Never Too Late To Start Crafting

I remember going to rummage sales specifically looking for old puzzles to buy and put together. I got so obsessed with puzzles, I bought a 6000 piece puzzle, put it together, and glued it for decoration. Overtime I accumulated several puzzles and began not knowing what to do with them. I put my craft mind to work. I want to share with you a few ideas I found to use with my puzzle pieces. The first project I tried is a simple wreath: What is nice about this project is you can use any puzzle doesn't have to match with a color scheme. Start with putting the pieces into a circle For the next layer you can start adding glue to  the bottom of the colored side of piece and glue Just go all around the wreath placing each piece on top of the other pieces. I made three layers.       Next I made a Christmas Tree ornament.                Just place the pieces in the shape of the tree and then add pieces on top with glue.                     Next I tried a snow

Found a few more ideas to add to my paper craft collection. I was browsing the internet for crafts with paper or for things that I have not tried. I came across a Christmas idea just in time for my favorite holiday. I have to admit it's a lot harder than it looks. This is my first one that I made and I can already see some of the changes I will make for the next one.  Now let's get started, here is a step by step guide.  First you will need Cardboard, glue gun, scrapbook paper, ribbon:   You can use a roll from wrapping paper or from a roll of plastic. I used one from house wrap. I quickly realized you will need a strong base for this project. I started just holding it up as I was working but quickly found out I should have made a base. I ended up taking an old vase that was small enough around to fit the inside of the roll and used that as my base. When I make another one I will make a base around the bottom to make it more sturdy. Then I took scrapbook paper that was gree