It's no secret that setting up the house for Christmas time is exciting, but also a little daunting... it means climbing into lofts and foraging around in the back of cupboards or the dark recesses of your garage in order to unearth all the boxes and storage tubs so you can rediscover all of last year's decorations. Inevitably, strangely, things that were packed away in good working order last year are now suddenly twisted, bent, tangled, or broken... how does that happen when they've been sitting still for a year? I can only assume that the same mischievous elves who steal socks from the washing line are at work - darn you elves!
So - what to do with a broken Christmas bauble?
Turn it into a magic wand of course!
Here's what you'll need to refashion broken baubles into boho magic wands for your children:
- a broken (plastic) bauble with all the old fixing paraphernalia removed,
- a timber kebab skewer
- a drinking straw
- a fabric flower (or similar)
- a piece of paper or fabric ribbon (twirling ribbon or other will also work well),
- beads and other embellishments are optional - really - anything goes (simply aim to keep them in the same family of colours as the bauble you use.)
Here's how to make the boho magic wand:
- slip the drinking straw over the skewer.
- experiment with fixing different things onto the pointy-end of the skewer and then always slip the broken bauble on last.
- once you have an arrangement you like, apply a small blob of glue, tape or temporary-tac onto the end to fix it all in place (you may find as I did that they stay on simply because there is so much wedged in at the one time - but this won't last once the children get hold of the wands).
Waste not want not, I always say - if you happen to discover breakages in your Christmas stash - don't toss it; upcycle it with your imagination and a few minutes of your time!
Happy decorating everyone!
Linda.
