If you’re having a cookout and planning on eating corn on the cob, this is a great craft to do with all those leftover corn husks. The fresh ones work best, but dried ones can be used if you soak them in water for ten or fifteen minutes and then pat them dry with paper towels.

Separate the husks lengthwise into strips about one inch wide. They should tear easily on their own. Form the first strip into a circle and staple it closed.

Take the second strip, loop it through the first, and staple (this is just like those paper chains you made in school when you were a child). Repeat until all the strips of husk have been added to the chain.

Once you’ve completed your chain, there are a number of things you can do with it.

• Place it on your altar, drape it over a window or a door, or hang it on the wall, just to represent the season itself.
• Use as a daily countdown until Lammas arrives.
• Chains come in handy in spellwork - use it to count off various aspects of a spell or a prayer.

As it dries, the husks will shrink and fade from green to tan, but it will still make a great Lammas decoration!

 

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