Christmas Crafts 2012

Nuninge

Completely loving the ribbon trees too! Nice to see people on here again too.

Nuninge

mummy2threeboys

hi!! im in, i craft a lot for christmas, last year i stuck to a budget of £150, this year id like to do £100

which includes
2 infant school children , 1 baby, 1 dh
2 nephews, a niece, one ex sil
one bil and another sil
mum
fil
2 brothers.

im confident lol id love it if i could hand make all of it. Im allways stuck for mens ideas! Thanks for some great links so far, reguards laura x

sethsgran

mummy2threeboys wrote: »

hi!! im in, i craft a lot for christmas, last year i stuck to a budget of £150, this year id like to do £100

which includes
2 infant school children , 1 baby, 1 dh
2 nephews, a niece, one ex sil
one bil and another sil
mum
fil
2 brothers.

im confident lol id love it if i could hand make all of it. Im allways stuck for mens ideas! Thanks for some great links so far, reguards laura x

What skills do you have and also what do you like to make/do. Then we can make suggestions

mummy2threeboys

HI i can knit crochet and sew (although sewing is more basic level)
im going to make my sons a wee vest each . mens ideas are definatly the hardest. last year people got fingerless mittens and scarfs lol

Nuninge

Tried making some of the glitter baubles today, I wasn't able to get the same Pledge floor cleaner as mentioned on pinterest but got the next best thing.
I don't think I put enought glitter in the light pink and blue ones and the white went patchy because I shook the solution too hard and it bubbled, but my eldest enjoyed helping me with some of them
Of all the glitters, it was actually the tinsel glitter rather than the fine glitter that gave the best coverage (yellow was the only tinsel I had!).
I've decided these are going to be nursery school teacher presents now, but just have to put names on them.

qwiksave

Nuninge wrote: »

Tried making some of the glitter baubles today, I wasn't able to get the same Pledge floor cleaner as mentioned on pinterest but got the next best thing.
I don't think I put enought glitter in the light pink and blue ones and the white went patchy because I shook the solution too hard and it bubbled, but my eldest enjoyed helping me with some of them
Of all the glitters, it was actually the tinsel glitter rather than the fine glitter that gave the best coverage (yellow was the only tinsel I had!).
I've decided these are going to be nursery school teacher presents now, but just have to put names on them.

They look great. Can you say what you did use? What was the 'next best thing?'

Nanamia

Ooh Nuningebi love your baubles they look fab. Like quiksave I'd like to kno what "the next best thing is". I emailed Pledge well Johnson and got a lovely reply saying that that particular cleaner is not available in the uk:( Cheeky I kno but can I also asked where you got your heart shaped baubles from I really would like to "borrow" your idea, last question did you use the cheaper type of thick glitter? X
I'm really getting into this:) Thank you x

mummy2threeboys

Very preety ! do you make the whole bauble or just put glitter in them?

Laura_D_3

I still haven't made a start on Christmas :eek::eek: But have made a good effort at homemade presents in general.

For my munchkins first beach holiday I made him a little straw sand castle flag;



I've now made a couple more for my best friends children;

Nuninge

qwiksave wrote: »

They look great. Can you say what you did use? What was the 'next best thing?'

I went on to Amazon and typed pledge and got a sort of floor wax thing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pledge-Klear-Multi-surface-750ml-floor/dp/B0033B9X1K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341527656&sr=8-2

Blinkin expensive but you only need a tiny amount.

HTH, Nuninge