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Mod Cube Ornament

Help the kids make these colorful, craft foam-covered ornaments using a few on-hand supplies and cool cubes of STYROFOAM brand foam. They make excellent gifts for everyone on your list, and they add a bright pop of color to your Christmas tree.  You can also use these Mod Cube Ornaments to embellish a holiday gift package, as well.

Handmade Mod Christmas Ornaments

Materials:

  • 3" STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam Cube
  • Craft foam, colors of choice: sheets; pre-cut shapes (optional)
  • Coordinating curling ribbon
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Compass or small circle template (optional)
  • Scissors
  • Extra-long straight pins (optional)
  • Thick, white craft glue

 

Instructions:
Closely supervise young children with scissors, or cut pieces for them.

  1. Use sharp pencil to trace opposite sides of foam cube onto back of one craft foam sheet; cut out and glue to cube. Repeat for remaining sides, using second craft foam color. Repeat for top and bottom. Trim excess at cube edges. Pin corners to secure; let dry. Remove pins.
     
  2. Refer to photo to glue pre-cut or hand-cut geometric shapes such as circles, squares and stripes to cube sides; let dry.
     
  3. Use scissors point to poke small hole in one cube corner. Cut 6" length from curling ribbon; knot ends to form hanging loop. Glue knot into hole; let dry. If desired, tie second ribbon length into bow with curled ends; glue to base of hanger.

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