The steps below follow the order of the work for this holidays project.
….on the eleventh day of Christmas my blog friend gave to me….This would have been the well fitted 9th day, for Nine ladies dancing. I just didn’t get them done in time. And so they are now the eleventh day, so oh well. Lets just change the song to say Eleven Ladies Leaping? Huh? What do you think?
AngelI am going to start with the angel though. I got the template and option from Martha. Also here is a picture from their site that shows it as a table decoration. I think it is too fun!
So the instructions are straightforward. (are you detecting a theme? I really like crafts to be straightforward!) Print template from Martha’s link above. Then draw it on plate. (or free hand it if your really good… by the way, I didn’t free hand it!) Embellish the edges with a hole punch, any way you choose. I also cut the edges of the wings with decorative scissors. Then you just fold it around and slide the two cut slits together, and this is what you get. Dancing Ladies These are so fun, especially if you are or ever were a dancer. I wasn’t… bummer, I still like them though! First, I googled for Ballerina silhouettes. I printed a few on cardstock and glued them to the back of my decorative paper, it wasn’t card stock. For this decoration you want to have heavy paper.Now, cut out the silhouette.
I cut out some half moon tissue paper tutu’s with pinking sheers, but I realized, a full circle would have worked too, then folded in half, which would have hidden the staples more easily. (you could also glue the tissue paper like the ornament in Day 7, to give the skirt volume) I just gathered into the center and stapled. Then I added a printed paper on top, stapled them together and glued a small piece over the staples. Lastly, glue it to the Ballerina body.
I did a single layer skirt with a decorative top, all just glued in place.
Finally I did a folded circle version of just tissue paper. And just folded it over to hid the staples and glued it in place.
