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Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Felt Stacked Christmas Trees
The magic onions has a really easy and cute way to create Christmas tree ornaments. All you need is circles of colorful felt in increasingly smaller sizes and glue. This is a really good activity for younger kids because all they need to do is glue and stack. She adds a jingle bell on top for a cute tree top.
Good for ages 3 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.themagiconions.com/2012/11/felt-christmas-tree-ornament.html
Julia crossland art adds a star.
Get the instructions here:
http://juliacrosslandart.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/oh-felty-christmas-tree.html
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Lace Christmas Trees
Smashed peas and carrots takes a paper cup cone and wraps in lace trimming to make decorative Christmas trees.
Good for ages 6 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com/2012/12/decorative-lace-trim-christmas-trees.html
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Curly Beard Santas
Meg duerksen shares some of the cutest Santas ever. The trick is she takes strips of white paper and curls them around a pencil to make the curly hair for his beard. She also uses some really cute red and white patterned scrapbooking paper for his hat.
Good for ages 6 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/2011/12/two-craftsone-post.html
Monday, December 9, 2013
Pompom Wreath
Alanna george has a cute and colorful Christmas craft using a felt cut out base and small and mini pompoms and glue. She even adds a pin to the back so you can wear it for the holidays.
Good for ages 4 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.alannageorge.com/2012/12/06/advent-activity-pom-pom-ball-wreath-pin/
Paper Christmas Tree
Looledo shares a make your own Christmas tree project using green paper, a green plate, a stick, some tape and some paper clips. It seems more elaborate than it is. Plus they provide a template for the tree leaves.
Good for ages 8 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.looledo.com/index.php/christmas-tree.html
Warm hot chocolate shares a way to make a fringed Christmas tree using folded triangle paper, green and white paint, and a scissors to create the branches.
Get the instructions here:
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Stained Glass Cookies
Yankee magazine shares a cute way to turn a cookie into a stained glass ornament. Using sugar cookie mix, crushed hard candies and holiday cookie cutters. They recommend hanging them in the window as sun catchers so the sun can shine through the translucent candy. The nice thing about this recipe is any cookie dough will work including sugar or gingerbread.
Good for ages 10 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2006-12/food/holidaylight
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Yarn Wreath Ornaments
Natural suburbia has a very easy tutorial to make a wreath out of yarn. The trick is to get very soft and textured mohair yarn. Then simply wrap it around a curtain ring. That's it
Good for ages 5 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/2011/12/christmas-wreath-ornament-tutorial.html
Christopher and tia use a neater yarn in their version.
Get the instructions here:
Blogging the moments adds flowers.
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Smile like you mean it adds jingle bells and bows.
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Melted Crayon Ornaments
Swell designer turns clear glass holiday ornaments colorful using crayons. She simply adds a few broken pieces of crayon to each ornament and heats with a hair dryer twirling it around as the wax melts.
Good for ages 8 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://swelldesigner.blogspot.com/2012/11/diy-crayon-drip-holiday-ornaments.html
Friday, December 6, 2013
DIY Punched Tin Paper Angels
Gingerbread snowflakes shares a punched tin paper angel template. All you need is some metallic paper and a push pin. She recommends using a pencil for the pattern since it's such meticulous work.
Good for ages 12 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://gingerbreadsnowflakes.com/node/640
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Cone Christmas Trees
Apartment therapy shares a very simple way to turn a paper cone cup into a Christmas tree. They don't include instructions to get cones that look like the photos though but recommend using paint, markers, glitter and stickers.
Good for ages 3 and up.
Missie lizzie me and my shadow uses green glitter paper and adds a gold star to make name cards.
Get the instructions here:
http://missielizzie-meandmyshadow.blogspot.com/2011/10/christmas-crafts-tree-table-place.html
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Cookie Christmas Ornaments
Gemma garner shows how to turn salt dough into pretty cookie ornaments. She recommends using paint for the "icing." Use your favorite Christmas cookie cutters to create lots of different shapes such as stars, trees, reindeer or snowflakes and ornaments. She says they take a while to dry including 3 hours to bake.
Good for ages 4 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://gemmagarner.com/craft/salt-dough-christmas-ornaments/
Free Gingerbread House Printables
We love to illustrate share several adorable gingerbread houses to download and fold into three dimensional structures.
Good for ages 6 and up.
Get the templates here:
http://www.welovetoillustrate.com/2012/12/free-gingerbread-house-download.html
Monday, December 24, 2012
Pom Pom Pinecones
The woolen acorn has a beautiful and simple idea of embellishing pine cones with pompoms to make elegant Christmas trees.
Good forages 3 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://thewoolacorn.blogspot.com/2010/10/tutorial-for-my-pinecone-christmas.html
Christmas wow has a version with patterned pom poms.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.christmaswow.com/enjoy-your-christmas-with-simple-outdoor-christmas-crafts/
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Fingerprint Candy Canes
Leap frog and lady buy has a cute idea for a seasonal fingerprint craft using white and red finger paint and red ribbon to create cute candy canes.
Good for ages 3 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://leapfrogandladybugs.blogspot.com/2011/12/candy-cane-craft-how-to.html
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Snowman Handprint Ornament
Busy kids happy mom has a cute twist on a handprint ornament taking the handprint and making snowmen out of the fingers.
Good for ages 5 and up.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.busykidshappymom.org/2011/12/model-magic-hand-prints-from-baby-to.html
123 homeschool 4 me uses a round ornament and a white paint hand print.
Get the instructions here:
http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2011/11/handprint-snowman-ball-ornament.html
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