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sarahf191979

What is the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet?


[SIZE=-1]The Christmas alphabet has NO - L (Noel)[/SIZE]

sarahf191979

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sarahf191979

Another Craft for the kids to make for Christmas, or maybe make a few up and make them into a set of Christmas Skittles:


You will need:

• 2 Liter plastic soda bottle
• White and black acrylic paint
• Sponge brush
• Fine grain sand paper
• Red and black felt
• Pipe cleaners - Christmas colors
• Craft glue
• Plastic spray can lid (spray starch, or similar size)
• Plastic tub lid (butter tub or similar size)

1. Sand the surface of the bottle, spray can lid and tub lid. This will allow the acrylic paint to adhere to the surface.
2. Paint the spray can lid and tub lid black. Paint the bottle white. Allow to dry.
3. Cover the top and sides of the spray can lid and the top of the tub lid with black felt. Since you've painted them black, you don't need to be too precise with the felt. Center, and glue the spray can lid to the tub lid. You now have your snowman's hat. When the glue has dried, turn the hat over and cut a small hole in the bottom with an exacto knife. Make the hole a little smaller than the circumference of the top of the hat.
4. Fill the bottle about halfway with pebbles, sand or dirt. This will help keep your snowman from falling over.
5. Cut a strip of red felt about 2 feet long and 1" - 1 1/2" wide. (If your felt came in 12" squares, just cut two strips and glue the ends together. Tie this around the bottle, about 3-4" down from the top. Secure with a dab of glue.
6. Make earmuffs using 3 pipe cleaners. Two of them will be coiled to make the actual "muffs". The third will be the band attaching them. (Attach the pipe cleaners by twisting the ends together.) Drape the earmuffs across the back/top of the bottle. Secure with craft glue.
7. Attach the hat to the bottle by running a bit of glue around the inside of the hole and then place the hat over the top of the lid. Decorate the hat with a pipe cleaner.
8. Draw a face using a black marking pen or black paint. Draw buttons under the scarf, or glue on black felt circles.

SNOWMAN #2
You will need:

• Liter plastic soda bottle
• Sand, dirt or pebbles
• 2-3" diameter styrofoam ball
• White and black acrylic paint
• Sponge brush
• Fine grain sand paper
• Black felt
• Black buttons
• Christmas ribbon
• Craft glue
• Plastic spray can lid (spray starch, or similar size)
• Plastic tub lid (butter tub or similar size)

1. Same as #1-4 above.
2. Remove the lid from the bottle and squidgy the styrofoam ball down onto it. If you need to, you can carve out the hole, using scissors or a sharp knife.
3. Tie a long piece of ribbon around the snowman's neck.
4. Tie a shorter piece of the same ribbon around the top hat.
5. Attach the hat to the head as above.
6. Glue buttons to the styrofoam to make the snowman's face.
7. Cut small circles of black felt and glue them onto the snowman's belly

Courtesy of: http://www.make-stuff.com

98jdougl

just popping in to say hi... not done anything worthy of mention but was feeling left out so christmas, santa, rudolf, trees...

liley9

just popping in to say thanks for the advice on the cello wrap i really must get my bum into gear and start practising some of these hampers this year i would love to have everything finished by end of nov so i can spend all of dec enjoying the kids excitedness and not panicking

sarahf191979

How cool are these little fella's?



Materials:

Striped (preferably diagonal) red and white fabric about 2 ft x 1 ft
White thread
Polyester stuffing
Sewing machine
Two googly eyes
Small piece of red yarn
Craft glue
Scissors

Instructions:

Fold the fabric in half so you have two layers of fabric with the wrong side facing you.
Sketch out your candy cane design around 10 inch in length and around 2 inch wide. Cut out your cane allowing a little extra for sewing.

Sew your two pieces together leaving a gap at one end. Turn your cane the right way out.

Using the toy filling stuff your cane as firm or as soft as you would like it.

Finish up by sewing the end of the cane closed and gluing on your candy cane face.

Courtesy of: www.craftbits.com

footballmanagerwidow

rufusd!!!2 wrote: »

That might be where its moving to, they are called Greenfields Boot Fairs and has been in Gillingham, Beechings Way for years. I live in Gillingham, where abouts are you?

Yeah, that's the one - they're moving to just over by Upnor. I live in Brompton...so I suppose that means gillingham too! Just been to the Range and got a lovely basket for MIL Xmas hamper, white wicker with a rose fabric lining...very pleased with it. Also got all the stuff for my Xmas folder, gotta go back through the posts now and see what I need to do with it all!

sarahf191979

Key Chain Mittens and scalf

Materials:

Red Heart Super Sport or 3 ply sport yarn in Blue, White and Green.
Size 1 steel crochet hook.
Hat is 1 1/2" (3.8/4cm)long and Mitten is 2" long (5)

Instructions:

Mitten - - Row 1 - Starting at cuff and with Mitten color, ch 6, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in last 4 ch, turn. ( 5 sc ).
NOTE - Work in back lps unless otherwise stated.
Rows 2-12 - ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 13 - Hold first and last rows tog., matching Sts, working through both thicknesses, ch 1, sl st in each st across, do NOT turn.
Rnd 14 - For hand, working in end of rows on cuff, ch 1, ( sc in next row, 2 sc in next row ) around, join with sl st in first sc. ( 18 ).
Rnd 15 - Ch 1, sc in each st around, join as before. Fasten off.
Rnd 16 - Join stripe color with sc in first st, sc in each st around, join. Fasten off.
Rnd 17 - With mitten color, rpt round 16.
Rnd 18 - Join stripe color with sc in first st, sc in next 10 Sts, 2 sc in next st leaving last 6 Sts unworked, join. Fasten off. ( 13 ).
Rnds 19-21 - Rpt rounds 17 and 16 alternately, ending with round 17.
Rnd 22 - Working this round in both lps, ch 1, sc in each st around, join.
Rnd 23 - Working this round in both lps, ch 1, sc in each of first 2 Sts, sc next 2 Sts tog., ( sc in each of next 2 Sts, sc next 2 Sts tog ) 2 times, sc in last st, join. Leaving 8" for sewing, fasten off. Weave end through Sts of round 23, pull to gather, secure end.
Thumb - Working this round in both lps, join mitten color with sc in first unworked st on round 17, sc in next 4 Sts, 2 sc in last st, join with sl st in first sc. ( 7 sc ).
Rnds 2-3 - Working these rounds in both lps, ch 1, sc in each st around, join as before. At end of last round, leaving 8" for sewing, fasten off. Weave end through Sts of round 3, pull to gather and secure end.
Hat - Row 1 - Starting at cuff, with hat color, ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each of last 2 ch, turn. ( 3 sc ).
Rows 2-32 - Working these rows in back lps, ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Row 33 - Rpt row 13 of Mitten.
Rnd 34 - Working in ends of rows on cuff, ch 1, sc in each row around, join with sl st in first sc.
( 32 ).
Rnd 35 - Working this round in back lps, ch 1, sc in each st around, join as before.
Rnds 36-38 - Ch 1, sc in each st around, join. At end of last round, fasten off.
Rnds 39-44 - Working these rounds in back lps, rpt rounds 16 and 17 of Mitten alternately.
Rnds 45-46 - Ch 1, sc in each of first 2 Sts, sc next 2 Sts tog, ( sc in each of next 2 Sts, sc next 2 Sts tog ) around, join. ( 18 ).
Rnd 47 - Ch 1, sc in first st, sc next 2 Sts tog, ( sc in next st, sc next 2 Sts tog ) around, join.
( 12). Leaving 8" for sewing, fasten off. Turn cuff up.
Tie - With the mitten color, ch 20.
Fasten off.
Sew one end of tie to mitten cuff and sew other end to centre top of hat on wrong side.
Hanger - With the mitten color, ch 18. fasten off. Tack both ends of hanger to centre top of hat on right side.

Cortesy of: www.craftbits.com

sarahf191979

Turkey Poop.

Same idea as reindeer poop, using chocolate covered Raisins.

----Turkey Poop Poem----

You invited me to dinner
with your family and your friends.
You didn't say I was the main dish.
For me it was "THE END!"
You frightened me so badly
I knew I had been duped!
So I left you with my calling card:
This bag of Turkey Poop!

sarahf191979

Make this creative Christmas Holiday craft for a friend.



Purchase a small gift bag and fill with all or some of the items below along with a label explaining each Christmas holiday token.


Paracetamol/ Nuerofen - to take away the headache family
Chamomile Tea - To calm, relax, and soothe away the tension
Peppermints - to settle the tummy from overindulging
Slim fast or Diet Pills - to kick off the diet you will need to start
Pocket Diary - to track all of the must do's and gift lists
Relaxation CD - soothing quiet music to listen to while wrapping gifts.
Sticky Tape - You can never have enough for gift wrapping.
Cookie Recipe - For those last minute treats.
Hot Cocoa - For Indulging your self after a day of preparations.

Courtesy of: www.craftbits.com