Craft bags turn into holiday art

As you plan your table for Thanksgiving Day, don't forget the decorative, personal touches.

Today, we share some make-your-own centerpiece creations that were fashioned by “volunteer artists.”

We assembled three bags with art supplies — the same contents in each bag — and delivered them to Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Rumsey Station Elementary School in Papillion and Elk Ridge Village Assisted Living.

The artwork you see here (and at Omaha.com/community) was created by individual patients at Children's, some inpatient and some outpatient. The work at the other locations was done by groups working together — fourth- and fifth-graders in the Rumsey Station HAL (high ability learner) art club and residents at the retirement home. The groups each had about 15 to 16 people creating the art pieces.

From each of those bags, three decorations were made (with a fair amount of craft supplies added at both Children's and Rumsey Station).

Each bag included:

>> 15 fall-colored pipe cleaners

>> 12 sheets of construction paper

>> 8 large paper leaves

>> 8 craft (aka Popsicle) sticks

>> 6 googly eyes

>> 2 (3-inch) Styrofoam balls

>> 1 (2-inch) clay pot

>> 1 pine cone

>> Assorted small fake leaves and gourds

>> Handful of feathers

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