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Countdown Calendar - Day 24 - Rudolf Tealight Ornament

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Rudolf Tealight Ornament Can you believe this is the last day of our Countdown Calendar this year! I had so much fun coming up with the projects for this year and hope you had fun with them, too! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for supporting Maker Studio. I hope you have a nice holiday and I can’t wait to see what 2023 brings! Don't forget to Make Things + Have Fun this year! xo ~Sarah Instructions Color your Rudolf template using crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Cut out your Rudolf template but leave a small piece between...

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Countdown Calendar - Day 23 - Faux Stained Glass Project

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Faux Stained Glass Project   Instructions:    1 - Tear (or cut) the tissue paper into small pieces and keep the colors separated.  2 - Fold your contact paper in half evenly. Peel the backing off one side of the contact paper. Lay down the contact paper with the sticky part face up.  3 - Lay your black outline FACE DOWN onto the sticky side of the contact paper. Try to put the black outline directly in the center so that there is a border of contact paper around the edge.  4 - Use your tissue paper pieces to fill...

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Countdown Calendar - Day 22 - Polar Bear, Felt Cup Cozy

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Polar Bear, Felt Cup Cozy   Using felt is so much fun because you can do so many things with it! Today you are going to make a cup cozy! Instructions Find a cup you want to use with your cup cozy. (I used my water bottle like in the picture but you can use a mug, glass, plastic cup, etc). Place your felt around the cup to get an idea of where you would like the ears of your polar bear to be. Using a pencil, draw 2 upside down ‘U’s’ about a half inch from the top of...

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Countdown Calendar - Day 21 - Wood Ornaments

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Wood Ornaments Today you're going to color or paint a wood ornament! This is a great time to also catch up on any projects you might have missed so far. Remember! Share your pictures on Instagram of Facebook so I can see your pieces of art.

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Countdown Calendar - Day 20 - Felt Penguin Pennant

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Felt Penguin Pennant Today we have another project that can be used as a winter decoration all season long!   Instructions: Start by cutting out all the pieces of the paper penguin template (it was inside your welcome letter). Next, use the paper templates to trace and cut out the pieces of the felt. Fold down the top of your blue felt so that it makes a long “pocket” and glue it in place. This is where the wooden dowel rod will be inserted. Now you can assemble your penguin on the blue pennant and glue all those pieces. Glue...

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