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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make this christmas sled from
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craft sticks lolli sticks depending
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so easy to make great craft to involve
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make them to hang on your own christmas
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tree make them for friends and family
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decorate them however you like i'm
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christine of christiescrest.com
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and this channel is all about crafting
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so what are you going to need to make
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your sled you're going to need some
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you may have different length ones you
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may have all the same length as you can
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see mine are all the same length so i
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because i'm going to cut some of them up
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you're also going to need some scissors
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and some twine or some string
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make it as fancy as you like and some
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i've got an all-purpose glue here nice
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clear you can use whatever glue you've
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so to start with we need to make the top
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of the sled so mine is three sticks wide
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you can play around with this you could
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make it wider you'll make it narrower
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but because i've only got the same
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length sticks i'm going to cut
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three down to the same length
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you'll notice all my bits fly everywhere
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so do be careful when you're cutting
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craft sticks they do tend to
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fly away and hit people
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so i'm just making sure i've got three
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you can see how i'm doing that just by
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laying the ones i've cut on top of the
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now i've got three i'm going to position
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them next to each other
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because i think it's a nicer design i
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the middle one slightly forward of the
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and now i need to glue them together so
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run some glue along the edge
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just so that they stay together
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and it will just hold them enough i am
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going to add another layer of
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craft stick to secure them this will
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just hold them in place
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make them a little bit more secure
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i'm then going to cut a piece of craft
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short enough so that it will go across
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all three craft sticks
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however it needs to leave a gap on
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either edge for me to put the sides on
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i'm just going to cut it down a little
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and as you can see it covers all three
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it's just going to give it a bit more
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make sure it doesn't fall apart on me so
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and then need to leave it to dry what
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you'll find with these is they work a
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lot better if you just give them a few
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minutes to dry between each bit
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so at this point i've got the seat of my
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sled and i'll just leave it to dry
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once it's dry i can put the sides the
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so just look where i'm going to place
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and then think about where i'm going to
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run glue so i'm just going
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to put a run of glue along either side
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on that bottom face just a nice little
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that i can glue my full length craft
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you can see i'm doing them both at the
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same time because once i've got them
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i'm going to leave this to dry for a few
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you notice i always get the lid back on
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my glue because somehow i end up with it
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otherwise i'm just going to position
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and you can see i've positioned them
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quite a long way forward on the sled
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because obviously the seat would be at
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and when you turn it over that's what
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so get them so you're happy with them
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get them upright and leave them to dry
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once it's all dry turn it over and you
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can see that all you need now
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is the bar for the front so cut a craft
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you would like you can see i've made
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mine a little bit wider than the runners
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and then you just need a little bit of
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glue on top of your runners
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apologies it's difficult to see as i
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tend to bring it up to me so i can see
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and the camera doesn't like it
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then just place the stick across
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the same distance at either side and
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you've got a sled leave it to dry would
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once it's dry we just need to apply
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a string to hang it i'm using a bit of
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garden twine a bit of a rustic look
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so turn it back upside down and apply
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into those edges underneath that bar
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and just allow you'll see there's quite
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a lot of glue come out i do have trouble
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doesn't matter it's clear and it's going
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to be on the underside
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and then put your ends of your twine
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into that glue you might get a little
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just push it into the glue and then i
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really would leave this to dry until
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and turn it over you're all finished now
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you can decorate your sled however you
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like you can cover it in glitter you
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could put photos on it perhaps if it's a
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gift for grandma it could have a photo
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and hang them on your tree and enjoy
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so i hope you've enjoyed watching making
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that christmas sled and that you're
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going to enjoy making yours
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please remember if you like my channel
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you've enjoyed this video
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and feel free to comment below tell me
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about your sled and how your christmas
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thanks for watching and i'll see you
