VV_December 2020

Village Voice December 2020/January 2021
Instructions for Making
a Wreath
The aim of our wreath making is to brighten up
doorways and also to not spend a fortune so
the challenge is to make it from recycled
materials or home grown greenery.
To make a rag wreath, you will need a wire
“frame” or an old coat hanger, a pair of scissors,
lots of material (they reckon around 2.5m)
altogether and a ruler. Please don’t buy an
“oasis” type wreath frame – they are made of
plastic and we are all trying to reduce our use
of plastic. Hobbycraft sell wire frames as do
many online stores.
For a rag wreath you need to cut your material
into 22cm strips, 3-4cm wide. Tie a piece of
ribbon or strong cotton to the wreath so you
can hang it up (or you can use the hook on the
wire framed coat hanger). If using a coat
hanger, bend it into an appropriate shape –
hearts look good as well as circles.
Now start tying. You make half a knot ie left
over right and under and pull tight. Keep
repeating and squash the knots up really close
to get a dense effect. For a picture of a rag
wreath – go to mumssavvysavings.com. There
are numerous examples and tutorials on the
internet. https://mucknbrass.com/shop/
Alternatives would be to cover the ring in
paper or indeed make one out of card and stick
coloured paper to it but bear in mind it will
need to be somewhere dry if it’s not to dissolve
into a soggy mess!
You could try attaching painted plastic (old
plastic bottles for example, painted in acrylic
paint) or you could make one from garden
greenery. To do this, secure a large potato
covered in tin foil to the frame with wire and
then stick the greenery into the spud through
the foil. There should be enough moisture in
the spud to keep it fresh.
Use your imagination!
You may decide to go one step further and
incorporate a string of fairy lights to your
wreath.
We look forward to seeing the creative and
innovative wreaths on display around the
villages!
Village Voice Treasure Hunt
Welcome to the Village Voice Treasure
Hunt – there are no prizes, but we
hope you find it enjoyable...
Once at the start, all the clues in this treasure
hunt can be seen from the pavement. A few
clues are on the right-hand side of the road but
are visible without needing to cross the road.
The clues and answers are sequential so you
should be able to tell if you have missed one.
You could return to the start across the fields
via the footpath from the bottom of the
destination car park, but you will need wellies
as the footpaths are muddy. A printable
question sheet is available on the RS websitewww.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk.
Answers will
be posted between Christmas & New Year.
No. Clue
1 Start at the pub with the most
common name in the UK
2 Mid Spring Cottage
3 Midsomer no more
4 Pinocchio’s lifelines
5 University professor by royal decree
6 One of three in P&TG
7 Forest in Cairgorms National Park
8 So here it is, Merry Christmas,
everybody's having fun
9 How Steamed (anagram)
10 Thimble full of fermented honey &
water
11 Fit philatelist?
12 Its OK, I’m holding its collar
13 It gets easier from here
14 Penn "trilogy"
15 Which Way?
16 Money laundering establishment?
17 Ship builders?
18 Weekday collections?
19 Crowns’ dated?
20 Surely, that’s not the time?
21 Finish at the pub with the second
most common name in the UK
Running clues
Iron rabbit, Stratfords, Flying Yacht, Oldfields,
Silver swan, Penn free Methodist church,
Telephone boxes, Lane House and war
memorial
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk