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Styrofoam Snowflake Ornaments

by Kathleen George

Your home will sparkle for Christmas when you make these simple Styrofoam* Snowflake Ornaments, glittering with gold and silver.

Snowflake Ornaments

Supplies:

STYROFOAM* Brand Products:
Balls: 2" or 3" (select size according to preferred finished size; models used 2" and 3" balls)
Block, 2" thick

Other Materials:

Acrylic craft paint: gold, silver

Chenille stems: silver, gold

Wire nippers

Wooden skewer

Thick, white craft glue

Directions:

1. Insert wooden skewer in foam ball and use as handle while painting. Paint ball your choice of gold or silver. Insert skewer in foam block while paint dries, or, place skewer in cup.

2. Cut chenille stems to varying lengths according to your design; bend and form pipe cleaners to create snowflake designs. Models used 3" - 4" stems. The stems on the golden snowflake were curved in half to form a loop. For the silver snowflake, a 2" chenille stem was folded in half and twisted around a 4" stem, 1" from the end.

3. The chenille stems are attached to the ball using chenille "staples". Form 3/4" pieces of chenille stems into a u-shape. Place end of chenille stem on ball, place chenille staple over stem, and insert chenille staple into ball.

4. To hang, bend chenille stem to form a hook' glue and insert end into ball.

*Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company

Project reprinted courtesy of The Dow Chemical Company, Manufacturer of Genuine STYROFOAM(R) Brand Foam.

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