Try
making our Christmas paper chain decorations and brighten up your
home for the festivities.
What you will need
What you will need
A needle
Coloured paper
1 sheet A4 card
Scissors
Pencil
Double-sided sellotape
Glue stick
String
Craft knife Ask an adult to help you as needles and
knives can be very sharp!
Instructions
Step
1
Make a cardboard template of your shape. We have chosen a heart
shape. Trace around it on the coloured paper.
Step
2
Cut out the shape and do the same again until you have lots
of coloured shapes. Use different colours!
Step
3
Place all of the shapes on top of each other and with a craft
knife, ask an adult to cut a small cross in the centre of your
shapes.
Step
4
Take the shapes and glue them together in pairs. Place a small
dot at three points around the edge of the shape. Glue the pairs
together so that they overlap neatly.
Step
5
Now take your pairs and glue them all together by putting a
dot of glue in the centre of the shapes.
Step
6
Cut two of the same shape out of the card so that you have one
for each end. Then carefully stick them to each end of your
pile.
Step
7
Now take your string and cut a long piece (this will be the
length of your decoration). Tie
a loop at one end and leave a tail. Stick this tail to the
card with sellotape.
Step
8
Now thread the string through the needle and thread the needle
through the centre of the shapes. Tie another loop at the other
end of the string and stick the tail to the card.
Your
decorations are now ready to hang up! Open out the stack of shapes
and hang up by the loops at each end.
Hang
them across the rooms or the hallway. Try making different shapes
and use lots of different colours!
