How To Make It
- Protect your surface by using
wax paper or plastic grocery bags. You can use newspaper, but
I find that the project tends to stick to it and the newspaper
print transfers to the Popsicle sticks.
- Glue 11 Popsicle sticks long sides
together in a row. (see Photo 1)
- Glue 6 Popsicle sticks long sides
together in a row. (see Photo 1)
- Glue 2 Popsicle sticks long sides
together in a row. (see Photo 1)
- Stack and glue 8 Popsicle sticks
on top of each other. (see Photo 2)
- Create another stack of 8 Popsicle
sticks.
- Take one stack of 8 Popsicle sticks
and glue to the (11 stick) longest row, along the longest side.
(see Photo 3)
- Repeat with other stack of 8 Popsicle
sticks.
- Glue the row of 2 Popsicle sticks
at one end of the recipe holder to create the bottom. (see Photo
4)
- Glue the row of 6 Popsicle sticks
on top of the stacks of 8 Popsicle sticks, and adhering to the
bottom edge of the recipe holder. (see Photo 5)
- Turn recipe holder over. Glue
2 Popsicle sticks together to create a V shape and attach
to the top of the recipe holder to create a hanger. (see Photo
6)
- Let dry completely.
- Rubber stamp design on ribbon
and at the top of the recipe cards. Add a silk flower if desired.
- Give this useful present to your
mother, aunt, grandmother, or anyone who likes to cook!
Tips
Ask at your local craft store if you can have the flower blooms
that fall off on the floor. Generally children's watch for the employee
sweeping the floor and ask them for the flowers they have swept
up.
Felt or construction paper could be used to make the flowers as
well. Attach the child's picture on the front of the holder for
a decoration that Mom will love. You may wish to cover the picture
with Con-Tact paper to protect it from food splashes.
Another idea for decorating
would be to use the "Woodsies" shapes to create designs
on the front of your recipe holder. If you put the points of 4 hearts
together, it creates a flower. Add a tiny circle in the middle for
the stamen.
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