Crafts : Christmas / Hanukkah / Kwanzaa : Holiday Shoebox: Clay Snowflake and Folded Reindeer Ornaments : Home & Garden Television

We started out our Shoebox segment today with an item that was from a viewer who is also a former guest on the show, Bob Wiley, whom some of you may remember as a polymer clay artist. Bob is the one who made the clay look like wood...REALLY like wood. His contribution to the Shoebox was clay, but this time he made an item that is usually made from paper. Hanging on an ornament holder was Bob’s rendition of one of Sandy Jackson’s snowflakes. Sandy was featured in one of our field pieces, where she demonstrated how she designs and assembles her unique "Some Assembly Required" pieces. In any event, Bob stamped out Sandy’s very intricate snowflake, but he stamped his on clay instead of paper. Just the cutting alone is a challenge, much less the involved assembly. I can’t imagine trying to do that, but some of you with more patience than I possess might like to give it a try. It was definitely an ornament that could be classified as a work of art.

For information on Sandy Jacksons’ ornament, go to www.someassemblyrequired.com

To see more of Bob Wiley's work, look for CDS-1710.

On the other end of the difficulty spectrum was the paper reindeer ornament sent in by Lynn Catnes of Nanticoke, Pa., who is a teacher at the Salem Elementary School in Burwick, Pa. Lynn totally enjoys origami and sent in not only her version of a reindeer but a photograph of a tree decorated entirely with origami ornaments, all made by students of the school ranging from first graders through fifth graders. The ornament she guided me through on the show was the folding of a reindeer, which she had her fifth graders do, although Lynn did add one touch that might make it considered not TRUE origami. She added cut out ears and antlers. It looked...well, it looked like a reindeer and might encourage some adults to try the same thing that the fifth graders did with such enthusiasm!

To fold your own reindeer, follow the photo instructions below.

Also in this Episode

Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDW-703
•	Personalized Place Card
•	Snowman Pen
•	Holiday Shoebox: Clay Snowflake and Folded Reindeer Ornaments
•	Audience Show and Tell: Coffee Can Snowman, Clay Santa Pin and Necklace

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