May 1, 2009, Newsletter Issue #279: PAPER PLATE HOLLY WREATH
Tip of the Week
1 Paper Plate
Green and Red Construction Paper
Small ribbon bow
Cut green construction paper into holly leaf shapes aprox. 2" x 3". Cut the center of a paper plate out and glue the holly leaf shapes around the edges, completely covering the plate rim. Cut ―" diameter circles from red construction paper. (you could use red buttons for the holly too) Glue in sets of 3 around your wreath. Glue bow to bottom of wreath.
I have used this idea before but assemble it slowly. I post the paper plate ring on the refrigerator on December first. After cutting enough holly leaves to cover the ring, I put them in a sandwich bag and post it near the paper plate ring. I tell the kids that whenever we do a good deed in the month of December, we will glue another leaf to the wreath. (If they are big enough I have them write the "good deed" on the leaf first.) By Christmas Eve the wreath will be decorated with all the good deeds of the month, and we add the bow and buttons then. All you have left to do is put the year on the back of the wreath, and you have a great memory to decorate your home in years to come.
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