Dec 7th: Nailed it

Today we'll make some cute crafty decorations for your wall or to put onto a shelf. You can make these in any size you want. And they're pretty easy to make and could be done with children as well.

So let's start!

You will need:

A wooden panel
Nails and a hammer
Some push pins
Wool
Some paper to draft your design

How it's done:

Draw a simple shape onto your piece of paper that doesn't cover the whole panel. This could be a star, heart, smiley, a letter, pretty much anything.
Lay the paper onto your panel and place it the way you want it to be. Pin it with a few push pins so that it doesn't shift.
Take another pin and mark dots along the outline of your shape, about equally spaced. Once you've marked the whole outline, take the push pins out again and remove the paper.
Next, you'll hammer a nail into every marked dot. After that, take your wool and tie it to one of the nails loosely (leaving a bit of a tail). Then you weave the wool around the other nails randomly, filling the shape eith color. The more random the better. If you want to, you can make an outline once you're happy with your design. Make sure you end at the same nail you started.
Cut off the end of the yarn and tie it to the beginning. Make a strong knot and cut off the ends that stick out.

And that's it!

I hope you enjoy your new decorations! They make nice gifts for the grandparents too, maybe combined with salt dough handprints?