Kids Corner: Holiday Ornament

Written By Liz Hensel - Content Coordinator

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is holiday ornaments. They can be used for any holiday we celebrate this December. You can use it to decorate a tree or to put it up against the wall, for mom and dad, it’s another fantastic priceless piece of décor that can be kept in the memory box of Holiday Season 2023.

Materials:

Three popsicle sticks

Brown construction paper

Yellow construction paper

Green paint or marker

Buttons, glitter, or any fun small items to make your ornament sparkle.

Scissors

Glue

String

Directions:

  1. Grab your three popsicle sticks and glue them to shape a triangle to form your Christmas tree color it in with your green paint or marker.

  2. Grab your brown construction cut a small rectangle, and glue it to the bottom of your triangle as that will be the base of your tree.

  3. Grab the buttons, glitter, and any knick-knacks and start gluing them on your tree.

  4. Take your yellow construction paper and cut out a star, which you will glue at the top of your tree.

Take your string, glue it to the back and it's ready to hang and decorate any space this holiday season. 


Liz Hensel - Content Coordinator

Liz has been living in the Stafford area for the last two years. However, her ties are rooted to Virginia, as Virginia was her first duty station while she was on active duty with the Marine Corps. Her husband is still on active duty, and they hope to make Stafford their forever home with their two daughters and two rescue dogs.

While serving in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps reserves has allowed Liz to see all parts of the country and the world, there is truly no place like home. Working on this magazine gives Liz the opportunity to meet her neighbors and the local businesses and more importantly, she gets to showcase them to others.

Liz is also the founder of a nonprofit called Leave No Paws Behind USA. She led the campaign to have legislative change to include pet transportation fees included in military moves. With her leadership, the bill was passed in the FY23 National Defense Appropriation Act.

Liz is excited to continue to write the stories of the FXBG Neighbors

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