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Natural Holiday Projects

While thanksgiving has come and gone here in Canada, its still up and coming for my American friends and family. Thanksgiving is a fun holiday to decorate for because its so simple. If you already have all items up, awesome, your 90% there! We didn’t have thanksgiving dinner at our own home this year, so we didn’t even have a table setting to share! I do have one simple project that I made with the kids, which is an in between project for Christmas. I will explain…

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The first week of school Calgary had a freak snow storm in between sunny beach days. This meant lots of wet, heavy snow which broke a lot of trees. Being the inventive maker that I am, I immediately thought of a few crafts I could make using wood logs. I really wanted to make a large sized wood charger to use as a wall hanging or place mat on my dining table, but it required a chain saw to cut wood slices that large.

I used my chop saw to cut some of the branches into thin slices. I then drilled two holes into the top and strung them together with twine. This gives me a simple wood garland I can use for any holiday. It works perfectly with my fireplace mantle. See my sugar skulls I made in last months Cricut challenge? I love how easy it was to add them vinyl stickers to an old candle.

I used my Cricut Explore to cut out some vinyl letters spelling give thanks. Perfect for thanksgiving. I love having the Cricut to make these simple crafts. I am planning on updating it or Christmas decor as well. Check back for more projects with these wood slices.

*please excuse the horrible lighting. It was late before I could get a picture without kids in it. I will try to take more tomorrow*