I made some felt mistletoe to hang in our entryway. I think it turned out pretty cute.
To make it, I took some dark green felt and cut out mistletoe leaf shapes. I just cut as I went without drawing it out first or making a template. I wanted them all to look a bit different, just like a real plant would. Then I cut out small white circles and glued them to the stems of the mistletoe. I then tied the different pieces of felt mistletoe together with red ribbon and hung it in our entryway.
As gifts for family and friends, I made salt dough ornaments. I decorated them with paint and one with glitter. I made a lot of footprint ornaments since it was E's first Christmas. I also did footprint ornaments for the parents of the babies I watch (it was their first Christmas, too).
I used a recipe for salt dough that I found online. I made two separate batches. The first batch looked great, but I couldn't really get it to dry. I had them for about 3 months drying out and they were dry by Christmas. The second batch bubbled up terribly when I heated them to try to speed up the drying process. I am not sure what caused my problems, but I'm hoping the next time I try, I won't run into the same issues. And I hope whatever recipe you use works for you. I'm not going to share one because it wasn't mine to begin with and it didn't work out very well, but you can find lots of different recipes online. Despite all of my problems, I still think they mostly turned out alright.The rectangle ornaments have snowflakes painted on them.
So sorry this picture is sideways. The onesie ornament says E's name and birthday. The heart ornament with two birds and an egg in a nest says Parents-to-be 2011, which is an ornament I made for us for last year's Christmas.
To do the glitter ornament, I used the method I described in THIS blog post.
Have a great day! -Kristen
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