Our ward has fantastic Christmas parties, almost exclusively due to the vision of one very talented lady. Luckily for all of us, she loves to do this kind of thing and I know everyone looks forward to it each year. Luckily for me, I was asked to help with a portion of the decorations; a sign for the theme of our party. The whole evening was based on the book "The Tale of Three Trees".
I was planning on doing something with forest green cardstock and maybe some gold glitter, but at the last second I stumbled across THIS idea from Uncommon Designs. I knew that's what we needed to do!
I printed out each letter on copy paper and then cut them out to make stencils. I traced each stencil onto cardboard to give the moss some sturdiness. Last, I traced the cardboard letters onto the back of the moss sheets, cut out the moss, and hot glued it to the cardboard. Lots of tracing and cutting, but well worth it, I love the way it turned out. I had 20+ letters to make, each letter was about 10.5 inches tall, so buying the nice wood ones from the craft store was not in the budget. The cardboard worked great and is a nice alternative if you need more than just a few letters.
I used coupons to buy the moss sheets (from Hobby Lobby in the floral section) and just used some cardboard boxes that were in my garage. The whole project cost me about $23 dollars, with some leftover moss to spare.
The party was wonderful and I think everyone had a great time. The food was fabulous and the decorations were amazing. We had a short presentation for the kids including reading the book together and singing some Christmas songs. Santa came and passed out candy canes. The rest of the time was spent stuffing ourselves silly with yummy breakfast foods and talking with friends. A perfect night...can't wait until next year!
We had several real Christmas trees donated and then given away to families in need after the party. The whole room smelled like an evergreen forest....mixed with french toast and bacon.
Hot Chocolate Stand with all the fixings
Merry Christmas, everyone!
4 comments:
I had heard about this party a day late ;.(
I would have loved to attended this activity ;.)
It looks FANTASTIC you all did a wonderful job together for sure. How you will top this next year will be amazing ;.)
Lots of fun and food was enjoyed for sure.
;.)
So wonderful! So glad you took pictures. It was such a great night. The sign turned out perfect!
Ummmm.... wow
HOLY COW! You guys do go all out! WOW. Can I come to your ward party?? :-)
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