Slumber Fun Centerpiece

Things You'll Need

Moon and Star Cookies:

Refrigerated sugar cookie dough
Star and moon cookie cutters
Rolling pin
White paper lollipop sticks
Cookie sheet lined with baking parchment
Spatula
Oven
Pot holders
Wire rack
Tub of white frosting
Yellow and blue sugar

Moon & Star Cookies
Note: Make sure you supervise the oven and hot cookie sheet when the girls bake the cookies.

Roll out cookie dough 1/4-1/3 inch thick. Cut star and moon shapes with cookie cutters.
Use spatula to move cookies onto cookie sheet. Stick a lollipop stick in side of each cookie. Bake cookies following directions on package.
Using pot holder or oven mitt, carefully remove hot cookies from oven. Use spatula to move cookies to wire rack to cool.
Frost cookies with white frosting. Decorate stars with blue sugar. Decorate moon with yellow sugar.

Things You'll Need

Cloud Ornaments:

White craft foam
Light blue parchment card stock
Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
Glittery dimensional paint
Pencil
Scissors
Plain white paper
8 white paper lollipop sticks
Wire cutters
Craft glue

Cloud Ornaments
Write song titles or other phrases on blue parchment with felt-tip pen (or print them out on computer). Leave enough room between titles to cut out a cloud shape around each.
Cut out simple cloud shapes around titles. They should measure about 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches. Check the cloud pattern to make sure your paper clouds will fit on it with room to spare.
Trace cloud pattern onto white paper. Cut it out. Trace around pattern onto white craft foam eight times. Cut out with scissors. Erase any pencil marks.
Glue a blue cloud in center of each foam cloud. Decorate clouds with swirls of glitter paint. Let dry.
Trim eight lollipop sticks with wire cutters. They should measure 3 3/4 inches. Glue one to back of each cloud.

Things You'll Need

Wreath:

12-inch plastic foam wreath
Adhesive dots or craft glue
1/2-inch double-sided tape
Small blue and clear rhinestone stars
Fluffy craft stuffing
String of tiny clear Christmas lights
1 1/2-inch silver star spangles
1 1/2-inch blue gingham ribbon
Wire nippers
Tape measure

Wreath
Use tape measure to measure length around wreath. Cut a piece of ribbon that long, adding about 1/2 inch so ends will overlap.
Wrap double-sided tape around wreath. Cover sides of wreath with ribbon, pressing it onto tape. Cut tiny piece of tape to hold ribbon end in place.
Pull handfuls of stuffing and glue them over edge of wreath. Use only a little glue. Don't mash stuffing flat. You want to make fluffy clouds. Pull another fluffy lump of stuffing to rest in center of wreath.
Glue a star rhinestone in center of each star bangle. Glue bangles to stuffing. Glue a few clear star rhinestones to stuffing. Let dry.
Poke sticks of cookies and clouds through stuffing into foam wreath.


Add Starlight!
Before guests arrive, arrange Christmas lights on table so that they will fit in center of wreath. Set wreath over lights, leaving light plug free.
Plug lights into nearest outlet. They will "sparkle" through the clouds.
Safety Note: Use an extension cord if needed. Don't put cord where you will have to walk over it. Don't cover the cord with sleeping bags, pillows or blankets. Unplug the wreath before you go to sleep.