Christmas Crafts-Add a Magical Touch With an Old Fashion Christmas Fruit Basket

by Linda Johnson⁽³⁾
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This craft idea is sure to make a colorful and festive splash to your Christmas home dcor, or as the perfect hostess gift. In addition, by using a small strand of clear Christmas lights, it can also make a nice holiday night light in your guest bathroom.

Step 1: Begin by stuffing your Christmas basket or container with newspaper to a height of three quarters of the way up. Using a hot glue gun, apply hot glue to the bottom of one large pine cone and hold firmly against the newspaper till glue bonds. Repeat the process using one large artificial red apple and one large artificial green apple. Continue the above steps alternating between pine cones and apples until the bottom of the basket is full. Once the glue has dried and items have adhered to the newspaper move on to step 2.

Step 2: Start a second layer this time using medium and small size pine cones and apples. Hot glue items to your larger size pine cones and apples until glue bonds firmly in place. Note: you will need to check pine cones and apples making sure none are loose before adding lights. Next, wrap and tuck 1 strand of miniature size clear Christmas lights around the pine cones and apples. The eraser end of a pencil works great for tucking the lights in place between the pine cones and apples. Remember to leave about a one foot leader of the light cord hanging at the back of the basket so lights can be easily plunged in to an electrical outlet. Next, using your ribbons listed below (3/4 inch or smaller) tie a bow around the handle on the left side of the basket. To personalize your basket, hot glue a 3-D foam letter sticker around the top of the handle (see below for photos). Cinnamon sticks would also add a nice smell and could easily be hot glued in to place.

Supplies:

Store bought basket or container with a handle.
Large, medium, and small pine cones
Large, medium, and small artificial apples in red and green
yard red & white candy stripe or plaid satin ribbon ( inch or smaller) Note: for a very large basket, use wider ribbon)
yard green satin ribbon ( inch or smaller) Note: for a very large basket, use wider ribbon)
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks
1 strand of green wired small clear Christmas lights (Single-ended plug)
1 3-D Foam letter sticker used for scrap-booking (Personalize it using any letter, we used the letter "S")
Newspaper

Article submitted Tuesday, April 14, 2009 & read 151 times.

Linda Johnson is an experienced crafter and interior/exterior decorating specialist, sharing her passion by helping friends, family, and clients solve their decorating and craft needs, and is currently the publisher of http://www.showcasetoideas.com, where everyone is invited to show off their own wonderful creations, and find a wealth of craft ideas and decorating projects. Linda's education and practical decorating experience laid the framework for putting together an evergrowing library of how-to articles, video tutorials, and supply resources, while enabling viewers to share her passion by showing off their projects as well at http://www.showcasetoideas.com.

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