Festive worms

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Yesterday afternoon I decided the office wasn’t festive enough for my liking. Fueled by the Christmas spirit (and procrastination) I spent my lunch break in Poundland and Home Bargains buying what I can only describe as Christmas tat. While standing in Poundland thinking how I can theme our office to win the competition for the most christmassy office I had a lightbulb moment. Our worm is red and red = Christmas! I hatched a plan and with a handful of pipe cleaners, a bag full of tinsel and a mini Christmas tree I marched back to the office triumphant.

I spent the better part of two hours winding pipe cleaners around a pen and gluing on paper eyes and if im honest, I’m pretty proud of the results! I figured that maybe someone out there might want to learn how I made my wee curly red friends so here’s the most simple step by step ever…

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Step 1: Curl your pipe cleaner around a pen leaving 2-3cm still straight – I used a thicker pen to get a bigger curl
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Step 2: curl up the 2-3cm of leftover pipe cleaner to create the head
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Step 3: Make an eye, I went eco friendly and used the paper from a hole punch and a marker to make an eye
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Step 4: Use a pritt stick to glue on your eyes – one on each side of the head (cheesy Christmas card stock optional)
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Step 5: add a length of curling ribbon so you can hang him up – he’s great on a tree or hanging from the ceiling!

And of course, H poly likes to dress up for the festive season, what can I say? He’s a cool worm…

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Candy cane H poly, a sweet treat
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Christmas tree H poly for a festive feel
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My personal fave – Rudolph H poly, make his 6 friends by drawing a brown or black nose instead of red
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Snowman H poly complete with hat, scarf and carrot nose

Theres nothing that gets you into the Christmas spirit more than crafts and being surrounded by festive colours. If you give my festive H poly crafts a go, defo tweet me the results @CaitlinMMcManus or tag me on instagram @kiehlym. I’ll be putting a picture or maybe a quick video of the office up on these at some point this week (need to wait until the office is empty first :D)

Signing off from my little festive grotto

Til next time

Caitlin

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