By Crafts for Learning Contributor, Danielle from the blog Crayonbox Learning.
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By General Crafts Contributor Melissa, from the blog MeloMomma
Are you all ready for Christmas? Is the shopping done and the presents wrapped? I’m certainly not ready but that didn’t stop me from taking twenty minutes to relax with the kids and get my toilet paper crafting on! Have fun crating this little toilet paper roll angel!
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Christmas Card Ornaments
I love to get Christmas cards each year, but my favorite ones are always the ones that are homemade. I especially love homemade cards from kids, so each year I have my girls make cards to give out too.
This year I thought it would be neat to make cards that could be hung from the tree as ornaments too. That way Grandma & Grandpa could keep them for many years to come (and me too!). We did two designs; a snowman and an ornament shape for the cards. Both cards open up for you to write your special message and then they can be displayed hanging from the tree. I like to write the year on the back of each one so years from now I can look back and see when these were done.
Supplies
Hole Punch
By Crafts-a lot Contributor, Mable who is an avid reader of craft blogs & magazines and has aspirations to improve her crafting skills. Join Mable on Facebook to socialize and share with other crafters.
These graham cracker houses are too sweet not to eat! They take away all of the hassle of making real gingerbread houses. They are easier to put together, and the kids can spend more time decorating, and less struggling with setting up walls.
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Icing Ingredients
Gingerbread House Ingredients
Gather up these supplies and then head over to Celebrations.com for the easy to follow instructions.
By Kid’s Craft Contributor Tracey, from the blog We Made That.
Winter is here and with all the holidays the kids seem to be home a lot. And with it being colder they can’t go outside to play as much, which means boredom is beginning to set in. So the other day it was cold and rainy out and both girls were starting to get on each other’s nerves pretty early in the day and I thought why not make a game we could all play.
And to make it even more fun, we got a little crafty and made our cups into snowmen. Which, both my girls loved to do because coloring is just so awesome.
Supplies
10 Styrofoam cups
Directions for Snowman Cups
Color a cute snowman face on all 10 of your cups. (Note: younger children may just scribble, and that is fine)
By Crafts for Learning Contributor, Danielle from the blog Crayonbox Learning.
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Directions: This activity was designed with young learners in mind. My example incorporated tracing numbers, number words and corresponding dots adding up to the number on each tree. The template for this project includes a blank set for adding your own text, and embellishments, and a numbered set 1-10. The numbered set includes a tracing number, number word, and dot corresponding to the number written on the card.
This activity takes 30-45 minutes to assemble. It would make a cute gift for a teacher, child care provider, or stocking stuffer for children.
By Craft Trends Contributor, Gillian from the blog Dried Figs and Wooden Spools. Check out our Craft Trends board on Pinterest!
Remember elementary school winters when you made snowflake after snowflake out of construction paper? I know I could never get enough and I’m sure my parents were, ahem, thrilled, with the endless snowflakes I brought home and taped to all our windows. Well, I still love to make snowflakes in winter, but these days I’m not limiting myself to construction paper.
Beautiful, simple and yet complex at the same time, making snowflakes out of unusual materials like these junk mail versions is a great way to turn a basic craft into something spectacular.
I love the use of these snowflakes strung off of balloons. It adds a whimsical touch with something as simple as a paper punch and some tape. I’d love to see a whole room full of these floating at a winter party. Of course, delicately strung snowflakes like this would look equally beautiful without the balloons, perhaps hanging together along a wall or in a doorway? Either way, they are beautiful.
My favorite snowflakes these days however, and ones I’m dying to try myself thanks to a newfound interest in hand stitching, are these embroidered examples. I’d love to create some simple winter throw pillows embroidered with intricate snowflakes such as these but I’m also thinking they would be a great decoration for winter cards! Umm, I’m ready for winter!
Be sure to check out these and other inspirational ideas on our Craft Trends Pinboard on Pinterest!
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