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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Twelve Traditions of Christmas: #4 Jesus' Life in Ornaments

To keep the focus of Christmas on Christ, use your tree to tell His-story by creating these easy-to-make ornaments. 
You'll need: clear plastic ornaments (ones that open in half), print outs of Jesus on photo paper (I used Google images to find them), brown paper shred, gold ribbon and rick-rack, and a glue gun.
Directions: Trace the outline of the ornament on the print out; cut the circle a few mm smaller than the traced outline all around.  Write the scriptures that correspond to the photo of Jesus on the back of the cut out, and place it inside the ornament with a few pieces of paper shred.  Attach the back of the ornament and hot glue rick-rack around where both pieces meet.  Tie a bow at the top. 
I made 24 ornaments, one to meditate on each day in December through Christmas Eve.