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card is doubly fun because their cre- ations are shared, bringing happiness to even more people.
offices tape them to a wall and make a huge collage.
you can quickly get them up on your wall! I think this would even be cute on a child’s door, so they can display their own special cards.
If you need ideas, don’t forget you can find not only this project sheet but many other projects online at benfranklinhawaii.com.
If you are fortunate to get a lot of
This week’s project makes it a lit- tle more fun to display your cards.
DECEMBER 21, 2022 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK 9
WGet The Hang Of This Easy Holiday Project
ith all the awesome craft- cards sent to you, how do you dis- It’s a cute reindeer that has a long I hope that you are having a great ers out there, we know play them all? I know some people piece of ribbon you can clip cards holiday season, have been able to do people are mailing out prop them up on a shelf. Others place to. I used basic supplies like felt and some crafting, and added a personal
holiday cards — and sending out a them in a special basket. And, a lot of ribbon. I wanted this to be easy so touch to your decorations and gifts.
1 Quarter-fold one of the tan
felt pieces and place the pattern on top, aligning the sides on the fold as the pat- tern indicates. Trace pattern and cut out. Place the cut out felt on the other tan felt and use as a pattern. Trace and cut out.
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Lift the top piece on each set of ant-
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pieces and fold in half. Use the pictured sample as reference and cut out a branch-like piece for the antler, cutting through both thicknesses of the felt. Keep the pieces together. Repeat with the other antique white felt piece.
6 Trace and cut out eye patterns from white
and black felt. Place a black circle on the white and glue. Remove the top of the orna- ment. Place the eyes and red ornament ball on top of the tan felt circle to make the face and glue in place. Cut a heart from each of the red felt pieces and place just under the eyes for the cheeks. Glue in place.
Fold the 1/4-inch ribbon in half to form a loop.
Glue to the top of one tan circle for the hanger. Cut the wider ribbon in half and glue to the opposite edge of the tan circle for the card holder.
Take one of the antique white felt
lers. Place a chenille stem down the center and glue in place. This will make the antler shapeable and stand up. Glue the two matching antler pieces together, with the chenille stem in between. Place an antler on either side of the top loop and glue in place.
5 Place the other tan
circle on top, matching the edges. Glue
the two pieces together. Optional: You can add a little fiber- fill in between if you want it more dimensional.
7 Use the leftover tan felt and cut two pieces about 2-by-3 inches. Take one piece
and fold in half lengthwise. Cut out a half leaf shape for the ears. Use this as the pat- tern for the second felt piece. Put a short line of glue in the middle at one end and pinch together. Glue to the base of the antlers.
8 Use the rest of the ribbon to make a loopy
bow. Glue on the front at the bottom of the reindeer face. Add Christmas floral picks or jingle bells, if desired. Hang the reindeer up using the screw at the top as the hang- er. Use the small clothespins to clip Christmas cards to the ribbon to display.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• (2 quantity) 9-by-12-inch
cashmere tan felt
(No. 77676767), for reindeer • (2 quantity) 9-by-12-inch
antique white felt
(No. 77677559), for antlers
• (2 quantity) 2-by-2-inch white
felt (No. 77676635), for eyes
• (2 quantity) 2-by-2-inch black felt (No. 77676643), for eyes
• (2 quantity) 2-by-2-inch red felt (No. 77676619), for heart cheeks
• small red ornament ball, jingle bell or similar, for reindeer nose
• (2 quantity) 12-inch light- colored chenille stems, for
inside the antlers
• 4 inches of 1/4-inch ribbon,
for hanger
• 2 yards 7/8-inch or wider
ribbon, for card hanger and bow
• pen/pencil for tracing
• scissors
• low-temp glue gun and glue
sticks
• small wood clothespins or
clips, for hanging cards on ribbon • Optional – fiberfill for stuffing,
Christmas picks, jingle bells for added embellishment, etc.
* Note: In place of making the eyes from felt, you can use 40-millimeter googly eyes.