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DIY Popsicle Stick Sled Ornament

Jane and Sonja
Create your own adorable popsicle stick sled ornament. With these step by step unstructions, you'll see it's easier than you think!
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Ingredients
  

  • X6 Wooden Popsicle Sticks
  • X1 Wooden Coffee Stir Sticks
  • Cutters
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Hot Glue gun and clear glue sticks
  • Acrylic paint in blue and white Americana Acrylics Indian Turquoise and Snow White
  • Paintbrush
  • Decorative accessories such as greenery, mini pinecone and a gold bell
  • Twine cut to 8” long

Instructions
 

  • Measure, mark and cut two popsicle sticks 3” long and two at 2 ¾” long.
  • Measure, mark and cut one coffee stick at 1 ¾” and two at 1 ¼” long.
  • Leave two remaining popsicle sticks at full length.
  • Paint the surface of the popsicle sticks in two shades of blue, mixing blue and white together for the lighter shade. Leave the full length popsicle sticks unpainted.
  • Gently flick white paint over top of the painted pieces to represent snowflakes.
  • Once dry, assemble the pieces into a sled. Lay the shorter popsicle sticks with the splatter side facing down on a flat surface with cut edges lined up and longest pieces in the middle.
  • Glue the shortest sticks across the back side to hold all the pieces together.
  • Glue the long unpainted popsicle sticks along the length of the sled on both sides. Turn the glued piece right side up.
  • Glue the last piece across the front of the sled.
  • Glue a piece of greenery, a mini pinecone and a gold bell to the top of the sled.
  • Tie a 10” long piece of twine to the front of the sled.
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