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Decorate with easy Christmas crafts

This holiday season add a touch of Christmas cheer to your home with these homemade crafts.

easy christmas crafts

Give guests a fragrant favor

Craft old-fashioned pomanders from oranges and cloves.

YOU'LL NEED (makes 1 pomander):

• 3' satin ribbon, 1" wide • Orange • Dressmaker’s pins • Scissors • 3' ribbon in contrasting color, ½" wide • Glue gun • Whole cloves • 5" x 10" cellophane bag

Wrap 1"-wide satin ribbon around orange vertically. Pin in place; trim ends. Repeat, positioning ribbon around other half of orange. Pin in place. Repeat, layering ½"-wide ribbon on top of 1"-wide ribbon. Tie 1' of either ribbon in bow and glue to top of orange.

Following lines of ribbon, push cloves into orange at ¼" intervals. Fill orange with rows of evenly spaced cloves.

Place pomander in cellophane bag and tie with remaining ribbon.

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