Christmas Crafts 2012

Laura_D_3

It's my beautiful God-daughters 5th birthday next month and she is obsessed with ballet - wants to be Darcy Bussell when she grows up - can anyone think of any homecrafts I can make her which are ballet related for her birthday - Thanks xx

sethsgran

How about a no sew tutu.. http://madamesouffle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/baby-tutu-dress.html

fatblackandwhite

Just saw this on Facebook and I thought someone could maybe adapt it and use it for Christmassy purposes...

Chris25

pinktreefairy wrote: »

hi not sure if this is the right thread but last year i made jam from a recipe on here but my question is how do you get rid of the taste/smell of what was in the jar before? i used the 9p curry jars that was suggested and the jam tasted of curry.:eek:

I find it's the lids that retain the smell - the jars seem fine after a good wash.

When I'm making chutney or preserves to give as a pressie, I like to use the nicer/unusual shaped jars but if I can't get the smell (and sometimes the colour is offputting too) out of the lids, they get binned.

If I don't need the plain jars, they go on Freegle or for recycling but I keep the lids if I think I can re-use them - very often they'll fit one of the jars I've kept.

You can buy spare lids to fid the average 1lb jars but I've only had to buy them once.

Chris25

MrsDrink wrote: »

When I made some teacakes I used golden syrup:

Recipe: http://bakes-a-lot-lady.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/marshmallow-teacakes.html
But note - the marshmallow inside a teacake is really gooey and not 'rubbery' (for want of a better word). I don't know if this is because it doesn't contain Gelatine?[/QUOTE]

Oh my word - they look gorgeous!

And, they look even better than the ones made on the blog

Chris25

Laura_D wrote: »

It's my beautiful God-daughters 5th birthday next month and she is obsessed with ballet - wants to be Darcy Bussell when she grows up - can anyone think of any homecrafts I can make her which are ballet related for her birthday - Thanks xx

Make her a craft kit?
you could print off some colouring-in shapes (similar to these http://www.coloring-pages-kids.com/coloring-pages/sports-coloring-pages/ballet-ballerina-dance-coloring-pages/ballet-ballerina-dance-coloring-pages-images/ballet-coloring-page-11.php

http://freecoloringpagesite.com/37-ballet-coloring-pages.html ) & make a little book & give some crayons/pencils with it.

Or you could make a ballet-themed wordsearch http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=1937824&CFTOKEN=57862039

There are some free printable images here that could be cut out & mounted onto lolly sticks http://thevintagemoth.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/vintage-paper-dolls-ballet-dancers.html

perhaps you could get some pink wallpaper scraps or scrapbook papers and make 'newspaper' ballerinas together with her?

***just thought, can she tie her shoelaces? If not you could make a cardboard ballet pump, thread some ribbon through and get her to practice with that**

MrsDrink

Chris25 wrote: »

Oh my word - they look gorgeous!
And, they look even better than the ones made on the blog

Aww thanks!! I did double up (I think - or at least 50% more) the marshmallow so it was fatter than the ones in her blog. And I used way more chocolate to cover them than she recommended. lol. mmm!!

PoppyGirl

A homemade Tunnocks Tea cake you are so clever!!!

Laura_D_3

Chris25 wrote: »

Make her a craft kit?
you could print off some colouring-in shapes (similar to these http://www.coloring-pages-kids.com/coloring-pages/sports-coloring-pages/ballet-ballerina-dance-coloring-pages/ballet-ballerina-dance-coloring-pages-images/ballet-coloring-page-11.php

http://freecoloringpagesite.com/37-ballet-coloring-pages.html ) & make a little book & give some crayons/pencils with it.

Or you could make a ballet-themed wordsearch http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=1937824&CFTOKEN=57862039

There are some free printable images here that could be cut out & mounted onto lolly sticks http://thevintagemoth.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/vintage-paper-dolls-ballet-dancers.html

perhaps you could get some pink wallpaper scraps or scrapbook papers and make 'newspaper' ballerinas together with her?

***just thought, can she tie her shoelaces? If not you could make a cardboard ballet pump, thread some ribbon through and get her to practice with that**

Thanks for the fab ideas - I particularly love the shoe laces one

kemo_2002

does anyone have a link to the bah humbug jars? im sure i saw them on here, i was thinking of selling them at a craft fair with other sweets too, does anyone have any idea what other sweeties i could use ... like maybe choc peanuts for reindeer poop? many thanks!! also do you think £2 per jar is an acceptable price? the jars will cost me 50p each to buy.