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HOMEMADE DECORATIONS are fun for all the family.
By VIVIAN BROWN
(JP) Newsfeatures Writer
Your Christmas tree decorations
will probably have to be the result
of your own ingenuity this year.
Tinsel, colored glass ornaments
and other old standbys are scarcer
than ever.
All you need is some crepe pa
per, ribbon, paste and crayon to
make tree decorations.
Dennison suggests paper chains
of kindergarten memory. They’re
easy to make. Just cut strips of
red and white crepe paper 5 inches
long and Vfe inch wide. Grain of
crepe should run up and down the
5-inch length. Paste ends of one
white strip together forming a
ring. Then slip a red strip through
the white ring and paste ends to
gether forming a second ring. Con
tinue making rings of alternating
colors until chain is desired
length.
A snow man can be cut out of
white mat stock lightweight card
board*. Cut hat out of black mat
stock. Use red gummed dots for
buttons and mouth and crayons
for eyes and nose.
Christmas Carolers are made of j
pink crepe paper 4 inches square.
Paste into a tube shape, with the
grain of the crepe, around a ball
of cotton. Tie tightly with spool
wire one inch from top and bot
tom. Cut off surplus paper at top
which forms the head, but leave
it at bottom, to form neck. Cut
features out of red and blue gum
med dots. Tint cheeks with rouge.
For the hair cut a strip of yellow
crepe paper three inches deep and
long enough to reach around back
of doll’s head. Slash top and bot
tom edges into coarse fringe. Curl
fringed edges over knitting needle.
Paste to doll’s head. Make short
curls for banks across the fore
head. Make bow of red satin rib
bon and tie in front of top curls.
Insert a wire loop in top of head
for hanging on tree. For sleeves
cut strip of white crepe paper 5
inches by 3 inches, grain of crepe
running with 5-inch length. Fold
strip in half, making it 1V4 inches
by 5. Then gather strip in half,
making each sleeve two and one
half inches long. Tie sleeves in
place to the surplus crepe below
doll’s head. Finish with bow of
red satin ribbon. Cut book out of
green and white striped paper and i
paste to end of sleeves.
A Cornucopia is made by cut
ting a semicircle 2 inches in diam
eter out of red and white striped
paper. Paste green glazed paper
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on the back of the striped paper.
Then roll into a cone and paste
the edges together. Cut cone slight
ly lower in front than back. Dec
orate with narrow ribbon bow.
Peanuts in the shell, dipped in
bright water-color paints, make
pretty chains for the tree. Paint
odd dots and stripes to add vari
ety. You can make little peanut
figures with five peanuts sewed
together, two being used for arms,
two for legs, one for face and
body. To make a peanut Santa
Claus, paint them with nail polish
or red water colors and paste on
a cotton batting beard and a paper
cornucopia for a hat.
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