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My little fire fly

My little fire fly

This Christmas my family is making all home made gifts. This gift is for my toddler cousins. It is simply a small latch-top jar with a paper firefly in it lit by an led candle.

The end result is cute and amusing.

You can even personalize somewhat and make it for a girl or boy.
 
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Step 1Supplies

Supplies
Keep in mind, you can change decorations and color patterns

Supplies:

Dark blue paper
2 shades of green paper
LED tea light. Both amber and blue glows will be fine.
Fake bug wings - this could be made of paper too
A small latch-top acrylic jar (I bought mine in a three pack from target - I think they were supposed to hold spices)
Superglue
Hot Glue and glue gun
Drill and small drill bit ( 1/4 " or less )
Scissors
Stickers, ribbons, bows
Small cluster of fake grapes - make sure the grapes are squishy and not hard
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Nov 9, 2011. 3:47 PMChrysN says:
Cute!

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I believe the possibilities of what you can do with chocolate are endless. I like making little treats and pretty much doing anything crafty. I want to learn new techniques and share how I do what I d...
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