Materials

• a box of rounded tooth picks
• scissors
• pencil
• white glue
• old Christmas cards
• 1 sheet of cardboard
• spool of thread

1. cut out a square of cardboard 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" - this will be your stencil
2. pick out a favorite Christmas Card and position your stencil over the area you want to cut out.
3. Trace around the stencil
4. cut out on the lines
5. put a small amount of glue around the edges of the cutout Christmas card
6. begin placing toothpicks by 3's or 2's, first on one edge then the next until all 4 sides make a frame.
7. Place a "roof" at the top of the frame.
8. Allow the glue to dry
9. when glue is dry take a length of thread, double it and tie it to the top of the roof. .Make the loop long enough to fit on the branch of a Christmas tree.