by John Martin

Part of what makes Christmas so special are the traditions that get handed down from year to year. One of my favorite traditions is decorating the Christmas Tree with a popcorn garland. When I was younger we did this at home and at school. The toughest part about making a popcorn decoration is not eating the popcorn while you make it.

Materials:
Popcorn
A Popcorn popper (an air popper works best because you don’t need to use oil, which means less of a mess)
A good size sewing needle
A spool of fairly strong (white if possible) thread, so it won’t break when you hang it around the tree.

How to do it:

1) Pop the popcorn and let it cool. The best way to do that is put it in a paper grocery sack right after it’s done popping

2) Thread the needle and tie a knot, but don’t cut the thread. Remember this is going to go around the tree several times, so leave the thread on the spool.

3) Start stringing the popcorn on to the needle one piece at a time, by putting the tip of the needle through the center of each piece. Move each threaded piece further down past the needle as it becomes necessary.

4) Once you think you’ve got enough popcorn on the thread… do some more. It’s better to come up a little long than short, because you can always cut the excess off.

5) When you really do have enough popcorn threaded, cut the thread and tie off each end, then and hang your new popcorn garland around your Christmas Tree.

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