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How to Make Cookie-Cutter Christmas Ornaments
Looking for an easy way to trim the tree? Create beautiful handmade Christmas ornaments out of metal cookie cutters and pretty paper.
By:
Layla Palmer
Materials Needed:
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- metal cookie cutters
- decorative scrapbook paper
- embroidery thread, thin ribbon or twine
- utility knife
- scissors
Apply Glue
Apply a few small dabs of hot glue around the edge of a metal cookie cutter.
Press to Paper
Quickly press the glue-covered edge of the cookie cutter to the decorative side of a piece of scrapbook paper.
Cut Paper
Use an X-Acto knife to cut around the outside edge of the cookie cutter.
Tie a Knot
Make a small loop out of a short piece of thread, ribbon or twine.
Decorate Tree
Hang the ornaments on the tree, and step back to admire your work.
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