Orna-Mint

By Ida M. Pardue

To make this ornament for a gift or to decorate a package or a tree, you will need: a pencil, tracing paper, scissors, colored construction paper, a hole punch, an 8″ (20 cm) length of ribbon, tape, and a wrapped chocolate mint patty.

1. Trace the ornament pattern on this page and cut it out.

2. Fold the construction paper in half; place the traced pattern on the construction paper with the top of the ornament on the fold (see illustration), then trace the pattern. Cut it out, leaving the top fold uncut.

3. Punch a hole near the top of the ornament as shown. Thread the ribbon through the hole and tie the ends together.

4. Tape the mint inside the ornament.

Photo by Lana Leishman