“Christmas-Tree Gift Container,” Friend, Dec. 1987, 33
Christmas-Tree Gift Container
Hide little gifts—Blow-Straw Game, crayons, candy or small cookies, tiny stuffed animals, jewelry—under this Christmas tree. To make tree, you will need: large circle of green lightweight cardboard, pencil, ruler, scissors, glue, tiny candy canes or other individually wrapped candies, and yarn.
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Use ruler to lightly draw line from center of circle to outside edge; cut along line.
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Form cone, and glue overlapping edges (see illustration). Let dry thoroughly.
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Glue on wrapped-candy ornaments and yarn “tinsel.”
Illustrated by Julie F. Young