Easy as ABC...

I had such trouble on what to post today. I have such a backlog of things to share with you. How did this happen?!?!?

Oh well, just means I'll have lots of posting material for you guys. :)  I want to share with y'all a craft that Dev and I did for the kids' Christmas tree. I ended up having to recycle a bunch of the ornaments that he and I made last year, and I needed something quick and easy until I can fill the gaps.


So Dev and I sat down and made some ABC ornaments. :)

What you'll need:
Chipboard letters
Glitter
Plastic Cups
Glue
Jute
Paintbrush

What you'll do:
Gather a clean and large work surface. I {ingeniously} picked my kitchen table, because food and glitter go really well together. More on that later.

This is a neat little glitter pack that I picked up from Michael's. It has 16 colors, but I opted not to use the black or the brown glitter. They will  live on elsewhere. :)  

 My chipboard letters had some extra baggage, but I decided to use some of them. I have used some of these letters for other projects and I had to use the circles because said letters were no longer there.  :)

Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of the glittering process, but I painted the glue onto the letters and then I put them into a plastic cup. One cup for each color glitter. Then I let Dev pour the glitter into the cups and gently shake them around to make sure the letters were completely covered in glitter. Then I fished them out and laid them on the newspaper magazine paper. :)

I do love me some glitter. :) 

 So after the glitter and glue dry it's time to attach them to some ribbon jute. I cut each length of jute to 18". I cut 8 pieces total. I knotted each end. Then I dabbed a spot of glue on the back of the letters, and then just pressed the jute into the glue. Dev wanted the alphabet in the right order so we had ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL, MNOP, QRS, TUV, XXYZ.

Look at all that glitter on my table. le sigh.

Then just wait for the pretties to dry. Oh scroll down one picture. You'll see where the food comes in.

I really hope that none of the guys ingested glitter with our mac 'n cheese burgers. Mmmmm, burgers.....Oh sorry...back on track.

Here are the lovelies on the kid's tree.....They're so darling. I love them!  

Next week, I will be showing off the house in a Holiday Open House going on all week next week. On Thursday, December 9th, I will be posting up a linky party, and I am cordially inviting all of you to post up your Christmas Trees! I would love to have a showcase to show off your wonderful decorations the next week!

I hope that you guys are as excited as I am! Have a great day everyone and enjoy it!


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