As I mentioned before, I am a Girl Scout Leader for my daughter’s Brownie troop. This week we wanted to do a Christmas craft. Seeing as we are a new troop and don’t have any money yet it had to be something not only simple that this 7-8 year old age group could do but more importantly not cost a lot of money.
Two weekends ago, I went to an estate sale and bought a huge bag (about 40 unopened rolls) of crochet thread for $1.50. I put my mind to work to somehow utilize this in our Girl Scout craft and this is what I came up with:
The Wish Catcher
After I made one it dawned on me that it resembled a dream catcher so I decided to name this the Wish Catcher.
I turned to my sister who is an amazing poet and asked her come up with poem to include with the ornament. This is what she wrote for me:
Make a special Christmas wish, as you hang me on your tree. I will catch your wish and send it out to the Christmas Wish Fairy. So close your eyes and wish away on Jesus’s Birthday each year and just BELIEVE it will come true sometime in your Happy New Year!
Supplies:
- Heavy paper or card stock (I used brown paper grocery bag)
- Glue
- Crochet thread or any thick string
- Glitter & sequins optional
Directions:
- I traced an oatmeal container on my piece of paper for the circle (you will need two for one ornament)
- Next, I traced a smaller bowl in the middle of each circle
- Cut out the middle so you are left with the shape of a wreath
- Line glue around your circle
- Begin laying your thread in different directions
- Once this step is complete glue your other circle and place on top to seal this together
- Decorate with glitter and sequins
- Punch hole and add string hanger
- Make your wish
Motherhood Is An Art 
Great idea! I can do this over the Christmas break with my kiddos!
Thanks! I thought it would make a neat little tradition to do with the kids too! Making a wish that didn’t involve toys!
Let me know how it goes over at the meeting. I think the girls are going to love this!
I will definitely let you know! I think it will be a fun meeting! I have a snack they are going to make themselves too!
Nice Craft Work, and your sister did a great job with the poem. Thank you for sharing. Mtetar
Thank you Mtetar! I thought the poem really made this craft special!
Yes it did, Melissa! Mtetar
very fun (and something even non-artsy people like me can accomplish!) 🙂
Exactly! I was sweating bullets trying to come up with something! Everything I was finding on Pinterest was too complicated or required too many supplies!
How ingenious!
Thank you! I hope the girls like it!
such a gorgeous idea LOVE it. happy christmas. xxxx
I still have plenty of more thread so I still plan on learning to crochet but with so much I thought why not use some with the girls!
Wow! Two clever sisters in one family! You guys put me to shame for sure!!
My mom and brother are amazing too! The rest of my family puts me to shame!! I’m the misfit in the bunch!!! LOL!!
I have visions of dream catchers over Christmas vay cay and glue messes and yarn tangles and oh so much fun.Thanks,I think we will do it at their house!
haha!! Messes at others houses is always better…especially when it comes to glitter…my house is very sparkly…EVERYWHERE!!!
Love that you put your own spin on a Dream Catcher. Your sister’s poem was also beautiful. It’s nice to hear a Christmas greeting that says, “Jesus’ Birthday.” It easy to get caught up in the commercialism of this Holiday. I try to remind myself and my children what the season is really about! 🙂
Thanks! The girls were so sweet when they made it yesterday. We went around the room and they made their wishes. The wishes were about their families always being safe and healthy and things like that. Extremely touching coming from the little ones!
So were the girl’s enchanted? What was the snack that they made themselves?
The girls had so much fun and loved making the designs plus their wishes were awesome! We went around the room and they all had special wishes about their family always being safe and healthy. It was so sweet! For the snack I gave them all a wooden skewer, three banana chunks, an apple wedge, some chocolate chips and two pretzel sticks and they made snowman on a stick! Iris said that was her favorite part of the meeting!
What a fun craft! It must have been so neat to see how each child designed theirs. My girls would probably put A LOT of glitter on theirs!
My Girl Scouts had a lot of fun with it! They were so excited about how by just layering on the string it created a design! And yes, the glitter was a big hit! I think all girls young and old just love the extra sparkly!!! LOL!!
Clever little pumpkin you are Mel. Me crafty …not so much…but I envy those with talent 🙂
You are too funny…”a clever little pumpkin”…you always have the best phrases!!
Just being an Aussie iz all 🙂
How lucky those girls are that you are their Girl Scout leader, Melissa. They will remember you and the special things you did with them and it will inspire them one day to make “Motherhood an Art”, as well! : )
Thank you!
what a creative and meaningful craft…love it.
Thank you!
beautiful poem and a beautiful idea you had! 🙂 wish I could come up with something like this 🙂
Thank you!! With all your creativity I’m definitely sure you could!!
thanks! 🙂 2 nice! 🙂 &thanks for stopping by my blog today! it’s appreciated ! 🙂