Lets make something!
2007-12-22, 3:32 p.m.
Treacle says��Let�s make something!Lets make table centre candle thingies for Grandma�.and Aunty A��..and Daddy�s Girlfriend.
First get a whole load of green stuff out of the garden and a whole load of craft stuff from mummies big box of special Making Things things.
Get some wire and wind it around some Christmas baubles which are a bit too small to go on the tree.
Make a whole load of those
Soak some oasis in a sink full of cold water and jam it onto the little dishes. If you get a grown up to help with this, it will be them that flicks icy water everywhere and says �Fucking Hell� rather than you, which is good if you don�t want to get told off right before you�ve even made a mess.
Then get a candle and a spiky green thing and get the candle right in the middle of the oasis.
Then get some of the green stuff you got out of the garden. Shake of any bugs. If you get a leaf-cutter on you, its OK to yell �OH MY GOSH WHAT IS THAT OH MY GOSH MUMMIE GET IT OFF!�.
Then jab the green stuff into the soggy oasis
When all the spaces are used up, jab in some of the bauble things you made earlier
Then get someone with VERY strong hands (and the BIG scissors) to cut up some Syrian cord � which is kind of like wire but has got shiny stuff all wrapped round it
Get a pencil and hold the cord really tight with one thumb while you start wrapping it around
Once its all wrapped round, slide the pencil out � then you�ve made a kind of spring
Jab the springs into the oasis (the bit you had your thumb on wont be curly, so that�s the bit you use to jab with) til it looks really nice
Merry Christmas!
Love from Treacle
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