Miniature Candy Cones, Snow Ball Garland and A Sticker Cross
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| Left, tiny Christmas candy cones are made by cutting cardboard circles in half and then winding these into cone shapes, tape the cone shapes in place and trim off the parts at the top to form perfect candy containers. String seed beads together for the handles and tape these in place before decoupage is applied to the surfaces. Center, using a needle and thread string together white pom poms. Add a little glue and glitter to finish the snowball garland. Right, tape a thin wire hanger to the backside of a cross sticker to make this simple religious ornament for a dollhouse tree. |
Tiny Cotton Toad Stools
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| Left, shaped cotton batting toad stools before painting. Center, paint the caps red with white polka-dots. Right, see one hanging on a tiny tree. Learn how to make these ornaments larger for a real tree here. |
American Flags, Miniature Baubles and Butterflies
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| Left, American flag pics for cupcakes make cute decorations for a doll patriotic Christmas tree. Center, these little plastic baubles are mass produced for tiny trees. Right, tiny, tiny glass bead butterflies just need little hooks before hanging these on our doll's Christmas tree. |
Leaping Reindeer and Cotton Batting Rudolf
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| Left, these leaping, red glitter reindeer where at one time parts of a garland. But, I decided to recycle them into smaller ornaments for our 18 inch dollhouse. Center, the cotton wrapped Rudolf prior to painting. Right, see both ornament types finished and hanging on a doll-sized white Christmas tree. |
Beaded Garland
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| Strings of faux pearls may be purchased from shops selling sewing notions. These make perfect tiny garlands for miniature Christmas trees! |
Parlor Birds
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| Left, the beginning supplies used to make these cotton batting birds in miniature. Center, you can see the stage for this craft mid-way. The feathers are wrapped into the body with cotton and glue. Right, our ''parlor birds'' are ready to spy on naughty children. These are German types, once made from glass. The parlor birds, so my mother-in-law once said, would fly away to tattle on children to Santa Claus if they misbehaved. |
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