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Newspaper
Wilson County News
Location
Floresville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1999
Page
13
Elmwood Park feature notes quick budget friendly decorating ideas to brighten celebrations. Hobby Industry Association data cited by Susan Brandt shows 47 percent of crafters create decorations.
Festive decorating tips include gluing and glittering pine cones, making centerpieces with eggnog bottles, spray painting dried flowers, and using ribbon scraps. Suggestions cover wreaths, trees, bowls, and candle rings with inexpensive materials and simple techniques.
A Mexican girl Pepita gives roadside weeds to the Christ Child on Christmas Eve and they miraculously turn red. The flowers are named Flores de Noche Buena and later called poinsettias after Joel Robert Poinsett who introduced them to the United States.
How to make magic dough for ornaments using salt flour and water or glue play clay style mixes. Each recipe yields bake hard decorations or air dried ornaments that are for décor only.
Roll dough on waxed paper to about 1/4 inch. Cut with cookie cutters and hole with a nail. Create three dimensional ornaments by shaping small pieces. Moisten to attach, air dry or bake. Tint with color, or paint after drying. Dry with varnish for moisture protection.
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