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Christmas Crafts - Gifts and Decorations Made With Love
Gifts and ornaments from the heart have more meaning, and especially so at Christmas. You don't need a lot of cash, just invest a bit of time and some materials you have in the craft bin or the kitchen and you can craft unique gifts and ornaments made with the finest ingredient: love.
We also love to help others during this season - often it costs us nothing but time.
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Home Made Christmas Ideas
- Crafty Paper Christmas Decorations
- Kids Christmas Crafts
- Ornaments and Baubles
- Gingerbread Man Sandpaper Ornaments
- Quick Gift Ideas
- Gifts from the Kitchen
- Hand Made Decorations - the Big List
- Christmas Cards to Craft with Love
- It's All in the Presentation
- Home Made Christmas Gifts
- Hand Crafted Gifts for Everyone
- Crafty Gift Wrap Patterns and Projects
- Inspiration for the Christmas Holiday
- More Christmas Lenses
Crafty Paper Christmas Decorations
- Advent Wreath Craft
- Paste a leaf on the wreath every day to count down to Christmas in December. Finish off with a glowing candle and bow for Christmas Eve.
- Gingerbread Kids Ornaments
- Cute Christmas gingerbread boys and gingerbread girls, 6 decorations per page, ready to print in full color and cut out.
- Paper Snowflakes - Best 100 Designs
- 100 popular Paper Snowflakes
- Woven Moravian Stars
- Free instructions for making 3-D paper stars
(Moravian Pennsylvanian German). - 5 Point Star - Paper Relief
- Free instructions for making a paper relief of a 5 point star.
- 3D Paper Ornament Patterns
- Elegant cut and assemble tree and window decorations.
- Origami Star Box
- Learn how to fold an origami star box.
- How to make 3-dimensional paper ornaments
- 3-D paper holiday craft ornaments
- Paper Craft - Christmas Star - 1
- Make a tree-top star from paper and a recycled cardboard paper towel core.
- Jack-in-the-Box
- Make a Jack-in-the-Box from paper to use as a tree ornament or gift package topper.
- Free Christmas Printables - Christmas Activity Book to Print
- Printable Christmas activity book for children prints on one page; includes Christmas maze, Christmas word search, Christmas spot the difference pictures and Christmas crossword.
- 3-D Christmas Tree
- Free instructions and pattern for a paper craft tabletop Christmas tree.
- Snowman Paper Chains
- Cut out a whole chain of snowpeople, then dress them up with colourful clothes.
- Paper Snowflakes - Free Instructions
- Free instructions for making paper snowflakes.
- Folded Paper Ornaments or Package Toppers
- Iris Folding Free December patterns - Christmas Sleigh and Hanukkah Menorah
- Origami Club Christmas Patterns
- Christmas Origami patterns for all ages.
- Advent Decoration
- Use 24 matchboxes to create a darling chest of drawers, each one with a different treat to count the days until Christmas.
- Splitcoaststampers - Tutorial
- Table top trees made with paper.
- Free Christmas Craft Patterns and Templates - Winter Patterns
- Free craft patterns for Christmas and Winter.
- Free christmas graphics to download from Crafty computer paper
- Printable graphic sheets with Christmas motifs
Kids Christmas Crafts
- Clothes Pin Toy Soldier Ornament
- How to make a clothespin toy soldier tree ornament for Christmas.
- Christmas Crafts - Advent Calendar Wreath Craft, free Christmas Printable Craft
- Make an Advent holiday decoration with this printable holly wreath with candle and red bow. Stick on a leaf every day until Christmas Eve.
- 5 fabulous Christmas Craft Projects for the Whole Family
- 5 easy and traditional crafts to make a family memory during the holiday season.
- Easy Advent Calendars
- Simple DIY paper tree to make with the kids.
- Ice Cream Spoon Ornaments for the Kids to Make
- A snowman and a penguin to craft
- Angel Decoration
- Paper Angel Table Top Standup
Ornaments and Baubles
Crafty Decorations and Gifts
Decorations and OrnamentsGingerbread Man Sandpaper Ornaments
You can make cute Christmas ornaments for the tree, window or walls using a simple pattern, gritty sandpaper, and crafty trims.Materials
- Sandpaper sheets, brown in your choice of grit/weights.
- Card stock or cereal boxes flattened and cut into sheets of recycled lightweight cardboard. You can use corrugated brown cardboard for an interesting texture, but be advised it's harder to cut out smaller shapes.
- Craft Glue, in white or colors
- White or other chunky glitter to resemble sugar
- Sewing trim scraps such as rickrack, ribbon, buttons, brads, sequins, small applique trim patches
Directions
1. Draw or trace a simple gingerbread man outline shape onto the back side of the sandpaper. Draw a matching outline shape onto a piece of card stock or recycled cardboard.
Free Gingerbread Boy Pattern
2. Cut out around the outlines of both shapes.
3. Glue the cardboard to the sandpaper, keeping the sandpaper side exposed and the printed box side covered. Allow "cookie" to dry.
4. Decorate with pieces of trim, glue and glitter to make your "cookie" look real. Add a hole (and a brad if you have one) to the top of the gingerbread man's head and string with colorful ribbon or yarn.
Tips
Make smaller versions to hang on the Christmas tree, or larger gingerbread men to use as door or window decorations.
String together 6 to 8 2-sided gingerbread men then string them together on a length of jute twine to make a country cookie garland.
Make 2-sided "cookies" by cutting 2 sandpaper shapes and gluing one on each side of the cardboard.
Christmas Craft Decorations - How-to Videos
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Quick Gift Ideas
You've got ten minutes to whip up a last minute gift. What can you make?
Handprint Craft
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Gifts from the Kitchen
- Flavored Vinegars and Oils
- If you grow your own herbs, this is a great way to share the harvest year round.
- Dog Treats
- Treat the canine kiddies to a special doggie cookie.
- Peppermint Twist Sugar Cookies
- Yummy striped mint candy cane cookies.
- Easy Does It Christmas Recipes - Christmas - Holiday Snack Table Christmas Treats
- Home made Irish Cream, Peanut Butter Bon Bons, Toffee Treats
Crafty Christmas Gifts - How to Videos
Hand Made Decorations - the Big List
Knit, crochet, sew, cut, paste and fold to make these lovely ornaments
- Home Made Wooden Christmas Ornaments
- Patterns and directions for cutting, sanding and painting traditional tree ornaments.
- Tole Painted Ornaments
- Tole painting Christmas ornaments that will show your patriotic pride!
- Frosty Beaded Decorations
- Beads and wire make lovely ornaments.
- Polymer Clay Gingerbread Houses
- Instructions for making little gingerbread house ornaments from polymer clay
- ARTchix Studio Christmas Ornaments
- Patterns and instructions to make beautiful ornaments from paper, fabric and clay
- Glittery Christmas Ornaments
- Decorating plain balls to make glittering Christmas ornaments.
- Winter Craft - Paper Snowman Decoration
- Stitched Paper Snowman Window Decoration.
- Paper Craft Christmas Lantern
- Free Craft instructions for making a Christmas Paper Lantern
- Christmas Card Craft Box
- Free craft instructions for making gift boxes from old christmas cards.
- Free Christmas Stocking Pattern
- Free patchwork sewing pattern - Snowman Stocking.
- Ribbon Pinecone Ornament
- Cut and fold ribbon snippets, attach to form. Great tutorial with lots of pictures.
- Sparkle Ball Light
- How to make a sparkle ball with plastic cups and mini-lights
- Easy felt ornaments
- Sewing Stars: Felt Ornaments
- Free Knitting Pattern: I-cord Wreath
- Knitting pattern for a miniature wreath knit from I-cord
- Christmas Ball Ornament
- Instructions for Bead Knitted Christmas Ball Ornament
- Felt Christmas Stocking
- Homemade knitted and felted Christmas stocking will add a cozy touch to your holiday decor.
- How to Make a Tin Can Luminary
- Craft patterns for a green-friendly outdoor candle lantern
- Recycled CD Snowman Craft
- How to make a snowman from a recycled CD and a juice can lid.
- Santa and Mrs. Claus Decorations - Barbie and Ken
- Whip up Santa and Mrs. Claus suits for your Barbie and Ken dolls.
- Snowman made from Scrap Sweaters
- Green and crafty ideas for everyday living.
- Free Christmas Patterns
- Free Christmas Patterns from Karen's Variety - knit, crochet, sewing, embroidery and more.
- Make Mine Green, Please
- Recycle old CDs into lovely ornaments.
- Counted Cross Stitch Snowman Picture
- Free snowman charted pattern
- Snowflake Craft Project
- Make snowflake ornaments or package tie ons with liquid starch and embroidery floss.
- Cinnamon Ornaments
- Cute cinnamon purse ornaments.
Christmas Cards to Craft with Love
Gift tags, greeting cards, ornament cards!
Cards you can print and embellish, cards to color, cards to cut and decoration, and cards to make from snippets and leftovers from the craft bin.Folded Paper Cards and Ornaments
Tea bag folding and iris folding crafts are a perfect match when you want to make unique ornaments and cards.
Coloring Cards
Ready-to-color cards are great for the kids, or you can use them as a foundation for making pieced paper cards and gift tags.
Bookmark Cards
Craft your own embellished bookmarks to make unique greeting cards and gift tags you can also use as tree ornaments. Print and embellish free Christmas bookmarks, or design your own from bits of card stock, pretty papers, ribbon, lace and stickers from your sewing or craft bin.
Free Greeting Cards on Squidoo
Snow Loving Penguin Card
- customize yours at Zazzle today!
Christmas Shopping
Holiday Crafting Books and Gifts
It's All in the Presentation
Make homemade gifts extra special with creative packaging.
Gift Coupons, Certificates and Checks
Design your own gift - print out coupons or gift checks, make into a booklet and tie up with colorful ribbon or enclose in a special envelope.
Christmas goodies label - design your own with this free template.
Printable Gift Tags for Christmas and Hanukkah
Stickers and Labels for Crafters
Fresh, Modern Holiday Photo Cards!
Printable Cards on Squidoo
Home Made Christmas Gifts
Cheapskate or Thoughtful?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byHand Crafted Gifts for Everyone
- Knit Squid Cellphone Cozy
- As things under the sea are trendy now in the craft world, make this perfectly cute squid cellphone cozy by wingedkamui on LJ. Link....
- Free Christmas Iron-On Transfers
- Free printable Christmas iron-on transfer art for inexpensive and fast Christmas decorations and Christmas crafts - gingerbread man, kitten in stocking, and peace dove iron ons.
Crafty Gift Wrap Patterns and Projects
- Easy Holiday Gift Bags
- Use craft papers and these free patterns to decorate plain paper gift bags for the holidays with reindeer or snowman motifs.
- Petal Gift Box Pattern
- Print, cut and fold this beautiful box to hold a special gift or gift card.
- Folded Paper Ornaments or Package Toppers
- Simplicity of Iris Folding; Free December pattern - Christmas Sleigh
Crafty Christmas Lenses
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How to make your own adorable Christmas ornament
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This is a fairly easy ornament to make since it has simple lines and is basically all white. The only intricate part are the claws. With the right tools and a little patience you will be successful at making this ornament. Want to learn more co...
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Clip Art Crafts
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It's easy and fun to design your own printed paper crafts for friends and family with free graphics, borders and pictures. Sometimes the biggest challenge is finding the right graphic ... this Squidoo lens will make it easier to find and use the bes...
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Kids Love Christmas Crafts
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Christmas is such a wonderful time of year and a great time to spend a lot of time with family! A great way to spend time with the kiddos is doing Christmas crafts! The possibilites are endless when it comes to Christmas crafts!
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Paper Quilling
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Paper Quilling also known as Paper Filigree is the craft of coiling strips of paper and glueing to make simple or intricate shapes and designs. These shaped coils can be used to decorate cards, scrapbooks, boxes, eggs or tags and can also be ma...
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Instant Gift Wrap
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It's easy and fun to wrap gifts without buying expensive papers and ribbons. You can use supplies you have on hand, working with recycled materials or by printing your own small boxes, bags, gift tags and enclosures with the help of your computer.
Time Out - Take A Break!
Destress, relax and have some fun with games and puzzles.
Printable Games for Christmas FunHoliday Season Jigsaw Puzzles
Simple or hard, you choose the number of pieces, shapes and other options - free fun for everyone!
- Santa "Claws" Cute kitty cat with a red hat jigsaw puzzle
- Fun in the Snow, Snowman Jigsaw puzzle
Games and Amusements
Pop Some Bubble Wrap!
Memory Match Game - "Concentration"
Inspiration for the Christmas Holiday
Get some ideas and remember what it's all about.
101 Things to Do for Christmas
A collection of family activities for the Christmas season includes simple instructions for making religious and secular holiday decorations, gifts, w... more »
The Very First Christmas
Examines the Nativity story as the origin of Christmas, viewing it in both scriptural and secular contexts.
Can You See What I See? The Night Before Christmas
Scenes from Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas inspire twelve gorgeous and fascinating compositions where readers search for dozens of intr... more »
More Christmas Lenses
Santa, Christmas Coloring, Christmas Traditions
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Mrs. Santa Claus
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Mrs. Claus is famous for being Santa's wife. She stays in the background while Santa gets the spotlight for being the jolly fat man who gives gifts to kids, but there's more to Mrs. Claus than that! There are several books and movies that give Mrs. C...
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Santa Clause
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Whether you call him Santa Clause, Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or any other of the hundreds of names for him, Santa is still the hero of millions of children in the world.
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Santa Claus
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He lives at the North Pole. He raises reindeer. He wears a red suit and sports a white beard. He's jolly. He's fat. A merry, old elf. He's making a list, checking it twice. He's coming to town. In a sleigh. Must be Sant...
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Oodles of cool clip art graphics and free paper crafts you can print and use for home, office or school.
Clip Art Crafts Projects
Ideas and how-to's for making crafts and projects using all that free clip art you found all over the 'net.
Tags and Bags - Instant Gift Wrap
Tags, bags, boxes, cards and gift envelopes you can make from things you have on hand, and from free patterns you print, cut out and assemble.
Bookmarks and Bookplates
From vintage collectibles to stuff you can make yourself, labels and page markers for your favorite books. Bookmarks are perfect as stocking stuffers or unique gift tags.
Valentine's Day Gifts and Cards
Easy does it - make or buy a creative Valentine (or anti-Valentine) for your sweetheart.
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Resources for celebrating St. Patrick's Day all over the world, or in your own home or classroom.
