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213 - Holiday Special |
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Go Nuts! |
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Materials:
- A selection of hard-shelled nuts for dipping into paint (walnuts,
almonds, hazelnuts, pecans)
- small brass eye hooks and a 2 foot length of thin gauge brass
wire
- hot glue gun
- scissors
- small wire cutters
- sticks, bamboo skewers are cheap, easy to find and work the
best
- metallic artist enamel paints in colours like gold, silver,
bronze and copper
- varying lengths and colours of gossamer or organza ribbon
- small, open mouthed glass (an old one from your cupboard)
For sectioned nuts, like a walnut, screw a small brass eye hook
into the top, where the sections meet. For the hard-shelled hazelnut,
coil the brass wire into small circles. It should look like a spring
when you’re done. With your wire cutters snip off entire “circles”
as you need them. These you’ll then hot glue onto the top of a harder
shelled Brazil nut.
Now the fun begins. After giving the paints a good shake, dip the
nut into the paint. Place the nut onto a stick and hang it over
a paper-towel lined bowl to dry. For larger nuts or if you hot glue
two or three almonds together, pour the paint into the open-mouthed
glass to dip.
Here’s even more fun. Once the nuts are dry, pass some gossamer
ribbon through the hooks and tie nice bows at the top. Invert the
ribbon on each so that the bow nestles around the nut decoration.
These ornaments will last for years to come. Who knows, you may
in fact start a new family tradition! |
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