MDF XMAS DECORATION USING THE SPIRO GRAPH.USING 3MM MDF AND USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CUT OUT WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST.!!THE SIZE IS UP TO YOU. I MAKE MINE AT 3 INCH DIAMETER. THESE XMAS DECORATIONS WILL LAST YOU YEARS IF YOU LOOK AFTER THEM. USE CLEAR VARNISH TO SEAL MDF. THEN WHEN DRIED ADD A RIBBON TO IT THEN ATTACH TO TREE. THESE I MAKE WHEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS SPARE IN THE EVENING. I LIKE TO MAKE AT LEAST 12 IN AN EVENING READY FOR THE VARNISH.THEN I SELL THEM FOR 6 AT £5.99. THESE I SELL ONLINE THROUGH VARIOUS SITES AND AT CRAFT FAIRS.I USALLY START IN AUGUST MAKING THEM AND BY DECEMBER THE 1ST THEY ARE READY TO SELL.I NORMALLY GET 400 OF THESE XMAS DESIGNS FROM A 8 X 4 FT X 3MM SHEET OF MDF. THE SHEET COST £7.99 DEPENDS WHERE YOU BUY IT FROM. THEN ALL YOU DO IS MAKE THESE IN YOUR SPARE TIME.HERE WE CALL THIS TYPE OF HOBBY THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY.ITS THE SAME AS THE XMAS TREE MOULDS? ITS JUST SPARE TIME INCOME? A XMAS TREE MOULD THE BEST IS THE SILICONE MOULD THE ONE THEY USE TO MAKE ICE CUBES FROM.?THEN ITS EASY TO POP OUT TREE WHEN MADE.AND A BAG OF FINISHING PLASTER COST £6.99 FOR A 25 KG BAG.THAT SIZE WILL MAKE YOU WELL OVER 10000 TREES.AND A TIN OF TREE GREEN EMULSION 2.5 LITRE COST £12.99,THEN SOME STRING ON A ROLL. SO FOR AROUND £30.00 INCLUDING THE TREE MOULDS YOU CAN MAKE 10000 PLUS TREES. READY FOR NEXT YEAR TO SELL. THESE YOU COULD SELL FOR MOST PROBABLY £1 EACH. AND IT IS NOT HARD TO DO PLUS ITS DONE IN YOUR SPARE TIME. KIDS WILL LOVE DOING THIS. SO START MAKING AND SELLING. SO FOR AROUND $40 YOUR MONEY YOU GOT YOURSELF A LITTLE SIDELINE HOBBY FOR NEXT XMAS. ITS UP TO YOU WHAT YOU SELL THEM FOR.A TIP WHEN YOUR MAKING THE TREE AND THEY ARE READY FOR PAINTING AFTER SECOND COAT SPRINKE SOME FINE SILVER GLITTER ON THEM AND ONCE DRIED THEY LOOK GOOD. WITH THE FINE GLITTER PUT IT IN A PEPPER SHAKER AND DRILL THE HOLES A BIT LARGER,NOT TO BIG JUST ENOUGH FOR GLITTER TO COME OUT.THEN SHAKE OVER TREE.?? SOME OF YOU MAY THINK ITS A SILLY IDEA BUT SILLY IDEAS MAKE MONEY .?
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