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Holiday Card Holder
- Total Time Needed:
- 1-2 Hours
Display the season's cards and photos by tucking them into this fleece-covered tree you can keep on a tabletop or hang on a wall.
- Materials
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- Craft knife
- Scissors
- 2 large pieces of corrugated cardboard, at least 26 by 26 inches
- 1 yard of green fleece fabric
- Hot-glue gun
- Ribbon
- Seed beads
- Star-shaped sequins (with holes)
- Straight pins
- Jewelry or other pliers
- Duct tape
- Stapler (optional)
- Instructions
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Use a craft knife to cut the cardboard into 2 matching triangles with a 26-inch base and height. Cut the fleece into 2 triangles as well, one the same size as the cardboard triangles and the other about 2 inches longer on each side. Center the smaller piece of fleece on the larger one, then stack the cardboard triangles atop the fleece. -
Hot-glue the edges of the larger piece of fabric around the cardboard, folding the corners as shown. -
Turn over the cardboard and crisscross strips of ribbon across the front. Be sure to leave a few inches hanging over each side so you can glue them to the back. -
To secure the ribbons in place, slip a bead, followed by a sequin, onto a pin (one for each ribbon intersection), then push the pins through the front of the cardboard where the ribbons cross.
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Flip the board over again and use pliers to bend the end of each pin against the cardboard (a parent's job), then cover each pin with a square of duct tape. Now glue the ends of the ribbons to the back of the triangle, and let the glue dry completely. -
To display your card holder, lean it against a wall or staple a loop of ribbon to the back for a hanger.
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