Monday, December 19, 2011

How to make a pretty dove ornament-

This is a pretty ornament for  your Christmas Tree! 

The supplies you are going to need to make the pretty dove ornament are:
  • White Index Cards
  • White Paper 
  • A Gold Pen
  • Glue
  • Ribbon
  • A Hole Puncher
  • Scissors
  • A crafty person like you! 
  1. The first step to making a dove is drawing a dove on one of the white index cards. Before you cut it out; draw things on your dove. Maybe an eye, a beak and a pretty tail design. 
  2. Next, you cut out your dove and cut a little slit in the middle of the dove's back. Make sure not to make the slit too large.
  3. Then fold your piece of paper. Fold front and back, front and back until the whole piece of paper is folded like a fan.
  4. For the next step, cut in the middle of the paper a semicircular edge. ( Do not unfold before cutting!!!!) This will be the  wings of your dove. Now, glue all your non - semicircular edges together. Then cut a slit in the middle of the glued edges. This is a very hard step!
  5. Then, you put the slits together. The slits won't stay together FOREVER, so you need to glue down both of the sides of the wings to the sides of the dove.
  6. After you glue down your sides, fan the wings out and glue them down to the dove also.
  7. Finally, punch a hole into the top of the wing with your hole puncher. Then cut some ribbon about 7 inches long.  Take your ribbon and put it through the hole and make a knot at the top of the ribbon.
You can enjoy the dove ornament hanging from your tree, just in time for Christmas!

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