Guest Author - Diane Claus

Pom Pom Wreath

All Ages
You will need:
-Paper plate
-Red and green pom poms any size
-Glue
-Scissors (for younger children an adult should do the cutting)
-Yarn
Optional
-Hole puncher

Fold the plate in half and make a small cut in the center. Unfold the plate and using the small cut insert the scissors and cut out the center part of the plate. The small the hole the wider the wreath. Glue the pom poms on the plate until it is covered. You can use a hole puncher or the scissors to make two holes about an inch apart. Use the yarn to make a small loop to hang the wreath.

Pom Pom Tree

All Ages
You will need:
-Empty toilet paper roll
-Lots of green pom poms of different sizes
-Paper plate
-1/4 inch pom poms
-Red
-Yellow
-White
-Scissors
-Glue
-Yellow construction paper

Sit the empty toilet paper roll in the middle of the paper plate and tape it down. Glue green pom poms around the base of the toilet paper roll. If you want it wider then add more pom poms. Keep going until you like what it looks like.

Cut out two stars that are the same size from the construction paper. Cut a slit half up the middle of one and half way down the middle of the other. Using the slits create a star for the top of the tree.

Trim off or decorate any of part of the plate that remains.