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Jingle Bell Card Display
Big bells can be used for more than their good looks and sweet sound. Tip them over to create the perfect perch for your holiday cards.
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What You Need
- Shallow container
- Narrow and medium-width ribbon
- Glue gun and hotmelt adhesive
- Floral foam
- Natural or artificial greenery
- Hacksaw
- Seven 3-3/8-inch jingle bells
- Drill
- Green spray paint
- 1/8-inch-diameter dowel
- Red bells in assorted sizes
- Floral wire
How to Make It
- Hot-glue the medium-width ribbon around the sides of the container, then glue the narrow ribbon over it.
- Hot-glue floral foam inside the container and fill with greenery.
- Using a hacksaw, cut slits in the top of each large bell.
- Drill a 1/8-inch diameter hole in the bottom of each bell.
- Spray-paint the bells green; let dry.
- Insert a 3-inch length of dowel into the hole at the bottom of each bell and reinforce with hot glue.
- Insert the bells into the arrangement and slide cards into the bell slits.
- Thread assorted-size red bells onto 12-inch lengths of floral wire to create clusters of berries, leaving a 4- to 6-inch length of bare wire.
- Twist the wire into a loop and twist again to secure the bells in place.
- Push the wire ends into the floral foam.
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I like this idea, i am going to try it and pass it on to some friends.
11/17/2009 08:37:16 PM Report AbuseClever idea. I'm doing this project!
11/3/2009 07:34:19 AM Report Abuse