2017 Home for the Holidays

2017 Home for the Holidays LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 22, 2017 Page 19 By Angela Reiners E veryone who loves a child smiles with warmth watching him or her “showing off” personally produced handiwork. Having kids create ornaments, outdoor decorations, cards, gift wrap, and centerpieces can be an inexpensive way to add a more personal and memorable touch to your holidays. There are a lot of ideas on what you can do with kids. We’ve narrowed it down to a few of the best ideas and provide basic instructions. Below the article you will find links to the resources with more detailed instructions and photos if needed, and even more ideas. Ornaments Ornaments pasted together by little hands out-rank expensive Tiffany tree jewels. The options and materials are endless, but here are a few to get you started. n Gingerbread cookie and other wood shapes can be found in craft sections. Paint, hot glue ribbon and enjoy for years to come. n Laundry scoops can be used to make ornaments to display pretty winter scenes using cotton balls for snow and adding in miniature animals or people. Nativity scenes can be made the same way. Hgtv.com provides several other ideas for making ornaments. Crafting for the holidays with the kids CONTINUED ===