Bi4-Uncftf Fuming, Saturday, November 20,1993
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
What makes a holiday to
remember?
Gifts, food, the perfect tree,
photos, decorations, or sharing
with others?
How abouta little bit of ail these.
That was the message at the Berks
County Cooperative Extension’s
Holiday program. To accomodate
all those who wanted to attend, the
day-long program was repeated
several days at the 4-H Community
Center in Leesport last week.
In the spirit of sharing, particip
ants brought items to donate to the
Greater Reading Food Bank,
which will be distributed to the
needy, and donated money to the
Berks County Extension Home
maker’s Scholarship.
Grace Kline of the Sewing Guild
of Berks County explained how to
make many handcrafted items for
gift giving and decorating. Direc
tions and patterns for many of the
articles are available in a booklet
(while supplies last) at the Lebanon
County Extension office. Here are
directions for the Snowman pair.
Antiqued Wooden Snowman
Both large and small snowmen
need:
Twigs for arms
White, black, and orange acrylic
paint
Water based antiquing medium
Twine, yam or gold braid for
band on hat
Trace pattern onto pine board.
Cut out snowman and hat block
with jig saw or scroll saw. Sand all
edges until smooth.
Drill holes for nose, buttons,
armholes and in hat block and top
of head. Use pattern to check angle
for arms and hat. Sand over holes
and remove sawdust
Sand one end of /* -inch dowel
to a point for the nose. Paint with
orange paint. Use two coats. Let
dry; paint with antiquing medium.
Leave on 5 minutes then wipe off.
Side
Paint snowman with two coats
white paint. Let dry between coats.
Apply antiquing medium to snow
man. Leave on for S mintues then
wipe off with cloth.
Press nose into face of snow
man, leaving about 'A -inch stick
ing out
Paint axil pins with black paint
When dry, press into body of
snowman.
Insert dowel into hat piece and
other end into head.
Cut out hat pieces from felt
Glue hat top piece to top of hat
block. Pull hat brim piece over hat
top. Adjust folds in hat top and glue
in place. Tie twine, yam or gold
braid around hat and make a bow.
Fringe ends of wool and tie
around neck of snowman.
Karen Darby Zalcwski shared
ideas for taking and storing photo
graphs for memories.
For picture albums, use acid
free paper and plastic-free PVC;
otherwise pictures will fade or
discolor.
Small Snowman
Materials for small snowman:
2x6xB-inch pine board
Ixlxl-inch block for hat
V* -inch piece of '/* -inch dowel
for nose
1-inch piece of V* -inch dowel
for hat
6x9-inch piece black felt
lx 16-inch piece plaid wool for
scarf
2 7/32x1'/4 -inch wooden axil
pins for buttons
Make A Holiday To Remember
Small Brim
Photo memories
Front
In addition to pictures of the
family opening gifts, at the dinner
table or decorating the tree, snap
some of the family preparing for
Christmas such as baking Christ
mas cookies and cleaning the
house.
Try journaling by including both
factual and emotional information
as captions for pictures.
Dave Reber, owner and designer
of the Country Greenery, demon
strated how to make a fresh flower
arrangement for the table and a
dried and silk arrangement for a
grapevine wreath.
When making wreaths to place
outside, do not use glue as it
loosens from temperature changes.
Christmas trees
Herbert Wetzel, retired exten
sion agent, told of the types of trees
available and the pros and cons of
using each one.
Side
Needle retention of Scotch Pine,
Eastern White Pine, and other
pines are excellent
Needle retention for spruces
such as Colorado Spruce, Norway
Spruce and White Spruce is not as
good as pines or firs.
Fraser Fir, Balsam Fir, and Con
color (White) Fir have excellent
needle retention.
Considerable money is spent on
chemical additives each year to
prolong the life of the tree. Wetzel
said, “Save your money because
several floral and tree preserva
tives were evaluated and showed
using water alone works just as
good if not better. No commercial
products gave better results than
distilled water.
of the Jlter’s Guild display projects that members
learn to do during monthly meetings.
These delightful snowmen can be made with the instruc
tions and patterns that appear with this article.
Small Hat Top
Cut One
Out Of Black Felt
Holiday baking
Alletta Schadler, Lebanon
County Extension home econom
ist, ih sharing recipes for holiday
baking, ask, “Have you ever had a
flop and wondered why?”
When you make substitutions,
it’s important to know why things
work or do not work, she said.
“Baking can be a wonderful
experience, very satisfying to cre
ate products that have just the right
texture, appearance and flavor.”
Of the following ingredients,
here is a condensed version of what
Schadler said:
Fat: changing the form or type
of fat in a recipe can have signific
ant effects on the texture. Other alt
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