Milk Weed Pod Christmas Ornament

When I was a kid, my grandmother lived in the Catskill Mountains in New York. She was such a early recycler, never throwing away anything. She would say...Waste not, Want not!!! That was in the 1970's and she lived her entire life with that mantra. She was 96 when she passed last October, 2008 and I started looking for all the Christmas ornaments that we made with her. Here is a Milk Weed Pod that has been transformed! The outside or back was left natural. The inside, what you see, was coated with glitter and trim. The angel rests on a small tuft of fiber-fil! God Bless you Grandma... you are my recycling angel! ENJOY!

Rustic Woodland Reindeer

Hello, my name is Jean Marie .
Excited to be a part of the Create It Green Team.
Look forward to sharing Eco Friendly projects and ideas with everyone.

Thought I would like to share with you, a fun little project that is not only Eco friendly, but very easy and a fun seasonal decoration for the whole family to create together.
It also makes for a healthy family walk together in the woods.

Supplies needed are some twigs or sticks, a pair of nippers and hot glue.

1.Cut 4 sticks to an even size for the legs.

2. One stick slightly smaller for the body, try to break your stick at the joint so you will be left with a small nub for the tail.

3. for the neck and the head break of a piece of stick that has a branch off , at the top.
This will leave you with a nice head piece.

4. for the antlers it is much easier to use a small twig that has a Y already formed, building up your antlers with small nips of twigs as you go along.
Building your antlers all together before hot gluing to the head is the easiest way to go about this step.

5. Begin with the legs hot gluing to the body and continue to on to the neck & head than antlers.
If you find it uneven just give the legs a quick nip with the nippers.

There you have it...from nature to your home.
You can preserve these deer by adding a coat of sealer...or add to the mulch pile or kindling for the fire place when it is time to take down the Holiday decorations.