{"id":3339,"date":"2019-12-17T12:46:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T12:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=3339"},"modified":"2019-12-17T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T12:46:56","slug":"log-slice-ice-breaker-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/log-slice-ice-breaker-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Log Slice Ice Breaker Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many families gather together during the holiday&nbsp; season for their traditional Christmas parties.&nbsp; To get the party started , I like to have a simple craft or activity that can be done as everyone arrives and these log slice ornaments are just the thing. They\u2019re a fun ice breaker that keeps your guests busy and requires little supervision and they\u2019re pretty inexpensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"merry2\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"merry2\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/merry2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"331\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With just a few supplies, you can whip up LOTS of them.&nbsp; Wood slice ornaments are perfect for hanging on your Christmas tree, attaching to gifts, or giving to friends and family.&nbsp; If you don\u2019t have access to tree logs you can purchase pre sliced packages at the craft store.&nbsp; The ones I found cost under $2.00 for a package of 4, but the least expensive option is to cut your&nbsp; own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20171114_184251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20171114_184251\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20171114_184251\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20171114_184251_thumb.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"447\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After cutting your wood slices, don\u2019t&nbsp; forget to drill a small hole at the top so that you can hang it on your tree or tie to a package.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20171114_184305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20171114_184305\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20171114_184305\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20171114_184305_thumb.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"418\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purchase chalkboard paint at your favorite craft store.&nbsp; Paint the center of the wood slice.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20171114_184311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20171114_184311\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20171114_184311\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20171114_184311_thumb.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"244\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take long for the paint to dry but if you&#8217;re really pressed for time, have a hand held hair dryer to speed up the process. After the paint dries, draw a simple picture or write your favorite Christmas word with chalk.&nbsp; And don\u2019t forget some cute Christmas string for hanging on the tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/chalk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"chalk\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chalk\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/chalk_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want the mess of painting your ornaments and you have a&nbsp; die cutting machine, you can cut a variety of shapes and words and family members can apply those onto their wood slices. You could add a layer of decoupage on top so it will last longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many families gather together during the holiday&nbsp; season for their traditional Christmas parties.&nbsp; To get the party started , I like to have a simple craft or activity that can be done as everyone arrives and these log slice ornaments &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/log-slice-ice-breaker-craft\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[623,950,500,930,48,214,38,850,100,1014,1010,88,249,615,43,949],"tags":[1098,1026,1119,1108,6,76,1099,1105,1104,1115,69,1110,1123,1030,260,1120,414,1100,171,452,1111,1150,1029,25,1113,1028,1116,1107,1027,1117,1151,1186,1118,1103,1101,44,220,1097,1121,1114,1109,1112,1102,1106,1136,1190],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}