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.
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.
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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.
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Refer to photo to glue pre-cut or hand-cut geometric shapes such as circles, squares and stripes to cube sides; let dry.
- 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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