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Cone Table Santa
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This week's Craft of the Week is brought to us by popular craft expert and author Kathy Ross. Cone Table Santa can be found in Kathy's wonderful book Christmas Decorations Kids can Make.

This craft  makes an excellent centerpiece for any table.  Children who are 4 years old and older will have a good time making their own Santas.

Cone Table Santa

What You Need:

• Old Cone shaped party hat
• Red poster paint and a paintbrush
• Red and white pipe cleaners
• Green ribbon, 1/4 inch wide two wiggle eyes
• White craft glue
• Red, green and pink construction paper
• Scissors
• Fiberfill
• Small red pom-pom
• Newspaper to work on

What you do:

1. Paint the entire outside of the party hat red.
2. Cut a 2 1/2 inch (6-cm) circle from the pink paper for a face.  Glue the face about 2 inches (5cm) down from the point of the hat.
3. Glue a band of fiberfill all the way around the hat just above the face to form the base of the Santa hat.  Glue  a ball of fiberfill at the point of the hat.
4. Glue fiberfill on both sides of the face for hair and along the bottom of the face for a beard.
5. Glue the two wiggle eyes on the face below the hat.   Glue on the red pom-pom for a nose.
6. Glue the two ends of a strip of ribbon around the Santa for a belt.
7. Cut two arms from the red paper and two mittens from the green paper. Glue a mitten on the end of each arm and glue an arm on each side of the Santa.  Glue fiberfill across the cuff of each arm to look like fur.
8. Twist two 2 1/2 inch (6 cm) pieces of pipe cleaner, one red and one white, together to make a candy cane.  Fold the mitten of one hand around the candy cane and glue it in place to look like Santa is holding the candy.
   
   HO! HO! HO!
   Merry Christmas

Kathy's Christmas Wreath
How do you decorate a small space?
Craft author Kathy Ross says, "My parents are in their late 80s and have moved from a large house to a small bungalow in a managed care facility. They could take only a small number of their many lovely things, so Christmas ornaments was not a high priority. Here's a great way to make a gift and bring back the memories of our many decades of Christmases as a family, without crowding their limited living space.

Kathy's Bottle Cap Ornaments
This week's Craft of the Week is brought to us from Kathy Ross the popular craft book author and craft expert. Kathy's Bottle Cap Ornaments are charming and gives us a creative way to use all those bottle caps from soft drinks and other products. Bottle Cap Ornaments are featured in her book More Christmas Ornaments Kids Can Make along with almost 3 dozen other wonderful crafts. Each craft comes complete with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step- pictures of the crafts.

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The Candy Cane Story
by Joy Nall, Amy Floyd Gillette, Thomas G. Nall


A wonderful Christian book revealing the symbolism behind the candy cane. The creation of the candy cane was a gift by a candy maker who wanted to share the beautiful story of Jesus through his candy. "The Candy Cane Story" brings to life Mr. Sugarbaker, the candy maker, and his delightful gift. May "The Candy Cane Story" spread Christmas cheer, along with love, hope, and peace to all throughout the year.