I have abandoned the blog AGAIN this week and today you will find me over here getting crafty with the fabulous Mummy Alarm. I have a super sweet Christmas craft for you and will show you how to turn this... into this! A really sweet bauble and a way of preserving your children's Christmas wishes to revisit as they get older. Do pop by and say hi. Happy crafting folks x ...
#MatalanXmasTips: Christmas Craft
Tomorrow I am abandoning this blog, and popping on over to the Matalan blog where I will be sharing my top tips for Christmas Craft. I will also be sharing some of my favourite Christmas Crafts with you and here is a little sneak preview. If you are already in a spin with a million and one things to do don't panic. Over the next few days you will be able to find top tips from some wonderful bloggers on all things Christmas. So far there have been some great christmas gift ideas for all the family and some wonderful advice on how to decorate your house ready for some ...
Top Five Christmas Crafts From Red Ted Art
I am MASSIVELY DELIGHTED to have the crafty genius Maggy from Red Ted Art posting for us today. She is sharing with us five fabulous Christmas Crafts to get us all in the festive spirit. Take it away Maggy... Well… I think it is ok to start TALKING CHRISTMAS now, I know some like to wait until say the end of November, but you can't start soon enough for me and I confess that we have already been listening to Christmas music (I blame the kids of course). But what I really LOVE about Christmas is all the Christmas crafting. Too me, this time is a special time of year to spend time with the ...
Green Bottle Xmas Tree Craft
I recently up-cycled a green glass bottle into a rather pretty vase. The more I looked at it though the more it made me think of Christmas. I decided to have another go, this time making some Christmas trees which could be used as festive decorations. I began by painting a few old corks green. While these dried I set about decorating my bottles, labels having been soaked off, with gems, securing each with craft glue. Finally I cut out some cardboard stars, added some glitter for a bit of Christmas sparkle, and attached these to the corks with a cocktail stick and cellotape. Finally, I ...
Toddler Craft: Super Simple Christmas Cards
This craft is great fun with toddlers and it is so simple to do. The boy, having overcome his initial fear, is still loving to paint and his favourite painty tool is cotton wool balls. We recently made these super cute Halloween Monster Cards and I thought perhaps it was time we thought about Christmas. I know, I know, I literally start the countdown in October! So, we decided to make some Christmas Cards and discovered cotton wool was perfect for splodging out some Christmas trees! Simply splodge out your tree shape with some green paint on a white card. Next add some adhesive gems ...