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This is the eighth in a series of twelve paper ornaments I’m making this year, one a month, so that when December rolls around I won’t be surprised I’ve done nothing about my wish to have a full paper crafted Christmas Tree.

I was worried when I started this project in January that I wouldn’t keep at it and get it finished. Turns out I may have set my bar too low – every month when I start to search for ideas to make a paper ornament, I have a hard time just picking one!

This month, I decided I wanted to do a reindeer. It’s a classic holiday animal and I figured there’d be a lot of good crafts to use as a starting point.

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This is the seventh in a series of twelve paper ornaments I’m making this year, one a month, so that when December rolls around I won’t be surprised I’ve done nothing about my wish to have a full paper crafted Christmas Tree.

When I was putting up my glitter wreath decoration for July 4th, it occurred to me that I should do a paper ornament with stars. And maybe they could be done with faux glitter paper with a 3D effect. I toyed with a couple of ideas, and then realized that I was, as usual, making things more difficult than needed.

All I really needed to do was print and cut another two sets of stars – the red ones and the white ones – and then add a string at the top and call them ornaments instead of wreath decorations. Continue reading…