Recycling paper:Green Holiday Craft

There are a bazillion fun holiday crafts out there online!  Have you seen them all?  I've been collecting a bunch of ideas on my Pinterest page.  As I complete them, and a fewsome I've dreamed up on my own, I'll share them here.

The first one is a great way to use re-purpose last year's holiday cards.  It's good for the environment, and pretty kid friendly!

Gather up your cards.

Punch circles out of them.  I used Martha Stewart's 1 inch scallop punch.

Next, fold them all in half, with right sides facing.  A bone folder helps here to flatten the fold, but is not necessary; you could also use the end of a spoon, or just not bother with that part.  If your arthritis is hurting (!) then hope that your friends sent cheap cards printed on thin paper.  But I suppose if you have little children in the house, you don't have arthritis yet, do you?  The Universe is kind, just one pain at a time;)

Next, glue the backs of the circles together.  As you can see, I used YES!  paste.  For kids, or those like myself that can't stand to get their fingers dirty, a glue stick would be wonderful.  Yeah, that's right!  I'm an artist that doesn't like dirty hands.  We've discussed this before; that's why I like to crochet;)

I decided five was a good number of circles to glue together, but you could use six or seven or what ever you want really.  Now let these dry awhile.

Next use a large needle and thread the globes onto string; I used crochet thread.  The glue gets a little tough in the middle.  I actually ended up bending this needle, so then I went and got a huge honking needle and it didn't bend.  It helps to tie a knot in the thread after each globe.  Space them as you desire.

And ta-da!!  Now go hang them up someplace pretty.
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