Show goody tree will brighten your home at christmas and its easy to make M ake of pulling out that I 1 INSTEAD old box of glass ornaments to decorate your christmas tree why not make it a goody tree this winter it looks nice its lots of fun to make and its still more fun to eat the ornaments when christmas is over popcorn balls cookie santa clauses surprise nuts candy canes and a dozen other delicacies can hang from the tree on christmas morning instead of just looking at the pretty tree standing in the corner you can reach out and eat some of the nice things that hang from its branches A goody tree cost very much because the few materials needed are later eaten anyway no real work is required to make the goodies parents and children can have a lot of fun working together to make their tree pretty popcorn strings popcorn strings always look pretty on the tree easy to make too paint some popcorn with vegetable coloring then thread it on a piece of string keeping a regular combination of colors such as one red and one white or one red rea and two W 0 white popcorn balls can be fixed next boil two cups of sugar with syrup and pour over freshly buttered popcorn mix well and allow to cool slightly butter your hands thoroughly then shape into balls when the balls are shaped push a string into them before you put them aside to dry this will make them easier to hang surprise nuts always make a hit with the children and grownups grown ups too scoop the nutmeats nut meats out of a couple dozen walnuts being careful not to crack or break the shells into each two pieces of empty shell place a little gift such as a shiny new penny a piece of candy a lit 1 tle tie trinket or even a dime place placa a piece of knotted string between the two halves before blueing theta them together when the glue is dry paint the shells bright colors be fore long no one will remember rem embar what is inside any one of them buy some nice solid red apples 1 and a few good looking oranges shine the apples until they glisten then stack their them in the shape of a pyramid at the base of the tree be careful to arrange the oranges and apples in ih some regular order or design i christmas cookies I 1 4 when you bake christmas cookies put as much color into the figures i as possible break some hard can 1 dy and put in little pieces for eyes 1 or make a few buttons down tha ula ja is front of the shirt push a piece ot 4 string through each cookie so it can be hung on the tree ia lollypops Lolly pops may easily be made ati 1 simply tie some fancy bows made out of cellophane or col 1 ored paper around the stems can dy canes always dress up a tree t and can be purchased almost any place if you have some tinfoil use it 3 to make a few small cornue cornucopian cornucopias oplas shape it into the tha q 4 form of a cone cona 1 and push a piece of st string ing through rough i one side fill the tha cone with little candies and it is ready to hang on f the tree j many more things can be made for the tree use any ideas you might have it will make the tree more your own the goodies are hung on the tree the same as regular ornaments it 5 is advisable however to place thern them so that small children can get at some candies without danger of pull ing down the tree when it is all finished the goody tree will probably give you the most fun out of christmas youve had in years |