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  • 13 – 19 May NZ Sign Language Week

    TE WIKI O TE REO TURI

  • TIP: Keep an action list

    Make a rough sketch of how the display will look like. Write down what materials and tools you will need. Create a time-line / checklist: This week copying and laminating - Next week: visit 2 dollar shops. - Two weeks: covering display boxes with matching paper - Three weeks: sea shells and driftwood collection

  • TIP: Staple at an angle

    Creating a display is exciting - demolishing one can be a hard job, especially when you can't get the staples out..... Your job will be much easier when you hold the stapler at an angle. The staples will stick out a bit at one side - perfect to get hold of them with pliers and pull them out.

  • TIP: Use a glue gun

    Glue guns are the most fantastic tools when creating displays. You can attach all sorts of materials like hard plastic, metal, fabric and everything else you can think off. Be careful with your fingers (blow - blow) the glue is very hot and you easily get blisters

  • TIP: Don’t overdo it!

    Too much text, images or books on display too close together distract the eye. Each object needs its own space. Think of a shop window that is more than full with appliances, you can’t distinguish one object from the other, while carefully placed objects attract the attention.

  • TIP: 3D effects

    Create a 3D effect by attaching rods or metal strips to your display and hang little objects on them, like fur animals – toy cars/planes/boats – artificial flowers – little books or lanterns. Staple cones or little boxes with contents to the board or little artificial lemons and cherries like in the GREEN FINGERS display.

Christmas Wreath

Posted on January 12th, 2012 by Anita

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Christmas is often an expensive time. Heaps of food and drinks, presents for family and friends and decorations for tree and house.

This Christmas wreath is fantastic because it it is made of plastic bags and the only cost will be the time to make it and a bit of gold paint to brighten it up. Maybe nice to do with the kids on a rainy day? Or with friends while sipping a wine?

 

You have to do some preparation….. well, saving plastic bags in the months beforehand to get enough for a nice full wreath.

It looks even better if you have three hanging together!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you need:

  • Lots and lots of plastic supermarket bags without print
  • Piece of hose or rubber tube (approx. 50 cm + 10 cm extra to connect both ends)
  • Gold paint (spray or little tin) and if using a tin a paint brush
  • Gold colored string or Christmas ribbon
  • Tape

What to do:

Split a 10 cm piece of hose or tube open. Cut lots and lots of white plastic supermarket bags into pieces of approximately 10 x 10 cm and cut a little slot in the middle of the pieces. (I grabbed a lot together and pushed a knife through it) Add them to the tube or hose and fill up 3/4  of the hose.

Push the 10 cm piece (as mentioned above) over the two ends to create a circle. Secure with a bit of creating a christmas-wreath-detailtape. Spread the plastic evenly over the hose to avoid empty spaces where  you can see the hose. Cut off strange corners of loose hanging ends of the plastic. Spray with a little gold paint spray or brush with paint brush little bits of paint over the plastic and let it dry.

Hang on the door, a wall or from the ceiling. See also Christmas display (round tube) for another easy way to show your Christmas decorations. I joined a workshops of Vince Collins of Impact Displays and he told us how to make a Christmas Wreath. I used his idea and my own creativity to make this beautiful wreath. Thank you Vince!.

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