I love the idea of making a special gift for children during the holiday season! This is a gift that little ones won’t see coming and will be completely surprised when opening the them! These will be a wonderful addition to any holiday toy collection and will be so fun to bring out year after year. These holiday magnetic tiles will become a special and cherished holiday toy in your home or classroom! 

Ready to give it a try!? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies for the DIY Leaf Activity for Kids:

• Clear Magnetic Tiles– This activity has been such a big hit that the first set of magnetic tiles that I used is sold out on Amazon and their website! They tend to go back in and out of stock, so you can TAP HERE to see if they are currently available. If they are not in stock, then try the following brands! I have used these as well and they work well for the DIY! This Magna-Tile set comes with 16 tiles and I found its the perfect amount to mix in with our regular colorful set of tiles. Imagsimags also work well and of course Connetix Tiles are gorgeous! 
• Holiday Themed Stickers– This is a nice set of stickers for this activity! This sticker set comes with one set of opaque stickers and the exact same set of matte/translucent stickers. I was a little confused when I first opened the set, so thought I’d mention it here! 
• Light Pad– This is optional, but a fun accessory for any magnetic tile fan! You can see this in action on my Pressed Flower Magnetic Tile Post. 
• Flameless Tea Lights– I started adding these lights to my magnetic tile section of my classroom and they are a big hit! The kids like building towers and adding tea lights to the different levels of their buildings. 

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Here’s How I Made the Holiday Magnetic Tiles:

These are so easy to make! Just peel the stickers and place them on the magnetic tiles. Again, make sure you are peeling the matte/translucent stickers. The opaque stickers definitely do not look as pretty on the tiles!

The poinsettia stickers in this set are GORGEOUS and look pretty when you place a couple of them together on the same magnetic tile! Make sure you cut off any excess sticker that hangs off the side of the tile. 

I absolutely love the Santa and the Merry Christmas tiles! They are so cute and perfect for the holiday season.

These are so pretty when you play with them near a window! The light shines throw them and make beautiful sun catchers. 

If you like these, you might also like my pressed flower magnetic tiles and leafy magnetic tiles! 

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I hope you enjoy this Holiday DIY activity as much as I do!

-Tara

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Air Dry Clay Dish for the Holidays

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I recently purchased these stickers for my pressed flower magnetic tile DIY activity! I thought mushrooms and butterflies would be fun variations for the project, but quickly realized these stickers didn’t work well for that idea. They have a matte outline around the sticker, which I didn’t love on the clear magnetic tiles.

However, I absolutely LOVED the stickers and started thinking about new ways to use them. I tested them out on different surfaces and thought they were perfect on air dry clay! These stickers are very thin / flexible and the matte surface blends in perfectly with the color and texture of clay. 

If you love this craft, you might also love our nature pinch pots!

Ready to make a few dishes? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies:

• Air dried clay 
• Rolling pin
• Small bowl
• Knife
• Stickers- I have these mushroom and butterfly stickers. They are a washi style sticker and are very thin and moldable. I would not use a regular sticker because they would stick out too much and wouldn’t blend in as well with the clay. 
• Metallic paint- I used a metallic gold tempera paint for this project and didn’t love it. I needed to apply several coats and it still didn’t cover well. This gold leaf paint is highly recommended for clay crafts and I will be using this in the future. 
• Mod Podge– We used matte for this project.

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Here’s How We Made Our Clay Trinket Dishes:

Step 1: Prepare clay

Prepare your work space and roll the clay into a ball. Air dry clay is pretty sticky when it’s fresh out of the container, which makes it a little difficult to work with. I suggest letting it sit out for about 10 minutes to let it dry up a bit before starting your clay dish!

I covered a wooden cutting board with wax paper to keep the clay from sticking to the surface. 

Step 2: Roll out the clay trinket dish.

Use a rolling pin to flatten the clay. I suggest using a designated rolling pin for crafting projects. Roll clay until it is about 1/4 of an inch thick. 

Step 3: Cut out clay dish shape. 

Find a small bowl for your dish shape. Place it on top of the flattened clay to cut out the dish. Then, gently pull the excess clay away from the dish shape. If children are involved in this craft, make sure they are using a blunt knife or help them with this step.

Step 4: Lay clay dish in the bowl. 

Use the same bowl as used in step 3. Place the clay in the bowl and let it dry for about 24 hours. Placing the clay piece in a bowl, will help form a slight dip in your dish. After 24 hours, place the clay dish on a drying rack, to dry the underside of clay. The clay will turn slightly tan while drying, but will be a nice shade of white when completely dried. 

Step 5: Paint

Some people sand the edges to make them perfect at this point, but I skipped that step! I personally like the minor imperfections. Once the dishes are completely dry, use metallic paint to form a fancy rim around the dishes. I think this really elevated the look of the pieces! 

Step 6: Stickers

I played around with different sticker designs on the dishes before peeling and sticking. Once I found designs that I liked, I stuck them on the dishes. Carefully place the stickers on the clay dishes, avoiding lines and ripples in the stickers. 

Step 8: Seal the clay trinket dish.

Use a THIN layer of matte Mod Podge to seal the dish. Do not use a lot of sealer for this particular craft. These stickers are so thin, that they will pucker up a bit when covered with Mod Podge, but they should flattened out when dried! 

I absolutely love how these clay trinket dishes turned out! I tried to pick a favorite, but I just can’t decide. Which one do you like the most?!

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I hope you try making a clay trinket dish! I promise, your little nature lovers will love it as much as my boys.

∼Tara

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It’s no secret that I LOVE evergreen crafts! I made these lamps for my mom and mother-in-law for Christmas this year and I wanted to wait to see how they would hold up before I shared it with you all! As you can see in the photos, they still look beautiful months later. The shade of green has lightened just a bit, but still looks very green and tree-like!

I shared one in my Instagram stories about a month ago and many of you wanted to know how to make it, so here is my tutorial. I think you will find that these are extremely easy to make. Sometimes adding just a little detail to something makes all the difference in the world! 

With Father’s Day right around the corner, the gem-less version would make a great handmade gift for dad, grandpa or any other special guy in your life! 

Ready to give it a try!? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies for the Lampshade:

• • Lamp- I used this lamp and like the size and worked well of the craft. Just be aware that this has a USB plug. I own this lamp and this lamp and they are nice options as well!
  • Mod Podge- I used the matte version for the lampshade.
  • Mod Podge brushes 
  • Evergreen pieces- I picked some cedar branches from my yard!
  • Gemstone Stickers– Try adding these stickers if you want to turn your tree into a Christmas tree!

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Here’s How I Made this Tree Lampshade:

Step 1: Gather evergreen pieces.

Head outdoors and collect some branches for your lampshade! I picked different sizes and shapes so I could place them on my lampshade to see which one fits and looks best. These little branches are from our cedar tree. 

Step 2: Trim your evergreen pieces. 

I trimmed the bottom part of the pieces to make them look more tree-like.

Step 3: Add Mod Podge.

Next, add a layer of Mod Podge on the lampshade. I suggest covering the entire side with Mod Podge because even though I used matte, it still looks a bit shiny when dried. 

Step 4: Place evergreen piece on the lampshade. 

Arrange your evergreen piece on the layer of Mod Podge. Make sure it is centered and straight!

Step 5: More Mod Podge and let it dry.

Add a liberal layer of Mod Podge over the evergreen piece. The cedar piece is pretty thick and heavy, so it requires quite a bit of Mod Podge. The evergreen piece might pop up throughout the drying process, so you will probably need to check back on it to make sure it’s pressed down against the lampshade.  The drying process might take a few hours!

I even laid a pair of scissors on the piece of cedar to make sure it dried flat. 

It looked so pretty when finished! I have pictures below of the tree lamp in different settings. The first two pictures show the lampshade with the gem stickers and the third photo shows the lampshade without the gem stickers. 

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I hope you enjoy this nature craft as much as I do!

-Tara

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Evergreen Clay Dishes

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Ice luminaries, also known as ice lanterns, are a fun winter project for both kids and adults! They look beautiful grouped together or try lining your walkway to your front door! Such a beautiful way to welcome people to your home during those cold winter months. 

Ready to make a few ice luminaries?! Here’s what you’ll need–

Supplies:

• Balloons- Try latex balloons if you want to avoid plastic
• Water
• Waterproof tea light candles
• Pressed pieces of nature- There are a couple of things to keep in mind for this project. The luminaries are curved, so the pieces of pressed nature should be pretty thin and flexible/flimsy. They also should not be dyed or they will bleed onto the ice. The large pressed poppy flowers are from this shop and the wildflower mix are from this shop! We removed the stems from the poppy flowers and chose the thinner pieces from the wildflower mix. I love supporting these beautiful pressed flower businesses from Etsy, but these flowers took over a week to arrive at my house. If you need pressed flowers quickly, then I suggest going with Amazon. I’ve used many pressed flowers from Amazon for my crafts and am happy to recommend them as well. For this particular craft, I love this set and this set.

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Here’s How We Made these Beautiful Ice Luminaries:

Step 1:

Fill up the balloons at a sink to your desired size. Then put them outside to freeze! We stuck them in the snow. If you do the same thing, make sure you rotate them around as they freeze. You can also stick them in the freezer. I found sitting them in a small bowl helps them keep their shape in the freezer. 

Step 2:

Once your luminaries are frozen, peel off the balloon. I used a knife to start the process.

Some people let the outside shell of the lantern freeze then peel off the balloon, but I personally like them frozen solid. They are much more sturdy and look very magical!

Step 3:

I like to make a little dent for the candle by running warm water on ice luminary. 

Step 4:

After running warm water on your luminary, it will be slick and shiny. You can try to put your pieces of nature on the luminary now. The flowers and leaves should adhere to the luminary pretty easily. Then, they will freeze when you take them outside. But you might find that the luminary is too wet and might tear your fragile pieces of nature. If that’s the case then head outside!

We tried the indoor and outdoor methods and both worked well! When working outside, I found that a spray bottle of water and snow helped freeze and stick the pieces of nature to the ice luminaries. Just spray some water on the pieces of nature and the cold air will help it freeze the pieces of nature to the luminaries. The snow was helpful for the thicker pieces of nature. That was really like a natural glue!

One thing that I love about this activity, is that the ice luminaries look beautiful during the day and at night! They are really pretty to look at when the sun is shinning on them!

Place waterproof battery operated candles under the luminaries at night and they are so incredibly magical and beautiful! We watched them change from evening to night. Our candles are waterproof and came with a remote control! We placed the luminaries very close to our window, so I could turn them off an on from inside! 

At night, they look like floating orbs! And the reflection against the snow was beautiful. 

The pressed flowers and leaves look so pretty and it’s a cool way to see the details in the pieces of nature! If you give this a try, please tag me @littlepinelearners on Instagram! I can’t wait to see your creations

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I hope you try making these ice luminaries! I promise, your little nature lovers will love it as much as my boys.

∼Tara

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If these look familiar that’s because we made beautiful Christmas bookmarks using the similar supplies. I slightly switched up the process for making these dried flower bookmarks and liked this way just a little more! I cut the bookmarks to size first instead of towards the end of the process. Both ways will work, but this helped with placement of the pieces of nature.

Ready to give it a try!? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies:

• • Wax paper
  • Towel or ironing board
  • Iron
  • Scissors or portable paper trimmer
  • Dried flowers– It’s the middle of winter for us, so I purchased some pressed flowers from Etsy. The large pressed poppy flowers are from this shop and the wildflower mix are from this shop! I love supporting these beautiful pressed flower businesses from Etsy, but these flowers took over a week to arrive at my house. If you need pressed flowers quickly, then I suggest going with Amazon. I’ve used many pressed flowers from Amazon for my crafts and am happy to recommend them as well. I love this set from Amazon. 

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Here’s How I Made these DIY Wax Paper Lanterns:

Step 1:

First, fold a piece of wax paper in half and cut them to the size you would like. The entire piece of wax paper, unfolded, was 7.5 inches by 8 inches. Please experiment with different sized pieces of wax paper and use the size that works best for you!

This portable trimmer isn’t necessary, but makes cutting straight lines much easier. 

Step 2:

Unfold the piece of wax paper and place dried flowers on one side of the crease.

Step 3:

Fold your piece of wax paper over the dried flowers. 

Step 4:

As soon as your iron hits the wax paper, it will fuse together! It’s a neat process to observe. I quickly ran the iron over the wax paper several times, then I flipped it over and did the same thing on that side. 

There may be air bubbles around thicker flowers. That’s ok, it’s impossible to iron all of the air bubbles out. In my experience, since the flowers are already pressed and dried, they are preserved and will keep their vibrant color. 

Step 5:

Now trim your bookmark if necessary. 

I absolutely love how these turned out! They look so pretty when you hold them near a window. We actually made beautiful suncatchers with the same material!

These make a beautiful handmade gift for any holiday or occasion! We plan on handing these out for Valentine’s Day. I think a bookmark and a sweet book make a great gift for a friend! This would make a great birthday or Mother’s Day gift as well!

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I hope you try to make your dried flower bookmark! I promise, your little nature lovers will love it as much as my boys.

∼Tara

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Ready to give it a try!? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies:

• Dried Lavender
• Glue
• Cardboard- Try to find cardboard to repurpose, but try these sheets if you don’t have any. 
• Heart shaped cookie cutter to trace
• Exacto knife– These are very sharp and for adult use only! Cardboard is difficult to cut with regular scissors, so I highly recommend getting an exacto knife. 
• Tape- I tried this biodegradable tape and really liked it!
• Twine or string

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Let your hearts completely dry. Attach the hearts to string with tape and hang in your home! They look so pretty and make the room smell amazing!

You could also keep the hearts loose and write a Valentine message on the center of the hearts. These would make cute handmade Valentines!

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We are almost a week away from Christmas and still going strong with the holiday crafts! These look pretty as a wall hanging decoration, tree ornament or gift topper. So many possible uses for this simple craft! 

You don’t need your own pressed flowers and leaves, you can find many places on the internet to purchase them! I usually grab them from Amazon because the delivery is typically the quickest. You can also find pressed flowers and leaves on ETSY, but the shipping time might be a bit longer. I linked the exact kits that we used below. 

Ready to make one (or ten)? Here’s what you’ll need….

Supplies:

• Pine Needles
• Air Dry Clay- This 2.5 lb container makes about 18 ornaments. 
• Christmas Cookie Cutters- We used this kit, but this kit also looks great and there are more design options! 
• Pressed Flower and Pressed Leaves- The flower kit included tweezers which is very helpful for picking up the flowers and leaves.
• Straw for poking a hole
• Twine or metal ornament hooks
• Mod Podge– I suggest using this starter kit to see which type you prefer. Glossy is a shiny finish and matte is a flat finish. We used matte for this craft.

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Here’s How we Made these Nature Ornaments:

Step 1:

Roll out the clay. Kids will love to help with this step!

Step 2:

Choose cookie cutter designs and cut out your ornaments! We chose ornament shapes, but you could try any holiday shape!

Step 3:

Poke a hole with a straw for a hanging spot. We used a metal straw for this craft, but a plastic straw will work too. 

Step 4:

Organize the flowers and leaves on the ornaments and make sure you like the arrangement before gluing it all in place. As I stated above, use the tweezers for handling the pieces of nature!

Step 5:

Make sure you push the flowers and leaves into the clay with gentle pressure. This will help them stay in place when you apply the Mod Podge.

Once your ornaments are finished, put a layer of Mod Podge over the flowers and leaves. This will help them stay in place. I used a cookie rack to help the ornaments dry quicker but this isn’t necessary.

I have found that the ornaments dry in about 48 hours, but the drying time on the box is 2-3 days.

My boys instantly loved this activity and wanted to make multiple ornaments! They are pretty addictive to make and each ornament turned out unique and beautiful. You don’t have to stick to the red and green color scheme. We chose those colors because they looked pretty and festive! I think colorful flowers would look beautiful as well!

Which designs are your favorites?!

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I hope you give this nature Christmas ornament a try! I promise, your little nature lovers will love it as much as my boys.

∼Tara

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Bookmarks make a great holiday craft because many children receive books during the holiday season! These cute bookmarks look like mini Christmas trees and the gems look like twinkling lights when reflected in the sunlight. They are so pretty!

If these look familiar that’s because we made beautiful wax paper lanterns using the same supplies. You could make them both at the same time!

Ready to give it a try!? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies:

• • Arborvitae Pieces
  • Wax paper
  • Towel or ironing board
  • Scissors or portable paper trimmer
  • Tape
  • Gem Stickers (optional)
  • Vintage Holiday Book Set with 8 Classic Stories

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Here’s How I Made these DIY Wax Paper Lanterns:

Step 1:

Clip some arborvitae pieces. Next, turn on your iron to a medium high setting. If your wax paper doesn’t stick together, then turn your iron up higher. 

Step 2:

Cut a piece of wax paper, fold it in half to make a crease and open it back up again. My whole piece is about 21 inches long. This might seem way too big, but the wax paper will not seal if you don’t leave enough room surrounding the arborvitae piece. 

Place your arborvitae piece on one half of the piece of wax paper. 

Step 3:

Fold your piece of wax paper over the arborvitae piece. This doesn’t need to be perfect because you can always trim it up later. 

Step 4:

As soon as your iron hits the wax paper, it will fuse together! It’s a neat process to observe. I quickly ran the iron over the wax paper several times, then I flipped it over and did the same thing on that side. 

Since there is an air pocket around the arborvitae piece, the green will fade a bit over time. They are just too thick to seal 100%.

Step 5:

Now trim your paper to make it the height and width you would like. This is also when you can trim up those rough edges. You can use scissors, but I find this paper trimmer pretty handy! 

Step 6:

This step is optional. We added some small gem stickers to mimic Christmas lights. They look so pretty!

Pair a bookmark with a book and you have the perfect gift. People love a beautiful and thoughtful handmade gift! 

We had fun playing around with different color combinations with the gem stickers! I found that was a great added touch and fun way to personalize them for yourself or someone else. 

I’ve had so many link requests for the vintage holiday books in this post, that I decided to share them! CLICK HERE to check out the 8 classic holiday books included in the beautiful set.

Click on the photos below for unique gift ideas for nature loving kids!

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I hope you try to make your own bookmark! I promise, your little nature lovers will love it as much as my boys.

∼Tara

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We made a leaf version of this lantern last fall and loved them so much that we HAD to try them again for a sweet winter decoration. 

We have accumulated quite the beautiful collection of these wax paper lanterns! I suggest making a few of them and placing them together for a more dramatic effect. We have our lanterns placed in front of the wood stove. I keep thinking we have a fire going because they are so bright and add a nice warm glow to our home.

If these look familiar that’s because we made beautiful wax paper bookmarks using the same supplies. You could make both crafts at the same time!

Ready to give it a try!? Here’s what you’ll need..

Supplies:

• • Arborvitae Pieces
  • Wax paper
  • Towel or ironing board
  • Scissors or portable paper trimmer
  • Tape
  • Flameless candles
  • Gem Stickers (optional)

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Related: Check out this adorable Rosemary Wreath Necklace

Here’s How I Made these DIY Wax Paper Lanterns:

Step 1:

Clip some arborvitae pieces. Next, turn on your iron to a medium high setting. If your wax paper doesn’t stick together, then turn your iron up to a higher setting. 

Step 2:

Cut a large piece of wax paper, fold it in half to make a crease, and open it back up again. My whole piece is about 32 inches long. 

Place your arborvitae piece on one half of the piece of wax paper. 

Step 3:

Fold your piece of wax paper over the arborvitae piece. This doesn’t need to be perfect because you can always trim it up later.

Step 4:

As soon as your iron hits the wax paper, it will fuse together! It’s a neat process to observe. I quickly ran the iron over the wax paper several times, then I flipped it over and did the same thing on that side. There will be some air bubbles and creases after ironing, but those add character! They make the lantern look like a beautiful frosted candle!

Step 5:

Now trim your paper to make it the height and width you would like. This is also when you can trim up those rough edges. You can use scissors, but I find this paper trimmer pretty handy! I wanted this lantern to be shorter, so I trimmed a lot off the top. 

Since there is an air pocket around the arborvitae piece, the green will fade a bit over time. They are just too thick to seal 100%.

Step 6:

This step is optional. We added some small gem stickers to mimic Christmas lights. They are pretty small and only noticeable during the day! You can’t really see them at night with the candle turned on.

Step 7:

Roll your paper to make a cylinder and tape the wax paper lantern together where the edges meet.

Now choose how you would like to light your lantern. If you will be adding a string handle and want to carry the lantern, you can tape a flameless candle on the inside of the lantern as pictured below.

You can hang your lantern with a string handle!

I love how beautiful these DIY wax paper lanterns look at night! We placed them in front of our Christmas tree and they look STUNNING.

But I have to say, they look just as beautiful during the day. The little gem stickers look so pretty in the sunlight. 

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I hope you give these DIY wax paper lanterns a try! I promise, your little nature lovers will love it as much as my boys.

∼Tara

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Clay Dish with Evergreen Pieces

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Here is a little helpful hint before we get started! Prep the air-dry clay before using it. When the clay first comes out of the container it’s pretty sticky and can be difficult to work with. Open the lid to your air-dry clay for about 30 minutes before you use it. This will dry it out just a bit, making it easier to handle. 

Ready to make an air dry clay dish? Here’s what you’ll need….

Supplies:

• Pine Needles
• Wax Paper
• Rolling Pin
• Circular Tupperware Container- about 4-5 inches in diameter
• Butter Knife
• Air Dry Clay
• Matte Mod Podge
• Sticker gems– If you want to turn your tree into a Christmas tree!

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Here’s How We Made Our Clay Dish:

Step 1:

Place a sheet of wax paper on your work surface. Evenly roll the clay with a rolling pin about ¼ inch thick.

Step 2:

Using your Tupperware container as a guide, cut out a circle of your clay. Use a dull butter knife to cut out your shape.

Step 3:

Pinch up the edges of the circular clay piece to form a functional tray. Smooth out any fingernail or fingerprint marks.

Step 4:

Place pine needles along the border of the tray, near the pinched edge. Gently press one or two pine needles at a time into the clay. This will help them stay in place when you apply Mod Podge. Don’t place too many pine needles in one area, or they will not stick to the clay.

Step 5:

Put a layer of Mod Podge over the pine needles. This will seal the pine needles and prevent them from falling out. During this step, gently press the pine needles into the clay one more time! Let the clay dry. Follow the directions on your air-dry clay container to see how long your particular clay will take to dry.

Step 6:

After your clay trays are dried, you can choose to add gem stickers if you want to make them a bit more festive. For this tray, we added clusters of red gem stickers to mimic winterberries. This will look like a beautiful wreath when you are all finished!

We took a different approach for this tray. Instead of using a Tupperware lid as a shape guide, we used a large evergreen tree cookie cutter. Then we added pine needles. Mod Podge, and gem stickers!

Do you like these tree dishes plain or with gem stickers?

If these look familiar, that’s because we made a similar dish a couple of years ago! Click on the photo below to learn more about the craft and the type of evergreen we used.

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I hope you make a clay dish! I promise, your little nature lovers will love this craft as my boys.

∼Tara

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