SAVING THE PENNIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 72, 17 December 1937, Page 24 (Supplement)

SAVING THE PENNIES

CHRISTMAS TREE FAVOURS

C N O W - BALLS of cotton wadding or cotton batting are just the things to hang on the Christmas tree or for general Ghristmas decorations. They cost pTactically nothing to mahe !-and the time taken to fashioning them is short. When little Christmas favoura, such as I shall tell you how; to mahe, are inside fcbesa balls, they jare surpfising Christmas snowballs, just the things to have for holiday card party favours, for Christmas

dinner favours, and to pile in the centre^of the Christmas dinner tablo. Little > bags of assorted small Christmas 'candies mahe good suhstitute centres — > v> ► foridinner tahle snow balls, leaving the favonrs/ described later, for place card ornaments. The cotton snow balls are made cither'of cotton wadding or cotton batting. ThV.foriner have the advantage of not 5 * shedding, as the wadding comes m sheets that do not fleck. Wrap a small favour, or a good: sized piece of candy in tissue or paraffin paper and then in the cotton which is then tied about. Touch the balls with'library paste and roll in Christmas tree snfcw and they will' glisten lihe real snowballs. 1 K Tavours to Enclose. & ' Little favours such as wee Santa Clauses, tiny Christmas trees, miniatuto candies, or any of the many noveltics that cost but a few pennies apiece are just the things for Christmas tree favours. The handy home-maher can fashion .wee favours and save the pennies. For example, a potted Christmas tree is made as follows: Cut a strip of coloured paper $ by 2Un., roll it and pasle together to. form a tiny tube to forxa the hottom of this ilower pot. Cut green paper into 21 in. strifa. Fold throngh lengthwise centre and siash along cut edges within Jin. of folded line. Cut burnt tip from a match and wind straight edge of strip about three-quarter its length and the papor will stand out lihe pine needles. Do not nse tissue paper as this is rafher §oft. Put this tree into the flower pot and hold it upright by means of brown tiisue paper wound around the end of the match not covered with the improvised pine needles. Dot tiny ciroles of coloured paper or confetti with paste and ■sprinhle over the tree and also a slight sprinhling of Christmas tree snow. Many of these diminutive Christmas trees can be made in an hour.