Leftovers aren't just for the refrigerator! In this case, these were leftovers from other projects because they were capless. Either broken or missing caps. They were headed for either the thrift store (because one Maker's trash is another Maker's treasure) and then...my brain had a moment.
Supplies:
- Small Wood Box (Dollar Tree)
- Bamboo Skewer
- Evergreen Pipe Cleaner
- Leftover Ornaments
- Leftover River
- Letover Embellishments
- Double Sided Tape, Hot Glue
I had one of those small square boxes Dollar Tree always has in my stash. I also had some leftover black velvet ribbon bows, so I undid one, smoothed it out, applied strips of double-sided tape all around the edges, and then attached the ribbon as shown.
The ribbon was wider than the box so I made slits in the corners, applied more DS tape inside, folded the ribbon over and inside, and done! I chose to keep it simple but you could paint the top of the box in a coordinating color to your ornaments, or Mod Podge some scrap paper on top. Whatever you choose!
I used my glue gun to create a hole in the opposite side of the ornaments, glued the first ornament to the top of the box, then threaded a bamboo skewer (with a dab of glue at the bottom to secure) then threaded the rest of the ornaments as shown.
I cut an evergreen pipe cleaner down to fit around the bottom and glued down with hot glue. I also let glue drip down the sides of each ornament like melting ice, and painted it white once it set.
Tied some ribbon in between each ornament, and then used up some bottle brush trees and wood snowmen leftover from other projects.
TIP: Those picks we use to weed vinyl? Work great to remove pesky hot glue threads like the one I missed in this pic.
Simple. Quick. Repurposed!
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