Phonebook
Christmas Tree
This time of the year many people are looking for holiday related
crafts, suitable for young hands. If you have out-of-date phonebooks,
piling up around the house, consider the following project. It is an
easy way for a youngster to transform an obsolete phone book into a
Christmas tree centerpiece.
Materials Needed:
Phonebook,
or any discarded paperback where the width of the book is close in
measurement to the length. A wide book is essential.
Stapler
Spray
paint (gold or any desired color)
White
glue
Beads,
buttons or any small shiny ornaments
Directions:
Begin
by opening the phonebook to the first page. Take a hold of the upper
right hand corner of the first page. Carefully fold the page over, on
an angle, bringing the corner to the lower left-hand edge of the
page, along the spine of the book. If the page is 10 inches wide, the
corner will fall 10 inches down the left-hand side of the page.
The fold should be straight and creased neatly. Repeat with
each page. When all pagers have been turned down in such a manner,
bring the outside of the back cover and front cover together, and
staple together, forming a "tree".
Spray the tree for the youngster and allow to dry. Then, using
the
white glue, the child can then decorate the outside of the paper tree.
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