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\u00a0A DIY Christmas Project<\/h2>\n

Christmas gifts that are meaningful, easy, affordable, and quick are hard to come by, but we have cooked up one just for you.\u00a0 A few years ago, we shared a little printing project for you that involved turning a plain box of kitchen matches<\/a> into some “oh la la” French matches.\u00a0 Well, we have reinvented that little craft and made it into a Christmas creation.\u00a0 We thought a nice gift for teachers, neighbors, and friends would be a fragrant candle <\/a>accompanied by some French allumettes (candles.)\u00a0 To make it old-fashioned, the box of matches would cost 25 centimes, but the French use euros now for their currency.\u00a0 Centimes, which are cents in French, went by the wayside in 1999.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"DIY<\/p>\n

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The How To<\/h2>\n

This project is so very simple to do.\u00a0 All you will need is some cute scrapbook paper, a box of kitchen matches, a glue stick, and a computer.\u00a0 I simply picked out some old fashioned fonts on Word and spaced them to fit on the match box.\u00a0 I always love plaids for Christmas, so I used a red plaid piece of scrapbook paper that I cut to fit into our printer.\u00a0 I considered using plaid Christmas wrapping paper but decided it wasn’t thick enough and might get stuck in the printer.\u00a0 Once the printing was finished, I used the match box and outlined it on the paper.\u00a0 Then I cut it out and attached it to the match box with a glue stick.\u00a0 A glue stick works best because you can rub the glue over every inch of the match box top and bottom.\u00a0 That’s all there is to it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"French<\/p>\n

If you need a candle with a winter fragrance, we highly recommend this one<\/a>.\u00a0 It is a little pricey, but it is sooooo worth it.\u00a0 Our next choice would be this Yankee candle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Let us know if you did this project and how it turned out for you.<\/p>\n

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Take care.<\/p>\n

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