Sometimes you really can learn something from teenagers. Teen has several blogs - mostly of the crafting kind - that she enjoys reading during her computer time. The other day, I glanced at the screen during her time and saw Dried Oranges! Every year, there are a handful of "old-fashioned" ornaments or decorations that I intend to make but never do! This year I can cross one off my list!
Natural Suburbia shows us how to make Handmade Ornaments (or in my case, decorations) using oranges and cinnamon.
Mine are a wee bit different. I used tangerines as that's what I had on hand. And since they were smaller than oranges, a cinnamon stick did not look proportional so we didn't use one. I sprinkled cinnamon on some of my slices.
I sliced the tangerines, placing them on a baking sheet. Popped in the oven at 275 degrees for an hour. Lowered temp to 225 degrees for another 2 hours. Great project on a super cold day to heat the house!
After they cooled, we added a bit of pizazz with school glue and glitter. Simply brushed a little glue on with a brush and sprinkled multi color glitter over them to shimmer in the kitchen light. Made a hole using scissors and laced ribbon to hang.
I hung mine from a garland I have over my kitchen sink. Makes the kitchen smell wonderful!
Aww, I bet your kitchen looks great!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I bet it smells great too!
ReplyDeleteFamily was over this past weekend and kept commenting on how neat they looked! This was such an easy project - allowing for the time for the oven to work was the only planning involved. How easy is that!
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