Here is a fun little craft I tried with the kids this week… God’s Eye Ornaments. Bug got the hang of it but I ended up making the girls’ with them just picking out the colors they wanted. Fairy gave it an earnest try but it was just a bit too tricky for her yet… so I would classify this as a kindergarten and up sorta project.

All you need are two sticks and scraps of yarn. For the kids’ ornaments I glued the popsicle sticks together in a cross shape before we started. For my own, using twigs from the backyard, I just held the sticks in place while I started wrapping. After a couple rounds the sticks become fairy secure. BTW – I would recommend using narrower popsicle sticks than we used… it was just what I had on hand.

I took a few photos trying to illustrate how to wrap the yarn. I hope it makes sense. This is one of those things that I never really remember how to do it until I sit down and just start playing with it. After a couple clumsy attempts it came back to me.

When I switch colors, I hold the loose ends of the yarn down along one of the sticks and wrap over it as if the tail is part of the stick. That seems to work well for hiding the ends and holding everything in place.