Several years ago I worked for a museum. It was a living history Victorian museum dedicated to celebrating the story of corn hybridization. Every year I worked there I was in charge of creating Christmas for tours. There were several criteria of authenticity: no electric light, firesafe, simple, under 25$ total.I worried over these many weeks. People expect pretty twinkly lights. People expect elaborate schemes and themes. Ugh. Then a good friend brought me a box of ribbon, some wheat, pine cones, and old post cards. Ah ha! She grinned. We spent a good Saturday tying, twining, and stringing. We invited some neighborhood kids to help, we sat by the fireplace and chatted, we drank hot chocolate until we could burst!
The tree ornaments, tree trimmed by friends and children:
- Red glass balls, each with a ribbon tied at the top
- Wheat, wrapped in bunches with wire and tied with a ribbon
- Pine cones, looped with wire. Sometimes tied in bunches and garnished with ribbon or glass balls
- Postcards, hole punched and tied with ribbon or rafia
- Candy canes! Given as gifts to all who visited
looks awesome tho. :)
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ReplyDeleteI love it, it's absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteFavorite Holiday Movie *Other*
ReplyDeletefor entire family - Elf
for adults - Love Actually
love the postcards on it!
ReplyDeleteYou could also use Christmas cards. That's what we are doing this year! I also remember a thing about making a star out of cards for the topper.
ReplyDeleteYou can also make little boxes out of Christmas cards and put little prizes in the box.
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