If you couldn't already tell, here at Martha Stewart we absolutely love the holidays. That's why we're so excited to announce that our Handmade Holiday Crafts book goes on sale today. Filled with 225 festive projects, this book will be your go-to guide to all things holiday. And, there are tons of creative projects that you can do with your little ones, including a goody bag-covered pumpkin for Halloween, fingerprint stamps for Valentine's Day, and glittered corn and squash for Thanksgiving.
Here's one of our favorite crafts to do with the kids from the brand-new book:
Patch O' Lanterns:
Take an ordinary paper lantern, dress it up with leaves, a stem, and tendrils, and it will assume a totally unexpected identity -- that of a pumpkin. A few craft supplies are all you need to transform the inexpensive globes.
What You'll Need:
Leaf template, scissors, pencil, green paper, white craft glue, pipe cleaners (in dark green and brown), marker, paper lantern, newspaper, brown floral tape, monofilament.
1. Print the leaf template to desired size; cut out. Trace onto green paper and cut out.
2. Glue a dark green pipe cleaner to the leaf's center. For the tendrils, spiral two brown pipe cleaners around a marker, then slide off. Attach leaf and tendrils to a lantern by winding the ends of pipe cleaners around the lantern's wire frame.
3. For the stem, roll a few sheets of newspaper into a tapered shape; cut off the wider end. Starting at the thinner end, wrap with brown floral tape.
4. To attach stem to lantern, continue to wrap brown floral tape around stem and wire frame. hang the lanterns with monofilament.
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Source: http://thefamilyroom.marthastewart.com/2011/09/27/martha-stewarts-handmade-holiday-crafts-book/
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