Here’s a fun, easy craft to do with your own little elves!

What you’ll need:

• Cardboard (sturdy but slender)
• Green, pink, white and silver pipe cleaners
• Hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Download and print tree and stocking patterns. You can also find patterns for a snowman and holly.
2. Place patterns on cardboard and trace around. Make as many trees and stockings as you want. Cut out cardboard shapes.
3. For the tree, wrap green pipe cleaners across front of cardboard template. Bend each end firmly over the edge.
4. Take 3 white pipe cleaners and bend them diagonally across the tree, tucking the ends over the cardboard backing.
5. Cut pink pipe cleaners to fit length of tree trunk. Glue into place with hot glue gun.
6. Fold a silver pipe cleaner into a 5-point star shape. Hot glue it to the top of the tree.
7. Add hot glue to any pipe cleaners that seem inclined to come loose.
8. On the back, add a loop of green pipe cleaner at the top of the tree with hot glue so that you can hang the ornament. You may also wish to tie a length of cord here.
9. For the stocking, repeat the same general procedure with pink for the body, white for the top and silver for trim between the two sections.
10. Fashion a hook out of a white pipe cleaner and affix to one side of the stocking with hot glue.