas morning. in Rome. Scented Pine Cone Firestarters as Step What Youll Need Step Melt your wax Add colour Soy wax flakes Place heat proof container in pan filled with water. As your wax is melting Pinecones chop up pieces of your color block & add to your Turn on your pan, heat up the water & add soy wax Candle fragrance oil flakes. We recommend using wax. Stir so the color 2 pounds of wax. melts into the wax. Candle dye blocks Wired candle wicking You warm our hearts Step Pinecone Fire Starter Wooden spoon Test your colour Large heat proof container To test the color of your wax drip a little onto wax paper and see how it dries. If it's too light - add more Cute tags and twine Frying pan Wax paper 4 Scissors Step Add scent Let your wax cool down The scent rule for candle making is 1 After the wax is fully melted wait ounce of scent oil for 20-30 minutes for it to cool, then 1 pound of wax, but you dip your first pinecone. This way can add as little or as the wax sticks better. much as you want. Wick your pine cones Step While waiting for your wax to cool you can wick your pinecones! Cut Dipping pine cones Step 8. about 12" of wired wicking to wrap through Your wax is cool enough to start each pinecone. dipping when you see remnants of it How сoats start to harden a bit on the glass many bowl right above the wax. You will get a full colour after 4 times but 3 dips will suit some people. Did you know? Did you know? Did you know? The holiday Boxing day was Christmas has different US scientists calculated that originally celebrated in meanings around the world; Santa would have to visit 822 England, for the servants to the Christmas Eve in Japan is a homes a second to deliver all rich people. After Chrismas,the good day to eat fried the world's presents on servants “boxed up" all the chicken and strawberry Christmas Eve, travelling at left-overs from the rich people 650 miles a second. and bring them home. Personalised Christmas Coasters Step What Youll Need Evenly cut your wood A dry tree limb Slice/saw up 5 or 6 Wood saw (Preferably powered/miter) pieces of the tree limb about 3 to 8 inches Christmas with the Plowmans thick. Sandpaper or sander A natural stain Step Sealer or finish Felt or cork for the Create yhe smooth top side Step 3 bottom if desired Glue Attach the felt Sand one side until it's nice and smooth, and coat Nice fancy ribbon to tie them all together Now to add the grip on the bottom. It is optional to with some natural stain. Scissors/pen knife sand this prior. Glue the felt to the bottom and use either scissors or a pen knife to cut around to get the right size. Did you know! Did you know? Did you know? Many parts of the Christmas The record number of The largest Christmas tree can actually be eaten, Christmas cards sent by a cracker 45.72m long and single person in a year is 6,284. with the needles being a 3.04m in diameter - was good source of Vitamin C. pulled in Australia in 1991. love thegarden.com Sources: http://something ise.com/2014/12/12/diy-pinecone-fire-starter-favors/ http://earthfriendlygoodies.com/243/diy-wood-coasters-how-to-make-coasters-from-wood http://www.funology.com/facts-about-christmas/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/50-things-yule-never-know-653613 http://facts.randomhistory.com/christmas-facts.html ...........