Making specially decorated tree skirts for the Holiday season is a great project for both adults and kids. They can be held as a record of the wonderful year that has passed and a good way to record those precious hand or foot prints of your kids. They make wonderful gifts for your family and friends as well.
Consider trying out a few ideas before you settle on one. A few examples are that you might put the whole family's hand prints or even footprints on the skirt. Your youngsters' feet together with their hands would be lovely too. You could even add the paw prints of a pet on one as well. To make sure that each one is perfect, draw around your kid's hand or foot with a marker or pencil, then go back over it in paint. If you don't prefer the paint you could buy extra felt and trace their hands or feet and then cut them out and glue them to the actual tree skirt.
Find the middle of the material square. Fold the material in horizontally, right facet in, and so in vertically. Mark the middle of the square the corner of the fold with the marker.
Cut a hole through the fabric. Place one end of the yardstick at the center, measure outward about thirty inches, and mark another mark. Make a every few inches to generate a great shaped arc. Cut your cloth along this marked area. Make sure the fabric is the right size; you need at least sixty inches of fabric.
Make a gap for the tree stand by opening up the material, place a coffee mug over the middle dot, and trace around it. Cut a line from the edge of the tree skirt to the dot, then cut the circle out.
Hem the edges then lay the material right-side down. Flip over the half-inch hem and add glue and press it down to secure. Keep doing twelve inch sections until you've hemmed the entire thing, then use the same technique to hem the middle hole and the straight-cut edges. Let the adhesive dry. Now you can add adhesive maybe some elegant silver trim around the edges, between two and three inches wide should be big enough. Let the adhesive on the trim dry completely.
Add a generous share of paint onto a dish dish. Individually, have each child coat their hand in it. Next, have he or she press their hand down very strongly on the skirt. Recommend to them to be still and when finished pick their hands up off of it. If the printing are irregular, you can complete small areas with a very thin paintbrush and a dab of paint. Be careful when painting because it is very easy to make a mistake that is irreversible.
Have every kid use the squeeze bottle of paint to write down her name next to her hand print. Again, practicing on paper may be useful. Cut the ornament form from the felt, use the squeeze bottle of paint to add the date, and let it dry. Glue the ornament onto the skirt, close to the hand prints. Place the middle hole round the tree stand and arrange the skirt around the base or wrap up a few of your freshly made tree skirts for gifts.
Consider trying out a few ideas before you settle on one. A few examples are that you might put the whole family's hand prints or even footprints on the skirt. Your youngsters' feet together with their hands would be lovely too. You could even add the paw prints of a pet on one as well. To make sure that each one is perfect, draw around your kid's hand or foot with a marker or pencil, then go back over it in paint. If you don't prefer the paint you could buy extra felt and trace their hands or feet and then cut them out and glue them to the actual tree skirt.
Find the middle of the material square. Fold the material in horizontally, right facet in, and so in vertically. Mark the middle of the square the corner of the fold with the marker.
Cut a hole through the fabric. Place one end of the yardstick at the center, measure outward about thirty inches, and mark another mark. Make a every few inches to generate a great shaped arc. Cut your cloth along this marked area. Make sure the fabric is the right size; you need at least sixty inches of fabric.
Make a gap for the tree stand by opening up the material, place a coffee mug over the middle dot, and trace around it. Cut a line from the edge of the tree skirt to the dot, then cut the circle out.
Hem the edges then lay the material right-side down. Flip over the half-inch hem and add glue and press it down to secure. Keep doing twelve inch sections until you've hemmed the entire thing, then use the same technique to hem the middle hole and the straight-cut edges. Let the adhesive dry. Now you can add adhesive maybe some elegant silver trim around the edges, between two and three inches wide should be big enough. Let the adhesive on the trim dry completely.
Add a generous share of paint onto a dish dish. Individually, have each child coat their hand in it. Next, have he or she press their hand down very strongly on the skirt. Recommend to them to be still and when finished pick their hands up off of it. If the printing are irregular, you can complete small areas with a very thin paintbrush and a dab of paint. Be careful when painting because it is very easy to make a mistake that is irreversible.
Have every kid use the squeeze bottle of paint to write down her name next to her hand print. Again, practicing on paper may be useful. Cut the ornament form from the felt, use the squeeze bottle of paint to add the date, and let it dry. Glue the ornament onto the skirt, close to the hand prints. Place the middle hole round the tree stand and arrange the skirt around the base or wrap up a few of your freshly made tree skirts for gifts.
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