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Crafting with the girls

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The idea was for them to make some of their Christmas presents. And it worked... with some help from Grandma. Preparation. First I had to bleach these trees, because even in my "let them try it" world, bleach and anyone under 10 is not a good mixture. Well really, I have had more than a few bleach disasters from ten to 54, but we aren't going there today. Off to a YouTube video because you can learn anything on YouTube. That precious woman crafting in her organized perfect craft room dipping one tree at a time in a vintage glass holding her measured bleach mixture... Yeah right. Fill up the sink, glug, glug some bleach into it, and toss in the trees. In true crafter ADD, I poured myself a cup of coffee, wiped off the counter and turned around..... and they were bleached. That over-organized crafter on YouTube was doing a lot of dipping and waiting. But then, she measured. A quick rinse,...