You can recycle your popsicle sticks from the Summer – or purchase jumbo craft sticks to make these. They are so cute and simple to make and decorate.
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What you need: Craft sticks (or popsicle sticks); modge podge; craft paper; paints; whatever you want to use to decorate your bracelets! You are only limited by your imagination. You will also need drinking cups/glasses, rubber bands (optional) and an emery board or some sandpaper.
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Boil a pot of water and add your craft sticks to the water. Some sticks will break so make sure you boil more bracelets than you actually want/need. Let sticks boil for 30 minutes. Take off the heat and let sit in the pot of hot water for another 30 minutes.
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Form your craft sticks around cups or glasses or vases (measure wrists to get the right sizes!) and rubber band around. You can also form them inside the containers and you will not need rubber bands. Let dry overnight. Sand with emery board or sandpaper as necessary and…
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Decorate!
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We love corn on the cob at our house. LOVE it. We look forward to August each year so we can chow down! Each year we also find a great deal on corn and cook and freeze it for later. Then we can enjoy the fresh taste of summer all winter long!

First….obviously…shuck your corn. Last night we had a fun family night teaching the kids about the importance of hard work and welf-reliance while doing all this corn. We had 9 dozen to shuck. They had a good attitude about it!

After shucking the corn, we bring it in the house and wash it, then boil it for about 3 minutes each.

After they cool a bit where we can handle it, we cut the corn off the cob with our electric knife. Cooling the corn not only makes it better to touch, but it makes it easier to cut off the cob as well. This is my husband’s job…he is really good at it.

After cutting the corn off the cob, we fill the Foodsaver bags and seal up tight! I love my Foodsaver. It keeps the food fresh for a long time in the freezer. I have a large bag of Foodsaver bags that I buy at Costco, you get the best price there that I have found anywhere.

My kids did a great job helping us last night cook and freeze all this corn! Here is what 9 dozen look like in my freezer. It is nice to have that done and know that this winter, we will have some yummy corn to eat!