There are 25 total ornaments that are needed to do 25 days of advent with the Jesse Tree. Each lady signed up to make 25 of the same ornament and then on TEAM night we got together and swapped them out. I chose to make crosses.
I bought several bags of beads, some jewelry wire, E6000 adhesive, some ornament hooks and a pair of jewelry crimpers that I could roll the ends of the wire closed in a loop. I also purchased some heart shaped beads. Here's a picture of the crosses when they were finished:
You can see that I used the different colored hearts to place in the center of the cross. I also used the colored beads that I had to add some color here and there but other than that, I used clear beads. All of the beads have a little sparkle when the lights from the tree hits them just right. My girls thought they were so pretty when finished and they even helped me with a few of them. It took me a little while to work on them but it was peaceful and fun to do. I didn't use a set pattern for placing the beads on because I loved the randomness of the finished crosses. Each one is unique and beatiful in its own way. Just like we are.
I am going to spend today wrapping each ornament in a seperate box numbering them as I go along. The children will take turns opening one a day until all 25 have been opened and placed on the tree (Christmas day). I need to take a picture of the other ornaments that were made because they're all so pretty. Maybe I can take a picture a day of them as we open them.
I'm also going to spend some time finishing my advent boxes. I'll post more details and pictures about that later.
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