For day number 16 of the countdown till Yule we are making bird seed ornaments for our Yule tree. These ornaments go perfect with our returning to the Earth theme. Once our Yule celebration is over weekend place these ornaments outside for the beautiful birds to enjoy at Imbolc. These ornaments are super easy all you need is some bird seed, flour and syrup. You can use gelatin as a substitute for the syrup which works great I just didn't have any. Each of the kids first pick their metal ornaments, it has to be metal because we are going to bake it. I then spray them with sun coconut oil and place them on the parchment paper. I then have them put 1/3 cup of flour & 2 cups of bird food into a large mixing bowl. Mix it up so that it is fully blended. While they are doing that I put 2 tablespoons of molasses into a very warm 3 cups of water I stir till it disolves. Now slowly pour some of the molasses liquid into the mixing bowl and slowly stir it. You want it to be a little bit liquidity but not super watery. For some of the harder shapes you will need to push the seed into the molds little crevices like the legs. Now bake it in the oven at 300 for 15 minutes then take it out and gently poke a whole with a straw where your ribbon is going to go. Then place it back in the oven and let it bake for another 15 minutes.
I then place it in the freezer and let it sit in the freezer for overnight. Then it's time to put your ribbon through it and put it on your tree.
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As a mom of three boys who go to public school I started to notice that some things were not being taught in detail so I decided to create lessons for them. Many of these lessons cover science, history and of information about Paganism. I share crafts for the all different holidays and cultures as ways that they can learn and have fun at the same time.
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