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SENIOR LADY: CHRISTMAS PROJECTS! #9

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  I was shopping at one of my favorite discount  stores recently. I went there to get large oval  paper   dinner plates. The plates I was looking for had images of  Cardinal birds on them, last year. I bought Cardinal napkins  too. I was very disappointed because they only had plates with Thanksgiving themes . Bummer! I must   search  elsewhere for 10 inch Christmas dinner   plates.  The  men in my family complain if  I use  8 inch  plates during the Annual Holiday Dinner .   They  eat so much food, that this  size plate is useless.  This store had just gotten in a lot of  Christmas  novelty items. They would be of interest to   all  ages of customers.  Several jewelry kits were   in the  Christmas display area.  I will have to alter  the sizing of this jewelry.   The size of the bracelets and necklaces are too small   for  mos...

SENIOR LADY: CHRISTMAS PROJECTS! #8

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   I usually try to combine traditional and religious  Christmas crafts in  my Christmas decorations every year.  I spend most of the month of  October  browsing online Christmas catalogs, social media,  and videos looking for Christmas project ideas. I had began looking at religious items when I saw drawings of Nativity scenes mounted on music  sheets. The music sheets had lyrics to religious Christmas songs.  I searched on my Mom's book shelf looking for old hymn books . There were none among her books. She suddenly recalled that she had loaned her hymn book to friend. I wondered if my collection of Bible  Word   Search puzzle books had puzzles about The Birth Of Jesus . I found two puzzle pages   that might   suffice. One puzzle was about Mother  Mary and   the other was about Choir of Angels . Here are my project details: NEED: Nativity Scene Drawing or Nativity Coloring Page. Music Sheet of Christmas ...

SENIOR LADY: CHRISTMAS PROJECTS! #7

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My Mom.and I love Cardinal birds . We are not surprised that the Cardinal is the most selected state bird . Years ago, I mostly saw them in the winter. Most paintings and pictures show them surrounded by snow. Now I see them in my neighborhood weekly. I have watched them steal my Chow Chow dog 's food out of her dog bowl. Missy's dog food Glue ,a combo of chicken, beef,  and liver nuggets. The Cardinals favored the chicken flavor. I have done several crafts using  faux  Cardinal birds. My local Dollar   Store  included faux Cardinal birds with their Christmas displays. I buy a few every year. My Mom have a couple perched on the shelf in her kitchen. I display Cardinals and candles in my family room window during the  Christmas  Holiday. This year, I collected cut outs of   Cardinals from  the cellophane   wrapper on my paper napkins and toilet paper. I finally found a plain white planter that I could use in my next craft project.  ...

SENIOR LADY: CHRISTMAS PROJECTS! #6

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  7   I have a plastic bag full of toilet paper rolls .  I began saving them after I saw websites creating numerous unique crafts with them . I even made a purple bracelet using toilet paper rolls, a few years ago. During my search for ideas for Christmas projects, I discovered many new things. Crafters are still advancing in their toilet paper rolls projects.  After viewing  these  craft sites, I've made lots of toilet paper roll angels .   There are several  toilet paper roll Christmas trees online.   I was intrigued after viewing a new style of Christmas   tree. It had  two trees and  tree stand cut from one  toilet   paper roll. I was inspired to create  my version   of this craft.   Here are details for my project: Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Tree : NEED: 1- Recycled toilet paper roll Green Acrylic Paint 2- Gold Pipe Cleaners , 12 Inches Gold Gem Stickers Gold Metallic Ribbon: 1\8 Inches Wide ...

SENIOR LADY: CHRISTMAS PROJECTS! # 5

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  I am  continuing to hunt for ideas for  future  Christmas  projects. The Dollar Store continues to add new stock of Christmas  items each week.  They seem to have the  same boring Christmas ornaments and figurines each  year.   I no longer live near popular Craft stores.  I am  forced   to be creative with the traditional items.   Driving forty miles to get fancy Christmas decor isn't an option for me.  I was fortunate to find two types of snow globes . I don't like the round ball shaped snow globes. I decided to see what I could do with the slender shaped globes. There were a few items available that were small enough   to fit inside them. Here are the details for my snow globe project: CHRISTMAS SNOW GLOBE WITH BOOTS: NEED: 1-Snow Globe: 3.58"L x 3.35"W x 2.09"H Christmas Foam Scatter ( Boots, Trees, Snow Flakes),  20 Count Mini Glitter Bows: Red & Green: 12 Count White Christmas Ribbon wi...