What you need:
• Air-dry clay
• Small eye screw
• Acrylic paint
• Baby flat clothespins
• Super glue
What you do:
•Make a body of your reindeer using air-dry clay.
• Attach the hanger and let it dry.
• Paint the clothespins and the body.
• Let them dry.
• Paint the eyes.
• Glue together the reindeer parts.
• Let it dry.
• Display.
What you need:
• 2″ Styrofoam ball
• Serrated knife
• Roving or lightly spun yarn
• Needlefelting needle
• 1″ Wooden bead or ball with a flat side
• Fabric glue
• Tacky glue
• White felt
• Red, green or any color you want felt
• Acrylic paint
• Brush
What you do:
• Using the serrated knife, cut a small part of the bottom off the styrofoam ball to create a flat base for it to sit on.
• Needle felt the wool around the ball.
• Make the hat – Cut a quarter circle from the red felt.
• Fold into a cone and glue together with fabric glue.
• Make the ears – Cut two pointed ears from the twhite felt.
• Glue the hat and ears on the wooden bead.
• Paint the face on the wooden bead.
• Make the feet – Cut two rectangles of the red felt that cover the bottom of the ball and stick out about 3/4″.
• Round off one end. Roll the rounded end up.
• Assemble the elf – Glue the feet to the bottom of the ball.
• Then the wooden ball to the top.
• Let dry.
• Display.
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What you need:
• Old Magazine
• Glitter
What you do:
• Open magazine and bend to break spine.
• Fold individual page from top right corner to inside seam. Fold same page from bottom right edge to gutter.
• Fold bottom triangle of each additional ma
gazine page up, making the bottom of the tree flat.
• Sprinkle glitter over the tree.
• Let it dry.
• Display
What you need:
• Wool roving or mock wool fiber
• 2 twelve inch black pipe cleaners
•Scissors
• Ribbon (for hanging)
What you do:
• Bend pipe cleaner to form head and body of sheep.
• Twist ends of pipe cleaner as shown.
• Cut pipe cleaner in two halves.
• Bend each length of pipe cleaner tightly around body of sheep to form front and back legs.
• Bend legs downward; trim ends of legs evenly.
• Pull wool roving into three 12” lengths.
• Separate one length of wool roving lengthwise in half to form two pieces.
• Beginning at end of one back leg, wrap one piece of wool roving tightly around one leg, around body above back legs, and then around remaining back leg.
• Pull off excess wool roving.
• Smooth end of wool roving on leg.
• Repeat for front legs using remaining piece of wool roving.
• Separate one length of wool roving lengthwise into an approximate three-quarter piece; discard unused piece.
• Wrap piece of wool roving tightly around neck and head of sheep; continue wrapping piece loosely around front legs.
• Smooth end of wool roving on legs.
• Using remaining length of wool roving wrap wool loosely around body of sheep.
• Smooth end of wool roving onto body.
• For hanger, thread 8” of ribbon through wool roving at top of sheep and knot ends of ribbon together.
What you need:
• Sticks
• Scissors
• Yarn
• Twine hanger
What you do:
• Lay out sticks into letter shapes.
• Wrap tightly with yarn.
• Wrap in a twine hanger.
• Trim off extra yarn.
• Display.
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This year, create your own homemade gifts, holiday decorations, and Christmas stockings. With our easy Christmas crafts and fun-to-make projects for kids, you can give the holidays a personal touch. Our Christmas crafts for kids get them in on the fun with colorful ornaments, garlands, and more adorable ideas they’ll enjoy crafting.
What you need:
• Jar
• Distilled Water
• Glycerin
•Glitter
• Supper Glue
• Synthetic Trees
What you do:
• Adhere the figurine to the inside of the lid, and let the glue dry.
• Fill the jar almost to the top with distilled water.
• Add a pinch of glitter and a dash of glycerin to keep the glitter from falling too quickly.
• Screw on the lid tightly, being careful not to dislodge the figurine.
• Turn the jar over and back again — and let it snow.
What you need:
• Light-colored felt, such as cream or eggshell
• Animal shaped cookie cutters
• Disappearing-ink pen
• Scissors
• Thread
What you do:
• Trace cookie cutters with a disappearing-ink pen on felt.
• Cut out twice.
• Lightly brush glue onto the back sides of colored-felt pieces.
• Sandwich the light-colored piece in between.
• Let dry flat.
• Hang from a length of silver thread, knotting at top.
What you need:
• Orange
• Toothpick or pin to ease the cloves into the orange
• Whole cloves, at least 1/4 cup, depending upon your design
What you do:
• Stick a clove directly into an orange. You may want to use a toothpick or pin to make the first punctures so that the cloves are easier to insert.
• Once the ball is completely studded with cloves display.
What you need:
• 2 paper plates
• acrylic paint: brown, yellow, white, black, orange
• glue
• scissors
What you do:
• Paint the paper plates brown and let dry.
• Paint circle eyes on one of the plates. Let dry.
• Paint orange triangle for a nose. Let dry.
• Cut one of the paper plates in half for the wings.
• Trim the top of the remaining paper plate to form two ears at the top.
• Glue the wings to the back of the body plate.
• Display.
What You Need:
• Glass vase
• Acrylic paint in different colors
• Paper towels
What you do:
• Choose one paint color of your choice and squeeze a few drops into the bottom of your vase.
• Twist and turn the vase so that the paint runs down the sides.
• Repeat this process with your other colors until the entire vase is covered.
• For a swirled look, do not let your paint dry between coats.
• Turn the vase upside down on a paper towel to let any excess paint run out.
• Let the vase dry completely for 24 hours.
What you need:
• Candles
• Old CD’S
• Small foil pie tray
• Oven tray
• Access to oven
What you do:
• Place the foil pie tray onto an oven tray. If you can not find a small Pie tray use a metal dish to melt the CD over. Remember to always use Gloves.
• Heat the oven to 350 F.
• Gently place a CD on the foil cup, with the label side up.
• Place it into the heated oven for around 10 Min’s.
• Using an oven glove, push the CD down into the pie tray.
• It should be flexible enough to sink into the tray and shape.
• Allow it to cool and harden.
• Always melt CD’s in a well ventilated area.
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What you need: • A clear water bottle • Duct Tape or aluminum foil and tape • Thumb tack or push pin • Pencil • Flashlight • Sink or basin What you do: • Remove the label from the water bottle. • Cover half (vertically – from opening to bottom of bottle) of the water […]
