Happy Valentine's Day

This past Saturday my church had an event for the "ladies" and I was incharge of the center pieces for the tables. So it being close to Valentine's Day I opted for a heart theme. I came up with the idea of glitter trees with hearts hanging from them. I also put some hersheys kisses in tissue paper ~ tied it up with a bow and placed 10 of them around each tree ( I made 5 trees) Since I loved doing this craft so much I thought I would share it with everybody. Total Time it took to make a tree = 2 hrs. or less 1. Cut out a cone shape on cardboard 2. score with your scissors or knife about 5 or 6 lines down the cone - this makes it easier to shape the trunk 3. cut out a circle from your cardboard for the base 4. cut your pipe cleaners into 3rds & fourths- twist the short "branches" around the long "branches" 5. take your pin and poke holes all around the trunk up high & then pull your pipe cleaner branch through 6. with the pipe cleaner through just 1/2 inch, push them up against the cardboard 7. glue gun over the pipe cleaners on the inside of the trunk 8. next, fold the two sides of the trunk together, & glue together with your glue gun 9. now glue gun the trunk to the base 10. paint the mod podge or elmers glue on the trunk and base 11. cover with glitter 12. dip your fingers in the glue & squeeze the pipe cleaners through - this helps create a base for the glitter to stick to 13. let dry thoroughly & then paint again with glue and then cover with glue- ( using a spoon to spread the glitter help minimize the mess of it getting everywhere) 14. when all is dry tip over your tree and put glue on the bottom of the base - cover with felt or fabric 15. if desired, add a trim around the tree's base to give it a finished look. 16. EAT! *