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Giant Christmas Tree        Hi friends I have been playing truant from blogland and do forgive me! My daughter who is in 5th grade  was asked by her class teacher to bring a paper christmas tree to decorate the bulletin board in her class! Origami Christmas Tree        We tried drawing a giant tree off hand but it wasn't so easy and after several unsuccessful attempts, we decided to make an Origami tree...a giant version of the ones I have shared here in this Paper Tree Tutorial  DIY Christmas Tree  We used large squares of chart paper to make our Giant Christmas tree . In fact making a giant tree was easier than the smaller version!! My kiddo  decorated it with die cut glitter foam ornaments, snowflakes and deers. And added quite a few glitter foam stars too. The tiny balls are thermocol balls and the lacy border was made using doilies! DIY Christmas Crafts My daughter literally spent a whole evening making...

Handmade Paper Star           Hi friends I have been missing from blogland but I have been crafting quite a bit and today jolted myself out of my laziness to come back to blogging and share a picture packed post with you featuring some of the cute Paper Star decorations my daughter and I made for Christmas! Chipboard embellishments I used a Sizzix die to create the large 3 dimensional stars and dressed them with lace and embellishments. Handmade Christmas Decorations Love the  gorgeous leaf lace which I had been hoarding for some time! DIY Paper Star Decorations Don't you just love those little cherries....!They are made of thermocol/styrofoam and were a bargain purchase from my local supermarket! Thermocol Cherries All my stars have cute  red fluffy hooks made out of puffy chenille stem sticks[ pipe cleaners] DIY Paper Stars Used up some lovely Christmas themed chipboard elements I had been hoarding for years! Paper Stars The red star b...