Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

mary-op

cuddles - you're so clever:T If youd have seen the mess I made of two felt snowmen (currenntly on their way to the bin) you'd have curled up laughing.........lol:rotfl:
Been googling ever since for templates that a child could do.............then maybe I could............lol:)
No luck so far

cuddles123

Thanks Mary.

You've made some great stuff, so don't put yourself down!

Have you tried this one?



http://familyfun.go.com/assets/cms/pdf/printables/0606_christmas_gingerbread_snowman_template.pdf

macpep1

Hi Ladies :wave:

I plan to be more organised this year and not up to all hours of the morning so I have been listing what I will need for what I plan to make this year. I have trawled the thread for the last few hours and searched, can someone tell me what the reindeer antlers on the chocolate covered orange are made from or is there a template, I am such a rubbish drawer so I am hoping there is a template for them and are they just stuck on the outside of the paper? TIA x

spicyprawn

I used pipe cleaners for my antlers

macpep1

tranmererovers wrote: »

I picked up 6 bars of Dove soap in Asda today for £2 - so just over 33p a bar which I didn't think was too bad...

jakes-mum wrote: »

I get 4 palmolive bars for a £1 at the £1 shop im sure I read that if your selling them you must write the soap ingredients on the outside of your packaging.

Is that right ladies or am I just making rules up now?

Thanks for that, I would probably just keep them in the wrapper as taking them out and writing out labels is extra work.
I still have the Rudy & Trudy tutorial from last year, even though I never got around to making them

macpep1

spicyprawn wrote: »

I used pipe cleaners for my antlers

I just raked in the craft boxes and found a brown pipe cleaner which I cut in half, it looks like birds feet sticking up :rotfl:

I cannot remember for the life of me how to put pictures on or I would have, my DD just said "mum christmas is aaaages away yet"

mary-op

cuddles - thanks for the template.............didn''t see it till just now and I've done the snowman...........after various 'hat' attempts and ideas from OH (far too complicated) snowman is now bald..............lol Well, he's got a scarf so thats something. Did a santas head as well and now confused how to do the eyes............goggle eyes make him look scary !!! Plain black are boring and not right -ideas please ?
Tomorrow I'm having a go at rudolph head........lol

libby79

hey guys, i am trying to find out how to do the elizabeth shaw mints- i am brand new to all this. can i just buy the cut out things of ebay and decorate? i dont have the machine and i am fairly skint but would like for my hampers!
Sorry if its a stupid question?
liz x

craftygranny

Hi Libby i have a machine but i always use paper punches for mine . I have the stampin up ones which seem a bit pricy or you can use a 2" scalloped circle punch and a 1.5" circle punch.

katiecoodle

Hello all, I'm generally a bit of a lurker but I get lots of inspiration from this thread & I wanted to share this creation which I made for a friend's birthday. I plan to recreate it as gifts for various difficult-to-buy-for people at Christmas.
It is a set of coasters, created on tiles, made from parts of maps. I chose places which have meaning - you can see the places Grace's Walk, George's Wood etc? Well these are the names of people in my friends family, so its a very personal set.
If you'd like to know how I did it, just let me know! PS How do you make the picture smaller?