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Recycle Old Ornaments
Recycle Old Ornaments
>From: "Suzy-Q Lewis"
>
>Recycling Old Christmas Ornaments
> (Caution)
>
> Old Christmas Ornaments
> Large Bowl
> Dishwashing Liquid
> Paper Towels
> Small Scrap of Fabric
> Bleach
>
> 1.To remove the color from the outside of the ornament,
> immerse it in some warm soapy water. Let the ornament stand
> several minutes and then rub it with your fingers or a paper
> towel. Rinse thoroughly.
> 2.To remove the silver from the inside of the ornament, place a
> small scrap of fabric inside the ornament and add a small
> amount of bleach and agitate until clear. Rinse the ornaments
> with clean water and allow to dry. The bleach can be reused
>for
> all ornaments necessary.
>
> After the Ornaments are Clean
>
> Fill the ornament with sparkling box stuffing or potpourri.
>
> Use a gold, silver, red, or green paint pin to write on the
> ornament. Designs can also be made on the outside of the
> ornament with the special paint point paint.
>
> Pour some paint inside the ornament and roll it around
> until the ornament is coated. Turn the ornament upside
> down and let the extra paint drain into a container for
> reuse. Several colors give a rainbow effect or layers can be
> made by letting a paint dry before adding another color.
> "Metallic-Look" or "Stone-Look" paints make a beautiful
> ornament. The paint inside leaves the ornament always
> shiny. These ornaments are beautiful when grouped
> together in several colors in a basket or a large bowl. Let
> the paint dry completely before reinserting the top of the
> ornament.
>
> A glitter glue gun stick can be used to decorate the outside
> of the ornament.
>
> Cut .05 weight circles of acetate that will fit into the
> ornaments. Use markers to draw on the circles or use a
> color or black and white copy of a photograph and glue it
> to the acetate circle with a glue stick. Insert the circle
>into
> the ornament by rolling it around a pencil to get it into the
> ornament and then use the pencil to adjust the circle once it
> is inside the ornament.
>
> Use a glue gun or a heavy regular glue to attach jewels,
> strings of beads or pearls, ribbon roses and bows, or
> anything you can come up with to the outside of the
> ornament.
>
> Use Your Imagination! (Gluing the top of the ornament on
> with a glue gun saves a lot of aggravation!)
>
> Note: New ornaments can be bought when they are on sale
> and used to make these ideas.
>
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