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Now, my mother wasn’t really into decorating and crafts, but for some reason I think she saw this in a magazine and wanted to try it. Since I was designated as the “artist” in the family I got tapped to help. I think I was around 6 years old.

First you blow up a balloon and tie it off. Then you take Christmas gift-wrap ribbon, soak it in water, then wrap it around the balloon like a ball of yarn, except leave gaps. The ribbon stuck to the balloon. Then you let it dry, then pop the balloon. The ribbon was stiff when dry and held its shape.Your final product is strips of colorful ribbon formed into a scribbly ball. They were too big to hang on the tree so we hung them from the ceiling, Lol! That is the extent of my Childhood Christmas Craftmaking memories.

Of course in school every year we made paper snowflakes but I don’t remember those being used at home for anything.