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Recycle Old Ornaments
EXERCISE CAUTION
Materials needed:
Old Christmas Ornaments
Large Bowl
Dishwashing Liquid
Paper Towels
Small Scrap of Fabric
Bleach
Directions:
1.To remove the color from the outside
of the ornament, immerse it in some warm soapy water. Let the
ornament stand several minutes and then rub it with your fingers
or a paper towel. Rinse thoroughly.
2.To remove the silver from the inside
of the ornament, place a small scrap of fabric inside the ornament
and add a small amount of bleach and agitate until clear. Rinse
the ornaments with clean water and allow to dry. The bleach can be
reused for all ornaments necessary.
After the Ornaments are Clean
Some great ideas for decorating the old ornaments when they
are clean.
** Fill the ornament with
sparkling box stuffing or potpourri.
** Use a gold, silver, red, or
green paint pin to write on the ornament. Designs can also be made
on the outside of the ornament with the special paint point paint.
** Pour some paint inside the
ornament and roll it around until the ornament is coated. Turn the
ornament upside down and let the extra paint drain into a
container for reuse. Several colors give a rainbow effect or
layers can be made by letting a paint dry before adding another
color.
** "Metallic-Look" or
"Stone-Look" paints make a beautiful ornament. The paint
inside leaves the ornament always shiny. These ornaments are
beautiful when grouped together in several colors in a basket or a
large bowl. Let the paint dry completely before reinserting the
top of the ornament.
** A glitter glue gun stick can
be used to decorate the outside of the ornament.
** Cut .05 weight circles of
acetate that will fit into the ornaments. Use markers to draw on
the circles or use a color or black and white copy of a photograph
and glue it to the acetate circle with a glue stick. Insert the
circle into the ornament by rolling it around a pencil to get it
into the ornament and then use the pencil to adjust the circle
once it is inside the ornament.
** Use a glue gun or a heavy
regular glue to attach jewels, strings of beads or pearls, ribbon
roses and bows, or anything you can come up with to the outside of
the ornament.
Note: New ornaments can also be
bought when they are on sale and used to make these ideas.
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