Pleasee, I need some ideas for christmas crafts?

Question

My dad's birthday is on the 25th of decembre, and I could use some easy christmas crafts that I could make with what I find in the house....

Answer 1

Try origami (the japanese craft)...don't forget to put it at your cristmas tree...good luck...bye

Answer 2

Rice Krispie Christmas Trees

Salt Clay Dough

Santa Puppet

Silk Screen Christmas Cards

Sock Snowman

Stained Glass Star

Straw Stars

Answer 3

Paper Reindeer

Rice Krispie Christmas Trees

Salt Clay Dough

Santa Puppet

Silk Screen Christmas Cards

Sock Snowman

Answer 4

Clothes Pin Angel

Cork Horse Ornament

Cornstarch Clay Dough

Cotton Snow Flakes

Crocheted Christmas Wreath

Easy Candle Making

Easy Christmas Ornament Gift

Answer 5

Advent Mural

Angel Tree Ornament

Bead Wreath & Candy Cane

Bell Ornament

Candy Basket

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

Christmas Card Ornaments

Christmas Cornucopia

Christmas Cracker

Christmas Piñata

Christmas Place Mats

Clothes Pin Angel

Cork Horse Ornament

Cornstarch Clay Dough

Cotton Snow Flakes

Crocheted Christmas Wreath

Easy Candle Making

Easy Christmas Ornament Gift

Finger Painting

Flower Pot Mouse

Fridge Magnet Christmas Gift

Heart Mouse Ornament

How to fold a Paper Crane

Ice Candles

Jacob's Ladder Chain

Oil Lamp Santa

Pebbled Candles

Paper Angels

Paper Reindeer

Rice Krispie Christmas Trees

Salt Clay Dough

Santa Puppet

Silk Screen Christmas Cards

Sock Snowman

Stained Glass Star

Straw Stars

Sweet Smelling Pomander

Thai Lotus Flower

Tin Can Toys

Toothpick Ornament

Walnut Mouse Ornament

Wreath Puzzle Ornament

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Answer 6

The kids and I make Christmas wreaths every year for free! They make great gifts and no one can ever guess how you've done it. You need:



a wire coathanger

a few of the green rubbish bags that youare supposed to use for garden waste. (Not too heavy a grade, just normal bin bag thickness)

Some of the smaller decorations from last year that you won't be using because they are broken or the hangers have come off, waste parcel ribbon, anything festive.

Some spray glue, spray snow, gold or silver spray and glitter.



First, bend the coathanger into a circle as well as you can. Leave the hook on as you will use this for hanging the wreath.



unfold the binbags anf lay them flat, several on top of each other so that you can cut them up all at once. Cut them into strips approx 4.5 inches -5 inches long by about 2-2.5 inches wide.



Separate the strips, (rub them together between your fingers) Now simply tie them onto the wire hoop Use a simple knot and make sure that half of the strip stick sout at each side. Spread out the strip at each side of the knot. When you have tied a few onto the hoop., push them together as closely as possible. This looks a bit odd at first but it starts to look better as you carry on.



When the hoop is full, you have your basic wreath, now use your imagination to decorate it Hang it up on the washing line outside and give it a frosting of gold or silver paint, add ribbons, bows bells, anything else you like. Ribbon wrapppedaround the wreath looks particularly good. If you want to add glitter, this is an easy way to do it without making a mess: Empty the glitter into a large, plastic carrier bag, spray the wreath with glue or dab glue onto the bits you want to be glittery. Put the wreath in the bag, hold it closed at the neck and shake. The glitter will stick to the gluey bits and you can easily salvage what's left.

If you have some of those scissors which cut with a crinkly edge, these give a 'holly' look to the wreath if you cut the bags with them.



If you want a 'fairy' type effect (little girls love these) Use white or transparent bags and spray with pastel colours.

Have fun! What a great question, I've got loads of ideas from other people suggestions, thanks for asking it.

Answer 7

Santa Puppet

Silk Screen Christmas Cards

Sock Snowman

Stained Glass Star

Straw Stars

Sweet Smelling Pomander

Answer 8

I'm not sure what it is you're trying to make - but a few things that I've done before are recycle old Christmas cards and mount them for decoration by edging the front and gluing onto red or green background paper. Of course, the construction paper red and green chain links are a classic. The popcorn strings, If you have a decorative bowl - you can put high quality red apples and mix with some springs of pine. You could even try throwing in a few whole walnuts in the shells. You can use old ovaltine containers and glue on felt and other materials to make drums. I guess it depends on if you want totally classy Christmas crafts that are time consuming or simple, easy ones that even young kids can do. I'm more of the queen of the easy ones so I hope this helps. You can take any kind of red, green gold or Christmas cloth even from an old Christmas table cloth. If the fabric is heavy enough and you have a sewing machine you could make really nice placemats. You can always laminate children's Christmas drawings onto placemats or use those recycled Christmas cards or your own art. If you have pom poms and pipe cleaners, some glue and little eyes you can make candy cane toppers and hang them around, on presents or on the tree. You can use peanuts and make little elves with some felt pom poms and little eyes. Pom pom snowmen out of yarn are easy to do too. You could take old fabric, stuff it and make pillows using some fabric glue if you like to decorate. It all depends on what you've got around the house. Shiny Christmas ornament balls in a fancy bowl are always classy.

Answer 9

Christmas ornaments are easy.. the possibilities are endless!!!!!

If you already have a christmas tree you can cut some branches and use the fresh greens to make so many different things , from onaments to center pieces for the table, candle rings and wreaths. Pine cones and berries are great to decorate any of the above. Another Idea if you are making it a gift is to print out some pictures of you and your dad over the years and decopage

them on a glass or ceramic onament. All you do is mix some clear glue and a little water and brush the mixture over the pictures .. and then you can put a clear coating over the top if you want. Also , holiday decorated bird houses are nice too.. like I said the possibilities are endless.. have fun with it.

Answer 10

Do you need a gift for your father? If you want something as a gift that is also decorative, you could try a photo collage. Pick photos that you can cut and glue without it being a problem, gather 2 pieces of flat cardboard (like a folder), a frame, scissors, glue stick. Arrange the pics on the cardboard and lightly trace around them, then cut the openings out. This is the front. Place pics on the back piece, make sure they show thru the openings, and glue them in place with glue stick. Position front cardboard and glue lightly at corners. Decorate and place in the frame. Or you can make an ornament with the pics, by making a small square, about 3x3, and gluing the pics to it. Attach a shiny ribbon to hang from the tree. A rice bag can be nice, easy and quick. Take a clean tube sock, fill about 2/3 with uncooked rice and sew the top shut. You can heat this in the microwave for one to two minutes, and it feels great on sore muscles, or at the foot of a cold bed. You can freeze it too, to put on sprains, or under your pillow when it's sweltering.

Answer 11

Well, if you have some actual cloth napkins lying around that you never, ever will use in a million years (I'd ask first just to be safe cuz parents really don't like it when you use two out of five napkins and they don't have a complete set anymore), you could make a little throw pillow (possibly sow in something reminiscent of a Christmas tree). Or make ornaments out of old Christmas cards. Or write him a poem if that is something you can do. Make his favorite cookies (baking supplies are ALWAYS around the house).



It really depends on what your dad is into. Maybe do something that has nothing at all to do with Christmas. Those of us with birthdays near Christmas really like it when you not only celebrate the holiday and the reason for the holiday, but also make the day special and unique to us as well.

Answer 12

Crocheted Christmas Wreath

Easy Candle Making

Easy Christmas Ornament Gift

Finger Painting

Flower Pot Mouse

Fridge Magnet Christmas Gift

Heart Mouse Ornament

How to fold a Paper Crane

Ice Candles

Answer 13

I am always flat broke, but crafty: Here is an all time favorite craft that I use every few years.



Any fabric you have around the house - old sheets, curtains, etc. Cut circles out using a bowl for a tracing template. Test out sizes as you go.



Thread a needle - baste stitch around the circle, leave a little thread on each end. (Baste stitich is big spaced stitches up and down).



Pull on the two loose ends of thread, where they come together as you finish around the circle, and the circle starts to become a little pocket.



Tear apart an old pillow and pull some stuffing out - put the pillow stufing into the "pocket" that is forming from your circle when you pull the threads.



When you have it filled just right, and you tie off the threads, you have a tiny little pillow, one side with just a fabric bunch where you pulled everything tight and tied off.



Make 9 or 10 little pillows (more or less depending on your size of circle at the start). String the little pillows together, thru the center (imagine pressing the little pillows flat, and stringinhg straight through the centers).



Once you have these strung together (I use double length of thread) bring the ends together and tie off with a loop -



You will have a nice really homemade wreath from fabrics in any style you choose. I actually tie mine off and make my loops (for hanging) from fine Hemp.



You can add buttons, beads, or anything else you can find to adorn them. At the craft store you can get those rusty litlle stars and hearts like 10 for $1.00 - I use those when I make my loop and they hang into the center of my wreath.



My family still puts them up every year - each time I make them - I use different fabrics and colors.



Merry Christmas! Happy B-Day to your Dad.

Answer 14

Here are a few simple crafts to get you started:







Jeweled Ornaments

Glue jewels (from the craft store) to ornaments. When the glue is dry, put gold glitter glue around the jewel.







Marbleized Ornaments

Take the top off a clear ornament. Put two different colors of paint inside (approx. 1 tsp.each). Turn the ornament until paint swirls to give a marbleized look. Replace top.







Gingerbread Man Cookie Garland

Prepare cookie dough for baking. Punch a hole in each hand with a straw. Cookies will bake with a hole in the hand. When cooled, decorate as desired. Thread a thin ribbon through hands connecting all the gingerbread men. Knot the ribbon and trim ends on an angle. You can also use other Christmas cookie(i.e. snowmen, Santa, etc.).







Peppermint Wreath

Cut out a circle from cardboard. Then cut out the middle. Paint the circle red. Staple a loop of ribbon to the circle (for hanging). Glue on candy canes

Answer 15

Christmas crafts that will last:



One of the best christmas crafts that i have seen involves recycling. With all the christmas shopping going on at the stores most stores will have christmas theme bags. If you take the bag home after shopping you can cut off the handles of the bag. On some bags you can spray glue some gliter and then frame the bags for a great christmas picture. They look like expensive christmas pictures that you can bring out every year or give as a gift. I really like the bannana republic and gap or macy's bags as long as they do not say the name of the company on the bag.

Answer 16

Try some Candy Cane Reindeer!



Personally, I never liked Candy Canes that much, but my Mom would buy a box and every year we'd make these as a sweet little craft idea, they -do- turn out really cute.



You will need:

A box of candy canes

Googly Eyes (hopefully you know what I'm talking about)

Red and Brown Pom-Poms

Brown Pipe Cleaners



The idea here is to glue the googly eyes on the shorter end of the 'cane' and the pom poms as a nose. Using the pipe cleaner, wrap it around the candy candy right near the arch, and make it into various reindeer antlers. Be creative, especially when you're shopping- you don't need to buy brown specifically, but it's more traditional. Try some various sized eyes, the small ones usually work best, different color pipe cleaners, or maybe even put more pipe cleaners on the main one for extra kooky antlers.



It's cheap, it's easy, and it's fun. You can hang them on the tree, or you can give them to teachers or friends.



Most importantly, though, have fun while you make them, and while you give them.

Answer 17

I'm a bit confused about how your father's birthday comes into play here. If you are asking about Christmas crafts for his birthday then here's a thought. My birthday is also close to the holidays and it's not pleasant to have people conflate the holidays (that everybody gets to celebrate) with the very personal birthday. So if the question had to do with getting your father a birthday present then I would like to recommend that you think of something that is not Christmas related.



That said, this is an interesting and helpful question, but I thought you may want to consider that point.



For a gift (Christmas or otherwise), I recommend taking a nice photo he likes (or a nice postcard), putting it on a simple colorful sheet and putting this in a frame. This can be achieved on a very low budget.

Answer 18

If you have pine trees around your house or at a local park, go and collect the prettiest, biggest, most perfect pinecones you can find and decorate them with white paint, glitter glue, sequens, whatever you want. you can tie strings on top and put them on your Christmas tree.



Make things that really emphasize the Christmas spirit; candles, miniature Christmas scenes, wreaths, Christmas tree ornaments.

A good Christmas tree ornament idea is Yarn Angels: get a ball of yarn, any color, and cut 10 6-inch lengsths. Gather them into one bundle in your hand and fold the whole bundle in half. Tie a bow in the very middle with some wide Christmasy ribbon so that it makes the bundle stay folded in half. The bow is the wings of your yarn angel. If you want to, you can get some gold or silver pipe cleaners, Cut a small length from one, and slide it through the bow in the back to keep it in place. Bend the two ends of wire around to the front of the angel and you have arms. I like to bend the arms into certain positions. You can make your angel pray, or lift it's arms in the air praising God, or whatever you like.

I learned this craft from my grandmother.

There are billions of craft sites on the internet. Look up "Home made Christmas crafts" and you're bound to find something/s. The internet probably has better ideas than me!

Answer 19

The choice of crafts is almost limitless... and from the answers you've received there are dozens of great ideas... but most of them missed your stipulation that the project be made with items found in the house. Your choices are further limited by your age and the amount of help you can get from others.



As a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, I can tell you the types of gifts this species of human appreciates the most... and the types that are stuck in a drawer and forgotten.



Frilly, fragile decorations are cute, but they are dust catchers that are only displayed rarely. The most desired gifts are those that are sturdy enough to be on permanent display and provide a constant reminder of you.



Since you want to use items found around the house, this indicates a limited budget. Flour and water make a good modeling clay, and if you add about half as much salt as you use flour it will deter insects and when baked will last almost forever. You can add torn strips of newspaper to make paper mache and use wire coat hangers for the armature of a sculpture.



Be sure to include something personal... a hand print, foot print, photograph, poem... Yes, you probably made a hand print when you were in kindergarten... but a footprint made by a 12 year old grandson (probably meant as a gag) is a favorite of mine and is a real conversation piece for visitors who haven't seen it before. If you can find your birth certificate,a copy of it will have your baby footprint... which would be a great comparison between then and now.



Probably the best advice is to take your time. You're not going to mass produce trinkets for the general public... you're making a one-of-a-kind treasure for one very special person.

Answer 20

Heart Mouse Ornament

How to fold a Paper Crane

Ice Candles

Jacob's Ladder Chain

Oil Lamp Santa

Pebbled Candles

Paper Angels

Paper Reindeer

Answer 21

Christmas Cornucopia

Christmas Cracker

Christmas Piñata

Christmas Place Mats

Clothes Pin Angel

Answer 22

ECONOMICAL IDEAS INCLUDE:



1. String Popcorn with needle and white thread for Christmas Garland

2. Find Pinecones outdoors and put glue on the very tips with different colors such as Red and Green Glitter, add string at the top for hanging

3. Make small Gingerbread men, add string at top for hanging

4. Use Green/Red Construction paper to make small 1" by 7" strips to make an alternating chain garland

5. Stick a colage of family photos on a piece of large construction paper and seal with Clear contact paper for placemats. ~ Old Christmas cards cut-up can be used for this idea as well if you don't want to use photos.

6. Put Red, Green or Blue Light-bulbs in the some of the Light sockets to create a warm, Holiday feel. This may dim the room some, so be ready to experiment different options!



Hope this helps :)

Answer 23

Hello,



Well, I am not sure if you have this stuff around your home, but this is what I did for Christmas gifts for my sister, Mom, Grandma and my Mother in Law. With my computer, photos I had taken of my twins, white T Shirts and Avery Transfer paper, I created personalized T Shirts.



What I did was upload the photo to MS Word, using the Insert WordArt I wrote a phrase at the top and bottom of the photo with the words in front of the photo. Then, I clicked on the draw button and flipped the words backwards and along with the photo so it would be transfered onto the shirt the right way once I used the iron.



I think my family will really like this gift because I personally made it and it was so easy..........................



You can get the transfer paper from Walmart and the Ts from Michaels.



Hope this helps you................................. : - O

Answer 24

Not sure how much candy you have left from Halloween, but yesterday a group 12 couples got together and we decorated gingerbread houses. The hostess had purchased a mold and baked up the frames before we got there. You can also use graham crackers for the houses if you're really creative. Then each couple decorated their own house with candies, coconut, etc. We had lots of fun and the end result were all very different. The kids will enjoy them throughout the holiday. I wish I had the pictures so I could attach them for you. Good luck.

Answer 25

Well I have 2 cool ideas, one is a little pricy but soooo cool. The other might only be like $5. If you go into the crafts department and get a cone shaped styraphome thing... then go into the candy department and get andes candies, the ones that arent in the foil wrapper the ones in the shiny plastic wrapper. then you get home and flip the cone upside down so its flat on a table and I use a glue gun, but u can just use super glue and glue the very edges of the andes candies around the bottom of the cone then work your way up. and in the end it will look like a xmas tree. sometimes i get some red skittles and glue then around in a couple spots to lookd like ornaments. thats the inexpensive one. [e-mail] write me if you wanna know the other one or if anyone else wants to know

Answer 26

Take a magazine. A small one such as Readers Digest is a good start. Begin with the cover and bend the upper right hand corner down and in towards the binding of the book, then crease the fold and you should have a triangle. Continue going through every page doing the same fold. When you've folded every page tape the cover pages together and spray paint green. Now decorate your Christmas tree!

Answer 27

Take plain flour, and add water just to make a dough. Use cookie cutters to make Christmas shapes, and bake at 250 just till it dries out - you don't want it to brown. Cool and paint, then coat with polyurathane. Make sure you put a small hole in the top before baking so you have somewhere to put a string to hang them.



My birthday is the 27th, and my parents always made it a point that Christmas was one holiday, and my birthday another. Try doing something for your dad that has nothing to do with Christmas - having a birthday right around the holidays can make your birthday get forgotten.

Answer 28

this one is easy, fun and gets the kids involved.

take small squares of white paper any size you wish.

fold them in half then in half once more.

then fold two opposite corners together.

cut shapes in the paper on the side that is folded still

and the top edge. wala you have a snowflake.

make garland out of them and you can just

throw them away after the season

try different kinds of paper or glitter on them.

children love this but make sure to give the little ones

kiddy scissors. also get satin or styrofoam balls and

pin sequins and pearls on them decorate anyway you wish

this is a good one for the older kids

for a sweet edible decoration take the round peppermint

candies place about 7 or 8 in a circle touching each other

on wax paper on a cookie sheet bake just until they start

to melt let them cool and tie a bow and a string and you have

peppermint wreathes. they can be saved or eaten.

projects like that make Christmas memories

just remember to have fun at it

Answer 29

I dont know if this one has been mentioned yet, but its VERY cool! Ice Candle Holders.. u need an old ice cream bucket, a 2 liter cardboard milk carton, pine tree branches, pine cones, any kind of berries(i have picked mine from the bushes outside because its just for decoration) anything that is festive, wood skewers. What u do is secure the milk container inside of the icecream bucket so it wont float around, because u will be adding water. I used wooden skewers and made holes in both the ice cream bucket and the milk container to hold the container in place on all 4 sides of the milk carton. You then pour water all around the outside of the milk container so u have water all inside of the icecream bucket all the way around the outside of the milk carton and a little underneath it. Where the milk carton sits will be the indent where u place ur tea light candle once its frozen. You use the pine branches, pine cones, berries and anything else that is festive, u could even use food dye to make it colorful. You place all of this stuff around the outside of the milk carton in the water and put this outside to freeze. Well i can do that here since its FREEEZING out there.. but this can also be done in a deep freeze. Once its completely frozen u then pull the icecream bucket off and pull the milk carton out and u have a ice candle holder. Place ur tea light candle in the middle, i think they r just so cool! I have done several and they r just beautiful! I have placed them up my sidewalk and up my stairs, looks absolutely beautiful in the snow. I hope this is something u could do, i dont know ur climate there.. But Good Luck!

Answer 30

Do you have a priner or a printer scanner you could make ornaments out of a scan photos , you could also personalize the stockings with iron on paper, use ribbions, fake flowers, candy, pine cones or acorns and some glue get imaginative. String some popcorn, beans, or beads. Use Broken or old jewery to make ornaments. Make paper stockings and stuff them with candy and treats from around the house. Light plenty of candles and dim the lights. A little Christmas music, some caroling, some warm apple juice, hot coffee or coca with what ever liquor that is around the house. Lots of red and green or white all around the house. Plenty of paper snowman and snow flakes out of white paper or toilet paper. Line the outside entrance with paper bags with christmas cut outs on both sides of the bag then put candle with an alunium foil base inside the bag under he candle for stabiliy and safety.

Answer 31

God's Eye ( i think that's what it's called)



Materials-



2 Popsicle sticks



yarn



Directions-



Glue the two Popsicle sticks together, in the form of a plus sign (+). Then, wrap the yarn around one of the sides of a Popsicle stick, and then move to the next (clockwise). Do this until the whole thing is covered with string. You can use different colors, but the final result should look like a plus sign, with a diamond around the inside.







Snowflakes-



Materials-



A piece of paper



Scissors



Directions-



Fold the piece of paper any way you like. Then, cut out random shapes, but be sure NOT TO cut on the crease. Unfold, and tape to wall, or hand on Christmas tree.

Answer 32

When the hoop is full, you have your basic wreath, now use your imagination to decorate it Hang it up on the washing line outside and give it a frosting of gold or silver paint, add ribbons, bows bells, anything else you like. Ribbon wrapppedaround the wreath looks particularly good. If you want to add glitter, this is an easy way to do it without making a mess: Empty the glitter into a large, plastic carrier bag, spray the wreath with glue or dab glue onto the bits you want to be glittery. Put the wreath in the bag, hold it closed at the neck and shake. The glitter will stick to the gluey bits and you can easily salvage what's left.

Answer 33

My kids made their dad some lighted candles for Easter and Christmas last year. He was able to set them up in Iraq where he was then deployed. What we did was to take some stickers on baby food jars. Next we covered with elmers school glue and rolled in glitter. The kids tied ribbon around the mouth of the jars and we put tea lites inside. They also decorated the lids. Another thing we did was get a piece of white sheet and make each child's hanprint on the cloth. We write each name and then framed the handprints with a small saying we made up. Something like, rememebr us like this forever or just something sweet and with love. Another craft we did was to take popscicle sticks and make square frames. The kids glued on felt or construction shapes and put their picture inside. My middle son did a project in school where they took a picture of him and cut it into a puzzle that was able to be later glued together and hung from the tree. Beads are easy too. We bought the melt beads and we made differant decorations that were easily melted together using an iron. MY kids made one for each grandparent and their aunts and uncles, it cost about $10 but took care of about 20 gifts! These can be bought at stores like walmart, target and michaels.

Answer 34

I know....but as HOKEY and simple as it sounds (and is...) for me, it doesn't matter how many times my son does this (although he's still only 19......years not months!!) & to be quite honest I can't really imagine that I will EVER in my life want anything more from him on Christmas....my Birthday is this Sundday (the 10th...so getting close...) as long as he writes it out for me I don't care what else he does or gets or anything, but to have him put in his own words that he loves me, and anything else he may want to write, and for him, if he does get mushy it lasts for such a small moment & is covered with something else! I broke my wrist (on his roller blades, too, damn it! Thought since I used to roller SKATE, what was the big deal? Right? Wrong!) a few years ago & being the first & only time I've ever broken a bone I thought I'd receive a cast like, well, what I usually see on people. But NOOOOO.....they had to do surgery and when I awoke I had this bizarre metal thing on my arm with 4 very long screws in my bones and that's what I had to wear for a couple of months or so. So I received actually a sort-of note/card/letter from him that year and when he started to get too "MUSHY" for him anyway, he not only told me he loved me, that I'm the best mom is the world (and for HIM, I AM!!) but he then added that he just LOVED my "ROBOT ARM" as he called it!!



Stupid? Hokey? Mushy? Whatever. But as a single mom, I don't hear it enough and you just honestly never know when you may never hear it or read it yet another Christmas/Birthday again....you just do NOT know.



Sorry. But hey, that's me and it truly is the one & only thing that means the most to me. Regardless of whatever else he does that is THE thing for me!!!



Good Luck!!! And if nothing else, at least do NOT forget to wish your Dad a Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday and to tell him you love him & that he is the best Dad in the world.....and for YOU, he is!!!

Answer 35

Big Lots has tons of cheap Christmas things.



Centerpieces:

You could buy some tall candles (that smell like pine, spice, peppermint, sugar plum, etc Christmas smells) and their small holders for under $5 for a lot of them. Put these in the middle of the dinning table, coffee table in the living room (you could use the shorter candle for this, so they aren't i n your face), and end tables (again, smaller candles). Put pine cones sprayed with glitter (you can get a can of hair glitter at Big Lots for about $1!!!) and some fake holly around these candles. Buy some cheap doulies (those are the paper/cloth sheets in circular shapes, if you do not know) and put those under. Maybe spray those with the glitter spray for a "snow" effect.



Make your own doulies or just paper ornaments:

You can make your own snowflakes with some paper, scissors, and glitter. This site: http://highhopes.com/snowflakes.html & this site: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/snowflake/ both have great instructions how to make great snowflakes.



Your posibilities are endless! Good luck and Merry Christmas!

Answer 36

im really into scrapbooking/crafts, and to save money, I am making most of my gifts this christmas. my dad is really into WWII, and i made him a WWII clock for only 4 dollars! i got a basic black clock at Walmart for 3.97 took off the plastic cover and hands, and covered the background with all sorts of pictures from the war. i put new gold numbers on it (12, 3, 6, 9) and put it all back together and Waa laa!! where else can you find a personalized WWII clock?? here's a great site for scrapbooking and crafts: once you enter the site, go to Peanut Gallery, then search the gallery (type in altered clock, or just clock) and you will get some ideas!

Answer 37

You could make some dried fruit to use on a garland or to use in bowls as a natural decoration. Take oranges that have a thin skin and poke whole cloves into the orange in a pretty pattern. Cut slits in the skin between the clove lines. Put the oranges on metal bbq skewers and bake in oven at 100 degrees for about twelve hours. The oranges will darken and dry, and the whole house will smell wonderful.

Answer 38

Do you have contact with relatives who have known him all his life? If so, ask them about some of their favorite stories about your dad when he was growing up. Talk to your grandparents, his cousins, aunts, uncles, your mom. Then type up these stories and print them out one to a page and print them out. Use heavier paper (or pretty wrapping paper over card board) for the cover and give him this memory book. It's something he will probably treasure and takes more effort than money to do. I think any parent would appreciate the time and love that went into such a project. Maybe you could even collect a few pictures of your dad when he was young, but don't glue them down unless you scan them into the computer and make copies. You don't want to damage the originals.

Answer 39

Hi, My grandsons' birthday is the 25th also. It is hard to think of birthdays,let alone Christmas. But, If you have a large clear bowl, put some Christmas bulbs in it. If you don't have one, check your local thrift store. While you are at the thrift store, look for a small container, buy some of his/her favorite nuts or candy, put them in it and tie a bow around it. Take a picture of your self and make a frame of popicicle sticks and glue the picture on the back side of it. Glue a picture of your family on a Christmas bulb to hang on the tree. You could take of piece of colored paper and put a name on it. Then on seperate papers, write chores that you are willing to do . The person that receives this gives you the paper like a coupon for the job he/she wants done. That is all I can think of right now. Good Luck.

Answer 40

It is a tradition for me and my kids to make little Christmas trees with glue and glitter and some beads (or even markers and macaroni )and decorate a pinecone. First, decorate the pinecone with the glitter by putting the glue drops on the tips and then sprinkleing the glitter on it and shaking off the excess on a paper plate. Then pick out the beads and or color the macaroni and you can just place them between the cone prongs. Now glue some cotton balls to a paper plate and set the Chirstmas tree in the Snow! You can make a star for the top out of bending paperclips.

Answer 41

I can think of so many items off the top of my head, but my suggestion is to go to your public library and look for craft books that use the materials that you have available. Crafts can be made from Anything, really, Anything can be turned into a wonderful gift for your Dad. Consider his likes and dislikes as you look at all of the patterns available, and I'm sure you will be able to find something that he will Love!

Answer 42

if you have a piece of wood drill 2 holes on top at the ends for candles and glue on a pine cones real pretty, also a centerpiece uncooked potato, take brush(left over from christmas tree) and stick into the potato and put an decoration in middle, also you can take pine cones glue them together put a little ribbon around them, old christmas cards cut out pictures glue them to flat wood well thats some simple ones hope it helps. Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy b-day to your dad.

Answer 43

After my mom passed away, I found her big box of costume jewelry.

I took the picees apart and re-constructed them into ornaments which I then gave to family and friends in memory of her.

This could work for any Christmas project.

Do you have jewelry and trinkets around the house that are sparkley and glittery? Look at flea markets and yard sales and second-hand stores. You can pick up hands full of items for next to nothing.

You will need pliars, hot glue, super glue, a cold-touch sordering gun.

Add glitter and other craft nuggets as desired.

It is a great way to be creative and your creations are graranteed one-of-a-kind.

Answer 44

Get a metal wreathe ring from a craft store.

Get some green florists wire and a pair of pliers maybe needle nose and a pair of wire cutters.

Get some boughs of evergreen.

Bunch a group of greenery together in equal length bunches.

bind them with florists wire so it doesn't show

insert the stem end of the bunches in the ring and bind them together with florist's wire. Twist the ends well with the pliers and try to hide the wire among the greenery.

Bend the boughs around the circle ring and insert the stems so that they are covered by the greenery end of the last bough.

Decorate your wreathe with ornaments and pine cones.

A few decorations make it very elegant.

A big red ribbon is very traditional.

Answer 45

Dough Ornaments



1 cup salt

4 cups flour

1 1/2 cups warm water

mix all up to make a dough - like cookies-

roll out and cut into shapes with cookie cutters.

Bake at 250 for 1 hour

you can color with markers or use glitter on them

you can also add food color to the water before mixing to tint the dough.

I have some my brother made when he was in 1st grade and hes over 50 now- so they last for a long time.

Answer 46

Make Snowmen out of socks.



Take one white tube sock and fill with beans or popcorn seeds a little ways, tie a rubber band around it then pour some more beans in (but less then the first time), another rubber band and then even less beans. Fold over the top of the sock to make the hat. You can then sew or glue button on the middle part and for the eyes. Use pipecleaner or small sticks for the arms. Also, you can tie a piece of yarn or other fabric around the neck for a scarf.

Answer 47

Christmas Crafts for Kids - Christmas Jingle Bell Door Hanger



Make these festive door hangers for your home and as gifts!

They are affordable enough to use as a

classroom craft or scout troop activity.



You'll need

Metal Jingle Bells (15-20 mm)

heavy gauge wire

wire cutters, pliers

curling ribbon

1 inch metal rings (key ring)



Order your supplies here >>



How to make it...

Decide how long you want your hangers to be when finished

(ours are about 10 inches). Add two inches to that length and cut

the piece of wire. Using pliers, wrap one end of the wire around the

key ring or metal loop one or two times, this will be used for hanging.

String the jingle bells onto the wire leaving enough at the end to form

a secure loop. Attach several pieces of ribbon to the bottom loop

and curl Now it's ready to hang from your door!

Answer 48

Cinnamon Ornaments....Per batch..(I make several) 3 containers of cinnamon, 1/4 cup applesauce, and 1 tbsp Elmer's white glue. Use Metal bowls spoons etc...Mix together till you have a thick wet dough..consistency of a gritty playgough.

roll out so the dough cut is about 1/4 inch. Cut out using any shape you want (stars, bells, gingerbread men, snowmen..etc) Lay out on a flat surface (cookie sheet, or a table covered in wax paper (plastic wrap will stick to it). Somewhere you can leave them 2-3 days to dry (undistrurbed) depending on how thick you cut them out..the thicker the better.) Then take a pencil or something to make a hole at top for ribbons for hanging. Do this while still wet. You will see when they are dry very easily, the dough gets lighter, and dries from outside edges in. Once dry, decorate with ribbons bells, glitter..cinnamon sticks...anything. They are so pretty and they smell amazing! If taken care of they will last more than one year. Have fun!

Answer 49

Do you have any felt around? Cut out shapes of mitts, stockings, trees and glue on trims. You can apply magnets or hang them. Glue 3 small cinnamon sticks together and around the center of the bundle, glue a red ribbon and apply any berries small cones or seeds that are outside. Dry some orange peel and make into a sachet, using xmas print fabric. If you have any of those paper plates with the pretty xmas pictures on them glue trim around the outside and add a bow. You can hang or put a magnet on the back. If you have the matching paper cups, glue ruffled lace to the top and bottom edge and fill the cup with potpourri.

Answer 50

Hi there, An idea might be to find some favorite pictures of when he was growing up, his different birthdays and special moments, family members, and life with his child(ren) and make a collage. Family Christmas pictures and birthday pictures would be nice. You can put this either in a frame (inexpensive) or on a piece of poster board. Maybe a plastic cube picture holder.

Answer 51

Use this to hang your incoming christmas cards on, add some miniture ornaments onto the branches, wrap a string of lights about the outside of planter for a cute indoor card tree. Buy some small glass globes, or any glass big jar- add some fragrant potpoturri, insert a string of 20 string christmas lights throughout the potpoturri, put a deco Christmas floral pick on top, plug it in and the warmth of the lights will warm the potpoturri and keep your home smelling nice.........

Answer 52

I have been making Pennsylvania German Folded Stars since I was a child which was an old family tradition. This website shows what they look like. You can order a kit with all the material you need to make 25 stars for only $6.00. Once you learn how you can try using different color paper and make different size stars.



http://www.thecraftshoppe.com/germanstar.html



If you don't want to get the kit this website gives you detailed directions on how to make one. You only need strips of paper, and scissor. Parchment paper works nice. You will have to scroll down a bit to find the directions. That is the one I use and they turn out great.



http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Div/Winchester/jhhs/math/lessons/geometry/holiday.html



Once you learn how to make these stars your Dad won't believe you made them, yet they are so easy even a child can make them. Good luck and have fun!

Answer 53

If you have some life savers, gumdrops,or dots and pretzels you can make ornaments. Just smash all the different colors of lifesavers together in a bag/separate by colors, then you place the pretzels on wax paper and sprinkle a little of whatever lifesaver color you want in the holes of the pretzels, bake them in the oven until the candy melts then put a dot on for a nose, use stick pretzels for antlers and if you wish use string or ribbon to string the reindeer up in the tree or by the window for a sun catcher.

Answer 54

Mix 1 small bottle of school glue with 1 jar of applesauce and 2 large containers of cinnamon. Mix until it has the consistancy of playdough. Roll out on pan and cut with cookie cutters. No baking, poke hole in top of ornament with a straw or chopstick and tie ribbon to hang. Makes very cute Christmas ornaments that smell great too. let sit for 3 days, turning each day.

Answer 55

There are some easy things you can make for Christmas. You can make ornaments for your tree, Make decorations around the house. There is an endless amount of things you can do for Christmas. If you need more ideas go to your library and find a book.

Answer 56

Did you ever make one of those handprint plaques for your folks when you were a kid? You could do another using plaster of paris or make your own salt dough (recipe below) and write him a poem to attach to the back. It could be about how even though your hands have grown, his are still larger and they are the hands you know you can count on.... Paint a burnt out light bulb and make an ornament out of it. Make ornaments from those CDs or DVDs that come in the mail. Make a collage of photos that show highlights from you life or from your Christmases past. You can either scan them and print copies so you don't have to use the originals or take them somewhere and get copies made. Make him a picture from using sticks, nuts or pinecones from the yard from the trees in the yard and put a photo of the two of you in it. If he has a favorite cookie or dessert, make him a gift basket filled with the goodies. If you know how to piant or draw, do a picture of something depicting one of his interests.





Dough Ornaments:



#1: MAKE, BAKE, AND DECORATE

This is an excellent recipe for homemade ornaments. The dough is very easy to work with, and once baked the ornaments are very firm and easy to paint.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup salt

2 cups flour

1 cup water

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

water-based paints



Place dry ingredients in a bowl, add the water and oil, then stir until blended. Once the dough holds together, make it into a ball and knead it with your hands to make a smooth texture. Place the dough on a cutting board, and using a rolling pin, roll the dough out into a pancake shape that is a bit thicker than you would use for regular cut-out cookies. Cut out the ornaments with cookie cutters, design your own ornaments using a blunt knife, or shape dough with your fingers. Punch or carve a hole into the top of the ornament to thread a string through to hang the decoration.



Bake at 250 degrees until hard (for one to two hours).



Once cooled, paint with water-based paints if desired, or glue on glitter using white household glue. Thread a string or ribbon through the hole and hang the decoration on the tree or elsewhere in your home. These ornaments can be reused year after year.

Answer 57

You don't have to go crazy turning them if you use felt; if you use woven fabrics, use a button-hole stitch, by hand or machine, to go around without having to turn them inside out. Of course, if you are experienced with stuffing and turning, by all means. Or even put a gusset in and make them three-dimensional, if you are that sort of sewer. Anyway, don't forget to create something at the top to take a hanger for putting it on the tree. A small loop of ribbon sewn into the seam is enough. Or even a lace with an eyelet right at the top.

Answer 58

i dont know where you live and what is available locally, here i would go out and get several feet of grape vine or honey suclke vine and wind it into a wreath then i would collect pine cones and various seed pods and decorate the wreath with them, it can be natural or sprayed gold with spray paint and it makes an attractive decoration. get a cigar box if you can, here i can get wooden ones from a smoke shop for 2 dollars each. peel off any unwanted paper labels and sand off any printing, then decorate the wooden box any way that suits you, decopage, wood burning, wood carving, or pen and ink or painted decorations. one cool decopage thing thats easy is to collect stamps and use good white glue to glue down the stamps, then coat over the top of them with the white glue and let dry, spray with clear sealer when the glue is dry, your dad could use the box to store small items at his desk. you can do the same trick to an empty orange juice can, the kind you get frozen orange juice in, and that makes a handy pencil holder for his desk too.

Answer 59

can you knit or crochet? because you can always make a quick scarf, they're actually not hard, and if you're persistent they'll come faster.

one of my favorites is just buy and ordinary coffee mug (if you want to customize it there is a lot of holiday options around) get some goodies like a couple candy canes maybe a little stuffed bear, dip a few plastic spoons in melted chocolate, wrap it all up with cellophane, tie some ribbon, and you're done!

or I'm sure he'd just appreciate a nice card. you can always make him one. if you don't know what to put on it, here's a tip: look through your newspaper adds, and just clip and snip christmasy pics. and paste.

baked goods are always a holiday treat too.

Answer 60

Heres one thats a bit more work but unique and beautiful

a christmas card ball ornament.



1) cut out a circle with about the diameter of 2 inches

2) cut out a triangle --for its size, make sure it fits inside the circle. its 3 corners should touch the edges of the circle.

3) cut out lots and lots of circles from christmas cards using the mold of the circle you cut out

4) use the triangle to trace (with a pen)a triangle in the circles and then fold along the lines you traced--you should be left with a triangle shaped piece with 3 flaps sticking up

5) paste them using the followng pattern: one triangle facing right side up--a regular triangle. and next paste one flap the the flap of another triangle this triangle should be facing downward like a pizza or a cone (its tip at the bottom).

6)keep pasting them like that one triangle up one down one up one down. this will be the middle of the circle ornament so dont paste them all. paste according to how big you want the circle to be. once you realize youre at your desired bigness then paste the flaps of the triangles at the end together. this should form a ring.

7) now paste to the top more triangles following that pattern. this time youre not only pasting the side flaps together but the bottom flaps to the corresponding flaps of the row below.

8) do this below too. continue to do this until youve made a circle.

9) take a ribbon and make a knot and push the knot through a small opening on top so you have somewhere to hang the ornament from



its a bit of work but its easy and like i said beautiful and unique...

they dont all have to be christmas cards...



have fun!!

Answer 61

The important theme of the Holy Father creator of the

free world is very appropriate this blessed year. Tell him how

blessed you feel with a personal art page. Print it on card

stock. Glue gun some nice dollar store decoratives, hearts,

bells, candlesticks, and halos or wreaths. The basics of life

are the reasoning and trusting side of life and celebration of

our good world. Show your friends the card and take the

time to collect autographs from those, and your Holy family.

A beautiful world is what father's truly believe, that nature and

his sacred life of daughter is well is a big prize. Happy Holiday.

Answer 62

Make him a snow globe. Use an empty jar with a lid. Sterilize the jar and lid with boiling water. Hot glue your dad's favorite Christmas character to the bottom. Then take either baby Styrofoam balls or silver glitter and put a couple of teaspoons in the jar. Fill with water then put lid on and hot glue the outside of the lid. Hope this helps.

Answer 63

You can take empty baby food jars and an appropriately sized Christmas figurine, glue to figurine on the inside of the lid and fill the jar with water. Sprinkle plenty of white glitter into the jar to make snow. Screw the lid with figurine onto the jar (over the sink so as to not spill excess water everywhere) and flip over, and viola! You have your own homemade snowglobe! You can also fill it with a printed picture of your child in a plastic frame and glue it on the lid instead of a figurine. The magnifying effect is cool. Good luck!

Answer 64

I have some ideas for you!! A Christmas craft would be if you mean decorations for Christmas... Outside take 2 2 by 4's make a cross put lights on it and a purple scarf and sit it up out side...

Answer 65

One year my mom and I bought clear glass ornaments and wrote everyones name on it in gold or silver ink in a fancy sort of way. Then we filled the ornament with gold or silver shredded shiny paper and placed a school wallet size picture inside on the bed of shredded paper. You have to roll the picture up to insert into the ornament. You have to also remove the hook area, but it goes back on easily. After you put the hook thingy (I can't remember what it is called) back on, you can tie a ribbon around the top. Everyone got a kick out of having their own personalized ornament. The kids were so excited! Oh, also put the year on it, so that you can give it to the individual people as a keepsake. Have fun!

Answer 66

Make and frame a collage or create a mini scrapbook using pictures of Christmases past. Or decorate a frame with buttons, etc. for a favorite picture of the two of you. Think of what he likes, and work that in. If he is into plants, decorate a flower pot. If he cooks, make sugar cookies and beautify them. Or melt crayons and make a candle. There are a zillion things you can do! Good luck and have fun! Don't forget, the best gift is to spend time with him! Maybe you could make the little coupon booklet with awesome things in it!

Answer 67

An easy, fun, and relatively inexpensive option is to make glass ornaments.



Take clear glass Christmas balls and remove the metal brace that holds the hook. Drip a few drops of acrylic paint in different colors into the ball, and swirl it around until the whole surface is covered. Store upside-down on a paper towel, balanced on the hole, so the excess can drip out while it dries. Once your ornament is dry, put the metal brace back in.



They'll look lovely on your tree, and whenever you go to a Christmas party you can give a few to your host.

Answer 68

So far everything suggested will cost you a fortune. Try making ornaments for thehouse and tree using a playdoh recipe you can get from the internet It is only flour, salt, water, and a little oil. some also call for cream of tartar. just roll it out flat and use cookie cutters or freehand to make shapes then bake it in a cool oven 250 -300 until its hard them paint it with paints, markers, or food dye. easy, and cheap. you could also make bread dough figurines or wreath, but these need to be uruthaned afterwards. just make bread dough with water instead of milk, and make figures and a skinny wreath. let it sit for about 2 hours, and bake them at about 350 for about 3/4 hour, let cool, uruthane and paint.

Answer 69

FABRIC XMAS BEARS SET

Fabric Christmas bear family. 100% polyester



Snowman ornaments glitter in white and silver.



Dozen Xmas Dancing Pens

Christmas "dancing" pens. Black ink. 19 1/10 cm x 5 cm wide.



A cheerful snowman grins beautifically as the gentle snow falls all round him on each of these shimmery Christmas ornaments and their decorative box.



A classic American Santa graces each orb in this lovely set of ornaments that shimmer with Christmas cheer. Ornaments: 3" each. Box: 8 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" Set of 12.



In the holiday spirit? Let everyone know, with this big, bright and festive yard sign! 100% tin. 12" x 1/4" x 37" high.

Answer 70

One really fun thing is to take all those cool cookie cutters you have accumulated over the years and translate them into fabric. Cut out two gingerbread boys, for a random example, leaving 1/4" of fabric all around for a seam allowance. If you use felt, they are super easy, but you can use all sorts of fabrics. You can decorate them as if they were cookies, using trims and beads and sequins and lace and buttons and whatever you find in Grandma's sewing scraps. Then sew them together pancake style, with a bit of cotton for stuffing. You don't have to go crazy turning them if you use felt; if you use woven fabrics, use a button-hole stitch, by hand or machine, to go around without having to turn them inside out. Of course, if you are experienced with stuffing and turning, by all means. Or even put a gusset in and make them three-dimensional, if you are that sort of sewer. Anyway, don't forget to create something at the top to take a hanger for putting it on the tree. A small loop of ribbon sewn into the seam is enough.

Answer 71

Christmas Recycle Lightbulb

What you will need:



One burned out lightbulb



acrylic craft paints in white, red, flesh toned, black and blue (or you could use paint markers or even plain markers for the blue eyes and black eye shape and beard highlights)



paint brushes



rubbing alcohol



1 white chenille stem or pipe cleaner for the hanger



scrap of red fabric for hat



jingle bell trim or pom pom



scrap of white hat trim (quilt batting, felt, fleece or similar)



hot glue or craft glue



Christmas Santa Recycled Lightbulb

What You Do:



1. Clean the lightbulb thoroughly with rubbing alcohol to help the paint adhere to the glass.



2. Paint the bulb in a base coat of white, let dry, and repeat.



3. When dry, copy the facial features from the photo above. Paint an oval for the face area in flesh tone.

4. When dry, add white whiskers around the face, creating a fairly large moustache.



5. In red, add a thin line for lips below the moustache. Add two red circular shapes for the red cheeks.



6. When dry, dab white onto the red cheeks to make them reddish-pink. Add white eyebrows.



7. In black, with a small, fine tipped brush - or a black paint marker, outline the eye shapes. Add very faint black irregular lines on the moustache and beard to provide definition and shape.



8. When dry, dot on blue paint or paint marker for eye color.



9. For the hat, create a cone shape from a square of red felt or other red fabric and use hot gun to retain the shape you want, making sure it will fit over the metal part of the bulb. Cut the bottom of the hat in a straight line and a hot glue a strip of white trim around the brim.



10. Bend the top of the hat to one side, and hot glue in place. Add a bell trim or pom pom at the end, either stitching in place or using a small amount of hot glue.



11. Twist the chenille stem around the bottom of the metal base, above the face, and twist the two ends together in an oval shape to create a hanger. Push the oval down until the hat is in place. Alternatively, you could use some thin wire, or strong thread as a hanger.



12. Place the hat over the metal base and the chenille stem. Hot glue to secure, making sure that you add glue to the chenille stem as well, under the hat, to fasten it securely.



13. Once the glue has set, readjust the chenille stem, pushing it upwards to act as the hanger.



Hang on the tree and enjoy your little Christmas Santa creation!

Answer 72

hi my name is jessica

i have donethis craft with my kids and it is you just take a picture of whoever and 2 pieces of green construction and one yellow piece of paper it can be a stickie and the last thing is sequens.so take the pieces of green construction paper and cut out 2 christmas trees the same size then trace one star onthe yeoolw piece of paper then take the trees and measure your picture and then yuo cut a hole in the middle to make the picture viewable and glue on the picture now you can see the picture from the hole.now you put the second piece of green paper andglue it on the back of the picture.cut out the star and glue it on top of the chrishmas tree.now you take the sequens and glue them all over wherever you want to and the nput a piece of yarn on the top and it is an ornament.it is ll finished

happy holidays

your friend jessica

Answer 73

If you can get some clear glass ornaments and some paint, you can take off the top of the ornament and put a few drops of paint in, then shake it. You can put more then one color in to make a cool tye dye design. Once the inside is coated, you can just let them dry and you have home decorated ornaments. There's also candy cane mice, which you can make pretty easily with some felt and a candy cane.

Answer 74

What about the birthday crafts?! That's what he is gonna notice.

The birthday is just for him!

BUY BIRTHDAY WRAPING PAPER / a sign @ THE DOLLAR STORE OR SOMEWHERE, AND DECORATE W/ THAT. IF YOU MAKE IT A BIRTHDAY THEME INSTEAD OF CHRISTMAS. I know that will make an impact. I was born on a Dec.25TH.

You're sweet to care. Don't worry, he's your dad, he loves you

no-matter what!! I also like the idea about writing nice memory's of

things you have done together-I've done this.

Answer 75

Make a scrap book. One page for every Christmas of your life. Dedicate it to your father. Include photos, stories, poems and memories that are significant to him and you. Keep it in a Christmas theme.



It will definitely mean a lot to him. And an idea is to make it to where you two can add to it each proceeding Christmas. It could turn into a Christmas tradition for you and your father.



Merry Christmas!

Answer 76

Gingerbread Man Cookie Garland

Prepare cookie dough for baking. Punch a hole in each hand with a straw. Cookies will bake with a hole in the hand. When cooled, decorate as desired. Thread a thin ribbon through hands connecting all the gingerbread men. Knot the ribbon and trim ends on an angle. You can also use other Christmas cookie(i.e. snowmen, Santa, etc.).

Answer 77

Get yourself a large container of cinnamon and some apple sauce some chritsmas cookie cutters and some thin ribbon. next mix the cinnamon and applesauce til it turns into a dough then roll out and cut with cookie cutters make a hole at the top let air dry or bake til dry and hard then hang on your tree or attatch to christmas presents .





they make easy cheap ornaments and they double as an air freshener.

Answer 78

if you can find stryoforam egg catrons take and cut out the egg holders and glue together ( use elmers clue,) then where you glue together put glitter on this. Then put a holder in the top and put on youir tree. if you knit or crochet go to youre local craft shop there a numerous ideas there. I hope youre dad as a wonderful and blessful birthday. Happy holidaus to you.

Answer 79

I think foxfire3 had a great idea! A memory jar ! I think that's an awesome idea for a parent to get!

On the flip side, a friend of mine that I work with paints bulbs & sells them. She paints clear Christmas tree bulbs with scenery, names, whatever. She also paints the lights that go on the tree (the very small things) and they're used as ornaments. They're a keepsake & we get'em out every year.

Answer 80

I'm all for concentrating on the tree. One really fun thing is to take all those cool cookie cutters you have accumulated over the years and translate them into fabric. Cut out two gingerbread boys, for a random example, leaving 1/4" of fabric all around for a seam allowance. If you use felt, they are super easy, but you can use all sorts of fabrics. You can decorate them as if they were cookies, using trims and beads and sequins and lace and buttons and whatever you find in Grandma's sewing scraps. Then sew them together pancake style, with a bit of cotton for stuffing. You don't have to go crazy turning them if you use felt; if you use woven fabrics, use a button-hole stitch, by hand or machine, to go around without having to turn them inside out. Of course, if you are experienced with stuffing and turning, by all means. Or even put a gusset in and make them three-dimensional, if you are that sort of sewer. Anyway, don't forget to create something at the top to take a hanger for putting it on the tree. A small loop of ribbon sewn into the seam is enough. Or even a lace with an eyelet right at the top.



Don't just use the gingerbread boy and girl; use all the cutters, and get your creativity flowing on how you decorate each one. You can sew on or, if you're not all that good at it, glue on, your trims. But beware; using glue means they may crack off more easily than if they are sewn on before the piece is stuffed.

Answer 81

My B-Day is on Christmas also... Me and my kids made christmas ordaments what you need to do is



4 cups of flour

I cup of salt

1cp of warm water

you need christmas cookie cutters

mix together

flatten out the dough use the cookie cutters then you bake them for a hour on a low heat in the oven let them cool and you can paint them and hang them on your tree make sure you put a hole in the top of the ordimanet

Answer 82

Baking is always a wonderful gift...cookies in a tin box with a bow



A Love letter is something he will always treasure.



A Photo frame ...Use cardboard from an empty box and decorated with material you have around the house.



Paint empty jars with a theme...for pen/pencil holder.



A Quilt from old flannel shirts, even if it's just a lap blanket. Or a pillow from an old pair of jeans.



I'm sure whatever you give him, he will know it's from your heart and he will cherish your gift!

Answer 83

My son and I just made a couple of christmas cards. You choose a contruction paper color, and a theme. Fold the paper in half. On another piece of contruction paper, cut out the shape you want, (i.e. a tree, a snowman etc) and using cotton balls, glitter and buttons decorate the the cut out and glue it to the first piece of contruction paper, then you can writ a personal message on the inside of the card. Now you have a perfect gift.

Answer 84

Make a frame cut from card board, apply some type padding and cover it with fabric in his favorite color. I used some fabric from clothes I was donating. You can also take a frame, paint it, draw a few things on it like golf clubs, foot-balls, etc.

Be sure to enclose a photo even an old photo of you with him or a special occasion is great!!

Answer 85

Make him a coupon book. Decorate the pages and write, "Good for ___ (1 hug, 1 night of peace and quiet, 1 car wash)" They will mean so much to your dad. I also liked the idea of "memories in a jar." Write down all of your childhood memories with your dad. Cut out each memory and put them all in a glass jar. I am going to do that one for my mom this year. I am so happy that you have received so many responses. Merry Christmas!

Answer 86

When I was in grade school, we took empty toilet paper rolls and wrapped them in colored construction paper then glued the paper to the rolls. Then we cut a teardrop shape out of yellow construction paper and glued it to one side of the roll and sat the rolls upright.



If you have leftover Christmas cards or cards from Christmases past, you can cut the covers off and make a collage or a mobile. You could also make those covers into Christmas decorations.

Answer 87

Popcorn strings are alsways a good idea! Just pop some popcorn, have a needle and thread ready and loop the thread through the popcron. You can put it on the tree, along walls, etc.



Cutting out Snowlfake designs from paper are also crafty

Answer 88

If you have old jigsaw puzzles, green and red paint, and some ribbon and glue, you can make wreath ornaments for the tree. It's very inexpensive and easy. Here's a link for the instructions, and some other craft ideas as well.

Answer 89

I remember making a wreath once with a loop of coathanger wire and strips of white shopping bag plastic tied once overhand around it. When you get enough of them on, it's just a puffy white wreath. You don't have to avoid the lettering or logos on the bags as long as most of the bag is white. You could use some sort of sticky spray and sprinkle glitter on, or decorate however you want. I thought it was really stupid and bound to look tacky, and only did it because it was a group project. But it turned out really nice. Surprised the heck out of me.

Answer 90

This you can do for under ten dollars. If you go to Home Depot you can by individual ceramic tiles. You can also get wallpaper samples for free. You take the tiles and spray Elmers' spray glue, place the cut outs from the wallpaper that you chose. Then spray a coat of glue over the wallpaper. These make good paper weights, or coasters. The are fun and very easy to make.

Answer 91

Try Paper Snowflakes. I realize your dad is older, but a few years ago the kids and I found great web sites all over the internet that provide Paper Snowflake templates. You just print them out and fold and cut. Then you can decorate, and he can use it on his window, porch or tree.



The kids and I had hours of fun with this the last few years even though my son is now a teenager.

Answer 92

How about making your own Christmas ornaments? All you have to do is get some scuplting clay and make a circle. Once it gets nice and hard you can decorate it and hang it. Don't forget to poke a hole at the top so it can hang.



You can also do the same thing with sugar cookies, which is what I did one year.

Answer 93

try to make some snowflakes, trees, ornaments by coloring them and taping them on your cabinets. make Christmas origami and try to make trees. make your own Christmas ornaments with Styrofoam and paper mache. then paint them and decorate when dry. get foam decorate x-mas kits at AC Moore that you can tape on mirror or cabinets. get some plain coffee mugs and decorate them with permanent paints x-mas themed. buy a wooden sled or small wooden flat figure faces at AC Moore and pain the Santa heads or x-mad trees, and decorate the sled with a Christmas tree with paint. get some paper plates and do a Renaissance art in the round of the new testament of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. cut out the edges that are crinkled on the plate just so it is a art in the round. get some old garland and put ornament on it and wrap it around your banister. these are cool, cheap crafts!

Answer 94

Cookies in a Jar....



you need a wide mouth mason jar for this...

take a simple cookie or brownie recipe and layer all the ingredients in the jar...flour...sugar.... chocolate-chips ...nuts....then after you close the jar tightly. you can take a piece of pretty material...cut in a square and lay it over the lid before you put the ring on the tighten...then take a ribbon and tie around the jar. next write or type out the recipe on an index card and attach to the jar. decorate the jar however you would like....



there you have cookies in a jar...



I did this a few years back...it was a big hit in my family



happy crafting

Answer 95

Shop locally! In the modern world of internet shopping everyone is having heavily packaged gift and food items sent to their door (often by private carriers) when there are plenty of alternatives on their doorstep. This is mostly through convinience and laziness and could easily be avoided, saving a lot on burnt fuel and packaging. The items necessary for your xmas dinner are all available at the local supermarket or butchers and greengrocers.

Answer 96

"Cascarones" (history below)



Today many say that the colorful confetti shower brings luck and good fortune to those to whom an egg is broken over their head.

(1)



basically...

1)safely crack off the top of an egg next time you are having some for a meal.

2)wash it out.

3)allow it to dry

4)buy small confetti at a party store, or make some of your own.

5)fill the egg about 3/4 with confetti

6)take glue around the top edge of the egg lightly, you don't want to lather it.

7)take tissue paper, or any other thin paper and seal it on top of the egg, eithre all over or just to cover the opening.

8)repeat for as many eggs wanted

Answer 97

I have found about a hundred wonderful ideas for Family and friends, and TEACHERS -on www.familyfun.com.

They have a whole section on " HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS" items that you can make with stuff around the house.

Some examples are bookmarks, beanbags and sachets,Key rings, treasure boxes,coasters, candle jars, etc.

Its one of my favorite sites. I find things on it all year round for holidays and my kids class parties and it's a FREE site.

Make DAD a "Do Not Disturb" doorknob sign that is customized just for him. Our family loves these for when they want to read or just want some time without a disturbance. My youngest daughter likes to make a customized pillow or cushion for family members, and just uses leftover fabric and batting. If you get ambitious, you can even embroider his name on it, or use fabric paint to design it especially for him. ( use the puffy paint, it's not scratchy). Wishing you a wonderful and safe holiday season!

Answer 98

It really depends on what your dad is into. Maybe do something that has nothing at all to do with Christmas. Those of us with birthdays near Christmas really like it when you not only celebrate the holiday and the reason for the holiday, but also make the day special and unique to us as well.

Answer 99

what if you make paper snow flakes.you can use any color paper you want.first you have to get a blank sheet of paper.then you fold it to one half.next you fold it the same way you did then fold 3 squares down.on each side cut a little shape.there might only be enough space to make 3 shapes on a side.try to make half of a heart.now you open it.in the very beginning make the paper look like a hamburger.hope this will help.p.s. you could make him a card too.

Answer 100

Empty Pringles cans, paint them, poke holes in them, glue a little yellow or white tissue paper around the tops. Set a tealight in the bottom and place it outside at night. It looks like a glowing Christmas candle.

Answer 101

no lie, the first answerer must have stopped his meds!!! Go to the DIY network, they have a whole section on crafts...You can also type in your search bar, Free Xmas Clip Art......you can print them off and then color them like coloring book pages.....Yahoo kids, may have some info for you as well...on your yahoo home page, where it lists all the links, on the bottom it will say More Yahoo, click there and you should see Yahoo kids. Happy Holidays.

Answer 102

you can make mini christmas trees just out of cardbords and some newapaper and paint. first, cut two exact tree shapes out of the cardboard then take the first one and cut a line reaching the middle of the shape from the bottom then take the other shape and do the same thing exept you cut it from the top to the middle of the tree shape then insert it and youve got a minitree. You may then decorate it with painted newspaperballs.



Another Idea that I have is to bake lots of gingerbread man and use them to decorate your tree.

Answer 103

Anyway, don't forget to create something at the top to take a hanger for putting it on the tree. A small loop of ribbon sewn into the seam is enough. Or even a lace with an eyelet right at the top.

Answer 104

Last year I made "bed buddies" for friends and family. I sewed flannel into long rectangle tubes, filled them with uncooked rice and a little dried lavender, then sewed them shut. They can be microwaved for two minutes and used to soothe sore muscles, especially around the neck.



You could also paint a personalized scene or message on hand blown glass ornaments. :)

Answer 105

Last year I used old light bulbs to make santas with.Just hand painted them.They turned out so nice this year I am making penguins with them.You can search HGTV.com or online for a pattern for these.You could also make angels,snowmen or reindeer with them.Also don't just use regular light bulbs.The ones shaped like a candle flame are adorable.

Answer 106

Materials Needed:



* Shoe Box

* Glue

* Paint

* Mirror



Instructions:

Paint the outside of the box (or decorate as desired). Glue a small mirror on the bottom of the box. Make a card and glue it on the bottom of the box top that reads: "The person pictured here is one of the most special gifts in my life". Wrap as desired.

Answer 107

*Buy clear ornaments and get colorful paint and put inside them and shake them. They make pretty designs.

*make reindeer crackers. Put peanutbutter on a Ritz cracker and use rasins for the eyes, broken pretzels for the antlers, and a mini colored marshmellow for the nose.

*Make Christmas ornaments out of salt dough,put a hole in the top to make room for the rope to hang it. Then put them in the oven for 15-20 min. When theuse christmas shaped cookie cutters for the outline. Then when they are done you can paint them as you wish.

Answer 108

You could make a booklet with "promissory coupons" for your Dad. On each page is a "chore" that you will do when he turns in the coupon...such as "Do the Dishes", "Pick up around the house", "Rake Leaves", Shovel snow from the Sidewalk", etc. Be creative....and don't forget the one where you will wait on him hand and foot for 2 hours!!! He'll love that

Answer 109

I found a site that has 100s of things that you can make from around the house. It is found at

http://www.christmasgiftswithheart.com/resources/crafts.shtml

There are also a number of neat things on this site

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Christmas/

Another site that you might like is

http://www.zoomschool.com/crafts/christmas/

I hope that you find what you want and need. Tell him HAPPY BIRTHDAY and MERRY CHRISTMAS from Ed also. Have a happy holiday!

Eds

Answer 110

Bake his favorite dessert and give him a coupon for goody of the month. Every month bake him something special. Since his birthday is on Christmas this would be a way to celebrate with him all year.

Answer 111

This TV show for kids showed a lot of craft ideas. You can take some peppermints and arrange them in a wreath shape, onto a baking tray. Bake them for 20 min. in 125 degrees and take them out. Let them cool, and you have a perfect peppermint candy wreath. They are perfect for gift bags.

Answer 112

Here's one; take one green colored Wine Bottle, stuff a string of the little tiny white lights in it, leave enough cord to reach a receptacle. Take a piece of holly or pine, some sort of greenery and tie a ribbon around the neck to hold this flower or greenery on. Plug it in, you'll love it.

Answer 113

Make him a home made snow globe! Use a jar that has its original tight fitting lid (like a pickle jar). On the inside of the lid you can glue any type of figurine that reminds you of your father. Put in loose objects or confetti then fill the jar with mineral oil. Make sure to seal the lid with lots of super glue. And ta-da! you've got a home made snow globe. good luck!

Answer 114

As a Christmas craft you could make snowflakes out of white paper. I do it and people really like it.

Answer 115

You could try taking origami and making some really neat designs with it. Or take some some clay and some balsa wood and build a neat three dimensional looking object. Or, you could make a scrapbook just using some cardboard, string, wrapping paper, paint, etc.

Answer 116

cookies are great to eat and make a house fill warm with love. Hang cards up you get for christmas, around doors so people can see them. Hang Candy canes on trees. Candles are always festive.

Answer 117

take a small thick drinking glass, add a candle, add a ring of holly if you have any either way it is a nice candle. i save anykind of magnet all thru the year that i can find, then take a special picture and cut and glue to magnet make a wonderful special gift. ever wondered what to do with that ugly metal utility box in the house, i covered mine up with all kind of family and friend magnets, now people cant wait to look and see who is up there now.

Answer 118

Bake a Christmas style cake, or make cookies. Gingerbread men with decorative icing or Sugar cookies. You can make little Christmas ornaments using wood, paper, glitter glue, paint, etc.

Answer 119

Clay Pot Reindeer Candy Holders

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas-crafts-for-kids-reindeer-pots.htm

Beaded Glitter Napkin Rings

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas-crafts-for-kids-bead-napking-rings.htm

Craft Spoon Christmas Tree

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas__stixtree.htm

Easy Christmas Tree Ornament

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts_3.htm

Candy Cane Reindeer Craft

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__1.htm#candy_cane_reindeer

Pinecone Christmas Tree

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__1.htm

Christmas Wreath

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts_4.htm

Reindeer Antlers

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__5.htm#reindeer_antlers

Sparkling Snowball Craft

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__2.htm#sparkling_snowball

Sparkling Snowflake Ornaments

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas-crafts-for-kids-bead-ornaments.htm

Hands and Feet Reindeer Craft

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas-crafts-for-kids-paper-reindeer.htm

Snowman Pin or Magnet Craft

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas__stixsnwmn.htm

Glitter Star Window Stickers

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__2.htm

Gift Box Ornaments

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__5.htm#Gift_Box_ornament

Holiday Penguin Pal

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts__penguin.htm

Beaded Tree Ornaments

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas-crafts-for-kids-bead-ornaments.htm#sparkling-beaded-ornament

Candy Cane Mouse

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts_mouse.htm

Jingle Bell Door Hanger

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas-crafts-for-kids.htm

Answer 120

Go to the dollar store. buy some glass jars and some bags of candy lots of it. then go to the fabric store and get some felt or any fabric you like. some glue and some ribbons. Glue an oversized piece of fabric to the top of the jar and tie the pretty ribbons around the top of the jar as well. Boom instant crafts and gifts for any occasion depending how you decorate.

Answer 121

I haven't done this in years, but it's fun and looks great!



Get a coloring book with Christmas Pictures. Tape one picture to the table then tape a piece of plastic wrap over it, make sure the plastic wrap is 2 inches larger than the picture all the way around. Pull the plastic tight, but not too tight. Out line the picture with a permanent black marker then color it in with colors of permanent marker. Get a piece of cardboard the size of a normal piece of paper. Measure a piece of tin foil so that it over laps the cardboard 1 inch all the way around. Roll the tin foil lightly in a ball then wrap around the cardboard. Take up the plastic wrap from the table (CAREFUL NOT TO STICK IT TO ITSELF) and place it over the tin foil on the cardboard. Tape the back...TA DAAAA, beautiful shimmering artwork! Have fun.

Answer 122

Make a cute and kiddish picture frame and put a great picture of you and your dad having a fun time. Put a cute little note on it saying that i love you. OR you could make a quick scrap book from pictures. Also, try making a jar of all the best

Answer 123

The best place to go is familyfun.com! my answer is deffinatly the most reasonable craft of all. You can make BEAUTIFUL crafts that look like you bought them, and also foods too! check it out! I hope i helped. This will show you EVERYTHING yur lookin 4

Answer 124

My middle daughter was born on December 25th also. Anyway, every year we all do some type of craft and last years is one we still use this year. We took wide mouth clear glass jars. We took Christmas potpourri and a short strand of clear Christmas lights. We put a little of the strand of lights in the jar and then some potpourri and we alternated back and forth winding the lights through the potpourri. We brought the plug and the extra cord out of the top of the jar and then covered the top of the jar with a small white doily. We then tied very thin red and green ribbon around the top to keep the doily in place. This year we just untied the ribbon and replaced the potpourri and when you plug in the lights it heats up the potpourri just enough to make the whole house smell great.

Answer 125

in cub scouts a couple of years age we took old and scratched up cd's cause they're shiny..you can glue popsicle sticks to them,put glitter on them for the tree..there r so many things u can do to a disk at xmas..hope this helps.i am not very creative!!

and go to a used mobile home parts place and get the underpinning that looks like brick{it is cheap!!}and make a similated fireplace!!

Answer 126

We put a little of the strand of lights in the jar and then some potpourri and we alternated back and forth winding the lights through the potpourri. We brought the plug and the extra cord out of the top of the jar and then covered the top of the jar with a small white doily. We then tied very thin red and green ribbon around the top to keep the doily in place.

Answer 127

You can do what one of my friends does. Every year she chooses something like a snowflake and makes it out of popsicle sticks and glitter. Then she writes the name of the person she gives it to onto it. She has also made some cute mini wreaths. You can do things like that and give it to your family and friends for Christmas. It can also be a birthday/cristmas present for your dad. Hope I could help.

Answer 128

Here is one I did at lunch w/ Santa.. take a candy cane and a pipe cleaner plus two plastic eyes and a little red ball. Now take the pipe cleaner and twist it 3 tI'mes around candy cane . Now take a little red ball as its nose and glue at the tip of the candy cane where the hunch is..... then take the eyes and glue them..now you have a Rudolph the red nosed reindeer! im only 12

Answer 129

well you can decorate the Christmas tree with pictures of your family or you can get spheres and with glue,and glitter you can spell out H A P P P Y B I R T H D A Y D A D

Answer 130

you could always go the "easy way" and make him breakfast or dinner... or maybe make him something special... taht he likes... i cant cook lol so i wuld do something like make him a scrap book of all the really fun memories from xmas newyears bdays etc... theres a web site were u can make insane photo albumbs and it takes practically no time at all ... google crafts or sumthing im sure you'll find it.... thats what iam doing for my mom her bday is dec 24th and im broke so lol hopefully ill succeed in doing somthing nice for her as i hope you do for him :) good luck and merry xmas

Answer 131

usually on hard to do birthdays like this one...it would be great if you could do any of the suggested craft ideas mentioned before...exception would be the first crazy one....that would not be a good idea....any way... usually REST is what parents need....more than any thing else.... so that is another idea.... Merry Happy Birthday Christmas....Sleep and RELAX!

Answer 132

Separate the strips, (rub them together between your fingers) Now simply tie them onto the wire hoop Use a simple knot and make sure that half of the strip stick sout at each side. Spread out the strip at each side of the knot. When you have tied a few onto the hoop., push them together as closely as possible. This looks a bit odd at first but it starts to look better as you carry on.

Answer 133

If you like sewing, quilting is fun and it is easy for beginners to learn. An easy quilt design would be a warm and fuzzy for your Dad's birthday. Then, if you like quilting, there are a lot of things to make for happy occasions and holidays, like wall hangings; some are designed easy for beginners and others more difficult like paper piecing for a more complicated design.

Answer 134

you could go dumpster diving at good will or damaskas and what dont work for you or who ever donate to the world clothing boxes you know those big yellow ones cause they waste alot of stuff garuntee you will find some christmas stuff in there its such a shame to find trash bags of shoes how can it be a crime to tresspass when people out of the kindness in there heart donate stuff and people are to lazy or whatever idiot reason they fill the landfill imagine some one somewere dont have a hat someone with one leg dont have a shoe some kid dont have a rainjacket or jacket and there warmer now i guess im a criminal cause i think its a waste of resources and people are wet and cold they could recycle that but nope right to your pyramid of garbage belive it or not thats my good deed cause there aint nothing i can see wrong with it it aint covered in slop its just clothes and items people should be using you will find no recycle bins there ahhhh thanks trusted servants

Answer 135

In this month's Woman's Day magazine, I found an idea for ornaments using cardboard and twigs. They are cut to form deer, stars, etc and you cut the twigs to fit around the edges then you glue them. After they dry you poke a hole in top and hang with string. They are precious. and easy!

Answer 136

Potporri in a mason jar w/ a decrative lid and christmas lights inside. Keep the cord of the chrismas lights (the plug end) on the outside of the jar so that you can plug it in.

Answer 137

Make Christmas tree decorations yourself, out of coloured paper. Cut two long stripes of it, fold them one over another and you will have a beautiful garland. Use shiny paper to make little stars, that you will later hang in the tree. Make cardboard bells and add lots of glitter to them. Use old newspapers, that you cut, fold and bathe in glue, and then roll them in glitter. Paint in bronze your photo frames. Put cotton in your Christmas tree or spray it with liquid white wax.

Answer 138

I'm doing plastic canvas I'm making Christmas ornaments its easy you can buy plastic canvas at a craft store and walmart sells them you can buy books to show you how

Answer 139

Well, you can make a card, that says "Happy Birthday!" and get everybody in your family to sign it, except for him, of course. You can also make him cupcakes, a cake, or something like that. If he likes a team like Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, or something like that, color the cupcakes those colors, or you could go to Wally World (Wal-Mart) and get a cake/cupcakes. And don't forget to tell him Happy Birthday!



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Answer 140

have u heard of Quilling? it's really pretty, and relatively simple. u can purchase a kit at michael's or something.. however, if u want to do it at home u can still make it easily. it consists of long strips of thin paper (u can cut some urself w/ construction paper).. then u curl them into circles or different shapes and glue them together to create snow flakes, etc. try looking up paper quilling online to get some ideas. :)

Answer 141

Make a santa, snowman, reindeer remote control holder out of socks! A Christmas-Birthday present rolled into one... You won't find the pattern out on the web...its a totally FRESH idea for YOU! :D Hope this is your favorite idea! ~TM

Answer 142

I write for a magazine, go to www.nganow.com and scroll down to the bottom of the page to northganow magazine and click on it. Then go to page 12. I give some traditional christmas deco ideas. Hope you like!

Answer 143

hi!



I don't know where you live, but if you get Martha Stewart on TV and online, I second the suggestion made here quite a few people

above this one..... there are lots of good suggestions and it is fun to watch her make things .... there are a few Christmassy things on the site now and in the coming few days, surely there will be more ... Merry Christmas to you all!

Answer 144

Christmas is often about happy memories. Last year when I took out all my decorations/ornaments to begin 'dressing-up', I came across my memorabilia of old, faded, too 'un-pretty' things to put out, but because they were from such happy Christmas times past I never want to dump them, especially the ones from when I was a child.



You know what a fresh coat of paint does for anything right and, nail polish, which we ladies have lots of, is enamel paint. These now come in all sorts of glittery, pearlised, iridescent, fabulous colours, (they have cheap ones too). The paint brushes are just the right size and you can trim the bristles for extra fine detail work. Almost finished bottles can be washed out with nail polish remover for mixing/storing your own shades. You need to have handy banana oil (sold at drug stores), which is a thinner that won't strip the glossy finish, except for the polishes with glitter dust. You can also add your own glitter to colours you'd like to have with a glitter look. A clear top coat can be used for extra shine or to renew colours you want to keep as is.



You won't believe what wonderful new life I have given back to these antiques, which can't be bought in stores anymore, unless you have a time machine. Some of the ornaments I've given a sort of 'retro' finish with a mix of oldstyle with the modern. Your dad will certainly love seeing Christmas revived from his years when you were still his 'baby'.



Have fun.....I sure did! And PS: Have a Very Merry Colourful Christmas!

Answer 145

you should make these: they're christmas tree oranaments... all you have to do is buy a round foam ball and little pieces of fabric, then you cut the ball slightly with a knife in 'hemispheres', then, using the other side of the knife (the not-pointy one) you shove the pieces of fabric in the ball to make a sort of patch-like ornament... you'll see! it's really nice and fun when you have pretty fabrics with the chrismas-y colors (gold, dark green, red, white, ...)! and don't forget to add a string with the help of a needle to hang it! happy holidays....

Answer 146

Do you have a picture frame and poinsettia's that are not being used? Ok take flowers apart and attach them to the frame. Then take a recent picture of the family and put it in the frame. I hope you like this idea. Diana

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Answer 147

You can use empty water bottle, construction paper or tissue paper and a glue stick or tape to make a Christmas tree.Or use a shoe box,construction paper, tissue paper, glue stick colored pencils, pipe cleaners and paint to try and make a Nativity scene.

Answer 148

You can always make a christmas card. Also try a gift card or maybe you could take him out to lunch or dinner and then to desert as a gift.

Answer 149

You could search for origami diagrams look for the geometric ones they are really cool or you could decorate a picture frame and put your Dad's favorite picture in it and write him a note on why you chose that picture and let him know how much you love him, sometimes we tend not to say how we feel and we assume that people know, but its better if you let them know how you feel.

Answer 150

take a mason jar or clear canister, put potpourri and a strand of ten christmas lights in it with a doiley or cover on it and plug it in. It has a great scent and can use as a Christ mas bedside lamp. Merry Christ mas...

Answer 151

To make a snow globe...you use:

--clear glass jars

--water

--glitter

--super glue, or hot glue gun

--small figurines

*You glue your figurine to the inside top of the jar

*next you fill your jar with water and add glitter

*then glue the top onto the jar

*you can decorate the jar by glueing ribbon around the jar and lid or writing a special message on it.

Answer 152

i would highly recommend looking on marthastewart.com. she has some great crafts.



if you want something else, tak some felt and with pinking shears, cut 2 tree shapes (pretty small). glue the 2 angled sides together, and decorate it with fabric paint and faux rinestones and slip a candycane underneath!

Answer 153

Not sure what your specialty is, but this year I am making: a crochet scarf, mosaic tiled coasters, homemade chess board, handbag, body pillow, and tons of x-mas cookies! Food is always a good bet! Check out: www.ppk.com for recipes and tips!

Answer 154

You could make a bird feeder out of pine cones. Mix peanut butter and bird seed (if you don't have bird seed use granola) and spread on the tips of the pine cone. Hang outside of a window and enjoy bird watching!

Answer 155

a great idea one of my clients gave me a week ago ( i am a hairdresser), take all of your pictures down off your walls. buy yourself some really nice wrapping paper. wrap all of the pictures making them look like presents. using ribbon, flowers,ornaments, or whatever you want, add those on the "gift". hang them back on the wall, and wall...ahhh...beautiful presents on the wall! its also fun after the holidays because its like your unwrapping something new again! you can make it a theme also. the results are fantastic, and people will be in aw.

Answer 156

You could make ornaments from string styrofoam balls and some wire and felt shapes have fun withit you can find most of that stuff at Joanns or Michaels

Answer 157

you could get some card board and some beans and glue the beans to the card board. But keep a space in the Middle and put your picture or a picture there and you have a wrethe with memories!!

Answer 158

string popcorn on a string, old time favorite ! Hang it above your doorway, on a tree, etc... make paper chains... Get a large planter , fill it with sand, kitty litter, etc, trim some branches off of some trees outside, and arrange them in this planter. Use this to hang your incoming christmas cards on, add some miniture ornaments onto the branches, wrap a string of lights about the outside of planter for a cute indoor card tree. Buy some small glass globes, or any glass big jar- add some fragrant potpoturri, insert a string of 20 string christmas lights throughout the potpoturri, put a deco Christmas floral pick on top, plug it in and the warmth of the lights will warm the potpoturri and keep your home smelling nice...........

Answer 159

Don't just use the gingerbread boy and girl; use all the cutters, and get your creativity flowing on how you decorate each one. You can sew on or, if you're not all that good at it, glue on, your trims. But beware; using glue means they may crack off more easily than if they are sewn on before the piece is stuffed.

Answer 160

You can also purchase tall glass vases and fill them with crystal (acrylic) diamonds, they sell them at Crate and Barell in red and clear, they are very beautiful to accentuate your tables, you can also make your own holiday baskets, fill them with wines, cookies, chocolates all sorts of nuts and different items from Bristol Farms or anything you can buy at Worlds Market.

Answer 161

I like to take cans and make candle holders out of them. Once you empty the can, wash it out and fill it with water and put it in the freezer. Once the water is solid, take a nail and hammer and pierce the sides of the can in holiday designs. The ice holds the side of the can from collapsing. Let the water melt out and dry the can. Spray paint the can with stove paint in what ever colors you like. Put in a tea candle and you have a "luminaria" of sorts.

Answer 162

okay if this is good so you guess can have memorable times hang up different christmas pictures.

you can also give him a poem showing how special he is to have a bithday on christmas day.

oh of course to decorate your table the best place for you to go is target and probly walmart they have good things to decorate your table if you guys are staying home to eat.

if you cook you can cook cabbage,sweet patato pie,dream cycle pie and etc.

Answer 163

How about making a "BLACK FOREST" birthday cake.



Handmade crafts are beautiful, You already get some Advices, I think you can add this item with your birthday gift.

Answer 164

Okay something really simple:



"Gift Cards"

Materials:

Paper Cards, (preferably w/ easy-rip edges...)

Colored Pencils, Pens, Markers,

Stickers, or what not.

Scissors, and even tape (might come in handy).



What you do, is you make a booklet of 'gift certificates' for your dad. With non-consumer lines or ideas he likes to do on them.



For example: (i did this for my mom...) 1 Pedicure, ex. and you could do, fishing with you, ect. or a 'get out of making dinner' card.



All could work, many parents love anything you make for them!

Answer 165

do u hav a christmas tree r a decorating supply o i no just do the yard n do the house n do the best u can if u hav a another ? im here ok

Answer 166

This is something we did as children we would take an orange and poke whole cloves into it. You have to place the cloves next to each other and cover the orange. Homemade orange spice air freshener. Great gift.

Answer 167

try making snowflacks out of paper or popcicle sticks. you can also gather pinecones and decorate them like small christmas tree just by adding some glue and glitter. use paper plates and cups to make angels. just use your imaginations and you can come up with a variety of things to do.

Answer 168

You can buy plastic sheets from office supply stores (the clear type you used to put on your desks on your blotters) and cut them out into shapes and buy the stained glass paint kits and create all kinds of sun catchers and cut them out.



--You can do the same in a less expensive fashion using permanent marker to create designs and then go to the dollar store and buy mixed sheets of tissue paper and use clear craft glue to glue the paper into the designs you created.



--You can also use the glue to "draw" a pattern (eg a star) and then put glitter on the glue and let dry.



Use the point of a knife or a single hole punch from the dollar store to add yarn or ribbon to hang from your tree or window.



--You can buy beads and either buy wire that you can bend or buy pipecleaners (if larger beads) and string them and make all kinds of pretty hanging ornaments.



--Lastly I'll leave you with step by step instructions on these, SALT DOUGH ORNAMENTS as you can make anything you want and will have fun doing so.



For salt dough mix 1 cup of salt with 2 cups of flour, 1 tablespoon of oil and about 1 cup of water. Mix it and knead it until it is easy to work with. If necessary add a little more water or a little more flour to get a good consistency.



Fashion ornaments by rolling balls of dough, making coils, rolling it out with a rolling pin and using cookie cutters, pressing it through a garlic press (for straw, hair or a lion's mane), pinching it or pressing shapes into it. It can be cut with a butter knife. If you are pressing two pieces together, sometimes a little water will help seal the connection. If you will be hanging the ornaments, press a metal paperclip into the top of each one before the dough hardens. You can press dough into empty walnut shell halves to make ornaments too.



Items can air dry over several days or be baked in a slow (250°) oven until they are hard. If you want to make something that is fairly bulky and will be heavy if made completely from salt dough, make a center or base of crumpled aluminum foil and build the clay around it. When the ornaments are hard they can be painted with acrylic paints and sprayed with a gloss finish that can make them look like they are ceramic pieces. You can also put food coloring into the dough itself before modeling pieces and use colored pieces of dough. (If you put some dough into a plastic bag with a zip closure along with a couple of drops of food coloring, you can mix the color in without getting it all over your hands.) Once pieces are finished, you can add bits of ribbon, lace or other trims to them.



--And don't forget the fun you can have with pine cones, paint, glitter, glue stuff on etc.



--Make your own sled with two candy canes and a bar of chocolate and you can even give that to friends as a gift. Wrap the chocolate bar in paper and glue to candy caned and don't forget a ribbon to pull it with.



Have fun.

Answer 169

a pop up Christmas tree



STEPS

1.take one piece of green paper and cut it in half. (hamburger style)

2.then put them on top of each other and fold them hot-dog style

3.opposite from the fold draw half of a Christmas tree

4.then cut threw all the paper on the line (you should have two trees)

5.cut half way up the top of one and half way down the bottom of another one.

6.slide them together (tap the tops and bottoms of the tree to make it stand up right.)



go to www.enchantedlearning.com and it has tons more!

Answer 170

If you have christmas cookie cutters, you could make baker's clay (search the web for a recipe) and make christmas ornaments. Use hairpins to make hooks for the ornaments.

Answer 171

You could make onaments or decorate picture frames. Or take a tile, Moj Poj on a picture from a christmas card or what ever on it, and decorate it! My mom does this for gifts and everyone loves them!

Answer 172

I basically pick up the ladybug put them in the sink and set the water tap on. So i drowned them. They where all gone within a week. And i had more than a 100 of those bugs.

Answer 173

Try this website:



http://cheap-or-free-christmas-presents.app-sierrastar-1.aidpage.com/cheap-or-free-christmas-presents/



There are TONS of great ideas for Christmas crafts, gifts, etc. that can be made with things found around the house.

Answer 174

I really think that this site will help you! It's affordable and you can even make some crafts from scratch.

Answer 175

What about tree ornaments, out of fishing lures and bobs.

You could get alot of ideas from Martha Stewart.

Answer 176

Garland

Answer 177

like to wear a elaborate Jar Jar Binks costume and mask as part of my every day life. I went to the grocery store, and saw how depressed everyone was so I thought I would help. I started dancing in the aisles, and yelling at people, and running up to people and taking things out of their cart. It was great fun. Then when I went to check out, there was only one lane open and a long line. I screamed and screamed while in line and danced, bumping into other people. I opened a box of baking soda and threw it around. Finally I got to the checkout. I started making noises at the cashier, and I kept pressing buttons on the computer. Some people in line were groaning because the line was getting very long, but that gave me even more incentive to make them laugh. I climbed onto the table and started kicking peoples groceries on the floor and singing. The manager and one of his goons pulled me off and said I could never shop there again. Can I sue for harrasement or possibly assualt?



You can make ornaments out of Play Dough. You form it into a cute shape (a Christmas tree or a stocking, etc) and stick a paperclip into the top (make sure it's inside the Play Dough and that part of it sticks out like a hook). Let it dry for a few days and you've got home made ornaments! I used to do this with my mom all the time... she still has many of them and we still use them to decorate the tree every year.



Another project my parents did with me and my siblings was the plastic Christmas wreath. You'll need:



wire hanger

plastic dry cleaner bags

curly ribbon tied in bundles

ornaments

glue

large piece of cardboard

scissors



Steps:



(1) Place bag on a large piece of cardboard. Fold bag in half lengthwise. Measure up 2" and lay yardstick across bag to keep plastic from slipping. Cut off a 2" wide strip. Cut strip into 7" lengths. Discard any pieces with printing on them. Set strips aside.

(2) Pull the bar (where pants would hang) of the wire hanger downward forming a circle with the hanger.

(3) Starting at the top of the circle, center and tie plastic strips to the wire circle. After tying on 25 plastic strips, tie a bundle of curly ribbon onto the wire. Tie on 25 more plastic strips then another bundle of curly ribbon. At the bottom of the wreath, make the curly ribbon lengths longer. Continue in this manner until the wreath is full and tightly packed.

(4) Glue ornaments evenly-spaced around the wreath. Cut streamers at the bottom of the wreath to different lengths then thread and glue a jingle bell to a few of them. Use scissors to curl the remaining streamers. Fold the hanger portion of the wire into a tight loop. Cover the loop with ribbon.



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Answer 178

I love making my own christmas ornaments. You can go to web sites like hgtv, diynetwork, michaels and joann you'll find a lot of ideas.

Answer 179

Then on seperate papers, write chores that you are willing to do . The person that receives this gives you the paper like a coupon for the job he/she wants done. That is all I can think of right now. Good Luck.

Answer 180

try a christmas kiss tree, its simple, get a snow cone like the ones they have at the super market, and then get lots of little kisses and glue them on. It's simple and fun

Answer 181

you could find a ordinary sweater that he had for aw while and Pu"happy birthday on the front and on the back put marry Christmas.

Answer 182

How about a gingerbread house? decorated with Icing and Candy. Good luck

Answer 183

Make a basket for him of lil things that men like .... like soaps , or u could make cookies and goodies . that is what i always do for the holidays and birthdays. its easy and always more special when its homemade then when its bought out of a store. gl hun!

Answer 184

Recipes in a jar are always nice. You layer ingrediants for cookies, brownies, etc in a mason jar and then decorate the jar. Try www.cookiesinajar.com for ideas.

Answer 185

1 quart size canning jar

1 bag of potpourri (pine or cinn)

1 strand 20 lights

2 or 3 mini ornaments

round piece of lace or tulle

ribbon



Put potpourri, lights, ornaments in jar cover top with lace/tulle tie on with ribbon

Answer 186

I think you should bake him his favorite cookies for his birthday or you should write him a christmas poem for his birthday since it's christmas and his birthday on christmas i think that will be a nice gift for his birthday.

Answer 187

how about stringing popcorn or making construction paper chains....you can use a bar of soap to "frost" windows....fill a bowl with pinecones for a centerpiece...get any small children in the family to draw festive xmas pictures

Answer 188

unfold the binbags anf lay them flat, several on top of each other so that you can cut them up all at once. Cut them into strips approx 4.5 inches -5 inches long by about 2-2.5 inches wide.

Answer 189

Make a Never-melt Snowman everyone likes snow right.

Answer 190

Well stuff you might find around the house might get tossed on the shelf/thrown in the drawer...my suggestion is to use the pc to make a card and fold it in 1/4s'...you can find free card prints in your microsoft word program..go to start--> all programs--->microsoft works----->microsoft works..

Answer 191

A friend of mine made some really cool looking ornaments with paper. She cut out circles about 4 inches in diameter in a solid color paper, like red or green. Then she cut out a smaller circle, about 3 inches, out of various decorative papers (think scrap booking type papers) Line the top of both circles together, and punch a hole through both. Then use ribbon, or rick rack or a rag strip and tie together. They are just lovely! If you have kids involved you could cut the smaller circle out of white paper and let the kids color them first before you assemble. I am for sure going to do this project with my grand kids. Simple, easy and cheap, yet very nice looking project.

Answer 192

i understand what you are going through and what you can make him is a birthday card that fits into the holiday, or just make him a birthday card. and also inside the card you can have pictures of you and your father in the past. he will love that

Answer 193

in grade school we used to get to cans preferably snuff cans (2) glue them together, decorate them and make them the drums of the little drummer boy. use toothpicks and very small plush balls for the drum sticks. felt works wonderfully on the cans and it turns out to look really sweet.

Answer 194

An easy, useful, and attractive Christmas craft is to make your own wrapping paper. You can get reams of red, green or white colored paper at a crafts store and stamp it with inked potato stamps. To create a potato stamp, start by cutting an Idaho potato through the middle, shortways. Then, you can use a paring knife to cut a design into each flat potato end, cutting away the excess potato bits. Press the stamp into an ink stap pad (you can find colorful ink stamp pads at a crafts store), and press it into your paper to make a design. Then you can wrap gifts with your personalized wrapping paper.

Answer 195

Hello. I think a small straw craft home ( i called a heaven of remember) will be a great for ur dad. If u need such kind of craft please contact me in [e-mail].

Answer 196

hmm..ur dad birthday is v meningful 2 u..Erm..A dad usally dont like any present frm their children compare 2 mum..If u want 2 buy a present 4 her u buy a ring,pen,or foods n so on

Answer 197

You can get many ideas when walking around the flea market. Just bring a pad and paper with you to take notes.

Answer 198

I'd make some photo ornaments, get some of that foam craft sheets, gliter, foam letters etc. and have at it.

Answer 199

Coffee filters- fold them like a triangle and cut the edges- you have snowflakes.

Plain paper plates- cut different size circles- you have a snowman.

Answer 200

HI!I AM KARNI G.IT'S UR DAD'S BIRTHDAY AND U NEED SOME HELP.-TAKE SOME NEWSPAPER AND CUT THEM INTO SMALL PIECES.KEEP THESE PIECES IN A BOWL & ADD SOME WATER TO IT.MIX IT TILL IT BECOMES LIKE PULP.NOW MAKE SOME FUNKY DESIGNS FROM IT LIKE FLOWERS,GIFTS,ETC.KEEP IT FOR DRYING.NOW PAINT A TILE & FIX THESE DESIGNS ON IT.COLOUR THEM & ADD SOME SPARKLES TO IT.AFTER IT IS DRY WRITE A BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY MESSAGE ON IT FOLLOWED BY A LINE WISHING HIM MERRY CHRISTMAS.-HOPE U & UR FATHER WILL LIKE IT. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Answer 201

Try Origami.



P.S. My dad's birthday is on 25th of december too!!

Answer 202

Try makin a Christmas wreath made of mints or another type of festive candy. I seen it in a magazine and it looks awesome

Answer 203

Hey take clear holiday ornametns, and fill them with paints of different colors, this is a cool holiday gift.

Answer 204

just recycle some of your old picture frame. Replace it with a birthday note! be sure it's presentable also. It's effective and inexpensive.

Answer 205

make some cookies that is always fun if u don't want to do that u can always act the christmas story with a few little twist to it

Answer 206

just go on to ask.com and type in christmas crafts and they will give you a bunch of ideas 4 crafts.

Answer 207

stuff:marshmallows,choclate, a melting pan,tooth pics, mike&ikes,and thin stick pretzles,raisins. first melt choclate then get two marshmallows take the choclate and lather on one of the marshmallows, then, stick them together to harden , then get the pretzles and make branch like limbs (make two) the take the combined marshmallows, and put one on each side , then take mike&ikes and make a nose (sucure tighly ) then add raisins for eyes, make your own smile it's fun!

Answer 208

you can make him a birthday card on the computer with alot of things from www.google.com and type in birthday cards find one and print it out. That will be very nice for a great father like him.

Answer 209

the snowman...

a tube sock

rice

cotton

rubber band...small

a little bit of fabric

a black marker pin (permanent)

buttons~optional

mason jar lid, the flat.



place the flat into the tube sock, (it will keep it sitting up in place)

fill the tube sock 1/4 of the way with the rice. (to keep it bottom heavy)

fill it up with the cotton, but not all the way up, where you use the rubber band...

anyways, band it off, and then roll down the top part, and will make your hat..

use the permanent marker to make the coal eyes and the mouth..

use the fabric for a scarf.

the buttons are optional, they can be glued on (hot glue) to the front to make the buttons down the front, but i find it easier to use a brown marker pen to draw the buttons on.



then you can shape the cotton, to make it more of a snowman, use christmas ribbon to make it more festive, or for a snowgirl. sometimes, depends on who it goes to, i'll put silver glitter on it.



they really easy to make, and cheap. and oh so cute when their is more than one of them and of differant sizes..

have fun..and happy holiday.

Answer 210

Take an upside-downM&M minis tube and some felt to make a toy soldier.

Answer 211

wrapping paper to make a cylinder shape. Tape it down. Tie one end with ribbon. Fill with candy or confetti. Tie the other end off. When ready to open pull each end and watch it "explode"!

Answer 212

3 clothes pins wooden one cork.

glue 2 clothes pins to either sides of cork(as legs)

then on one of the corks u just glued, glue on pointed upright. then on that one put googly eyes and a red gem in front and u got urself a rudolf!



http://www.dowdytreasures.com/images/C106.jpg

Answer 213

Coin purses are great gifts - I get them from Tall Poppy Craft Products - http://www.tallpoppycraft.com/

Answer 214

Make a photo frame or a pop card

Answer 215

try painting a plain picture frame and put a pic of you 2 in it. I did it for my mother one year and she still has it sitting on the table

Answer 216

u should bye some good cloths 4 Ur mom and dad and bye some toys 4 Ur brother and sisters and bye any thing

Answer 217

My mother thinks that glittering cards with glue is a cool idea

Answer 218

this one is very simple. just get some pine cones and put glitter glue on them. this is a simple festive way of decorating for Christmas.

Answer 219

Why not make Flower Pot Soldiers

all you need is 5 clay pots that are the same size..

some paint-black, blue, red and white

red, black and yellow felt 1/4 yard each

gold ricrac lace and gold cording

glue

1 red pom pom



scissors



1st paint your pots . paint pot 1 solid black. paint the other 4 pots with a black rim only. leave pot 2 the clay pot color other than the rim. paint pot 3 red (except for the black rim) pot 4 and 5 paint blue(except for the black rim).

Assemble

turn one blue pot upside down on rim, glue the other blue pot to it (bottom to bottom)

then glue the red pot to the top of the blue pot

(rim to rim)

then glue the clay colored pot on top of the red pot

(bottom to bottom)

then glue the solid black pot to the clay colored pot

(rim to rim)

Cut out red felt arms and black felt gloves. Cut a squar out of the yellow felt to make a gelt. Glue together and then add to soldier. Add 2 strips of lace across the front of the red part for hiis shirt. Add wider gold lace down each side of the blue pants. cut enough gold cord to go under the face., from rim to rim. run it under the chin. glue to each side of the hat and to finish it off *** a red pom pom on top of his hat. It is a very simple project.

Answer 220

i crocheted scarves for everyone in my family one year. they liked them because they knew i spent some time on them. or hats. i'll probably give one as a gag gift to my mom. she hates my hats. =P i made sandals from duct tape before. all you do is trace a shoe on cardboard, cut it out. and duct tape the cardboard and make a strap. or even just bake him something special. something he really likes. his favorite pastry. make him breakfast in bed. there are just so many ideas out there.

Answer 221

Try www.hgtv.com for some terrific crafts. They have great ideas.

Answer 222

decorate cookies - you can either bake them or buy them ready made. make royal icing (easy to make and have fun decorating cookies, you can then hang them on the tree or gift them. and its good fun for all ages. we just finished making cookies for our tree, friends and even window decorations. ages involved were 3 to 60 year-olds. and we all had fun. you can make special birthday decorations for dad

Answer 223

there is a lot of neat one on bhg.com that is better homes and gardens and they have printable stuff like stencils to have a nice christmas with dad and family

Answer 224

I would fine 25 things in the house then i would take each one of them put on a big cardboard, it would be some like this One the first of Xmas My dad give me. if you could think of all the things that your dad give to you! and make a Big Xmas card!

Answer 225

This is what I did when I had no money and barely any ornaments. I took the ornaments that I had and my son and I painted little christmas scenes on them! We did this about five years ago and I STILL use them! Actually they are our favorites!



Another thing I did for a present was to take a really pretty clear glass vase with a lid....I then typed up everything that I could remember ( on microsoft word )as a child growing up... things my mom did for me, wonderful memories ect....then cut them all out and put them in a jar for her to read!!!! She was supposed to read one a day but ended up reading them all in one day! I had over 200 memories in there.

It's called a memory jar.

Parents love this kind of thing! I hope you do this!:)

Answer 226

Ask him if the both of you could make the family dinner. If the answer is 'no', make dinner for your Dad.

Answer 227

cookie cutters tied with ribbons to make ornaments are great, also small toys like the ones from mcdonalds tied to the tree are good also.

Answer 228

Caligraphy and then draw up a certificate for the World's best Dad.

Answer 229

I think it'd be cool if you did something to a frame -jazzed it up with curled up wires (not something girly for a dad) and then put a pic of you he loves in it- like when you were a kid or something you get taken especially for him.

Answer 230

what you need

Foam Balls

Needles

and the little confettie trees and stuff like that



The take the faom ball, get the confettie trees and put the needle through the confettie then into the ball. At the end get a string, on it and put it on the tree

Answer 231

go to acmoore.com they have shopping lists of what to get for the featured crafts

Answer 232

well. you can make Santa out of different colors of felt and stick a bag about 2/3 the size of him on to him and fill the bag up with and kind of candy! ^ ^

Answer 233

You can make ornaments out of Play Dough. You form it into a cute shape (a Christmas tree or a stocking, etc) and stick a paperclip into the top (make sure it's inside the Play Dough and that part of it sticks out like a hook). Let it dry for a few days and you've got home made ornaments! I used to do this with my mom all the time... she still has many of them and we still use them to decorate the tree every year.



Another project my parents did with me and my siblings was the plastic Christmas wreath. You'll need:



wire hanger

plastic dry cleaner bags

curly ribbon tied in bundles

ornaments

glue

large piece of cardboard

scissors



Steps:



(1) Place bag on a large piece of cardboard. Fold bag in half lengthwise. Measure up 2" and lay yardstick across bag to keep plastic from slipping. Cut off a 2" wide strip. Cut strip into 7" lengths. Discard any pieces with printing on them. Set strips aside.

(2) Pull the bar (where pants would hang) of the wire hanger downward forming a circle with the hanger.

(3) Starting at the top of the circle, center and tie plastic strips to the wire circle. After tying on 25 plastic strips, tie a bundle of curly ribbon onto the wire. Tie on 25 more plastic strips then another bundle of curly ribbon. At the bottom of the wreath, make the curly ribbon lengths longer. Continue in this manner until the wreath is full and tightly packed.

(4) Glue ornaments evenly-spaced around the wreath. Cut streamers at the bottom of the wreath to different lengths then thread and glue a jingle bell to a few of them. Use scissors to curl the remaining streamers. Fold the hanger portion of the wire into a tight loop. Cover the loop with ribbon.

Answer 234

make some fun baskets which are cheap, and fill them full of christmas stuff its fun and easy and everyone will love and compliment on them

Answer 235

you can make a small cave or cowshed with brown varnish papers and straws.Jesus doll sets are available in shops. decorate with serial lights and keep it in your father's room surprisingly on24th mid night.

Answer 236

get some paint and let him paint anything he might want to paint like walls chairs anything that might need painting men like to do that kind of crafts

Answer 237

Check out that movie "Elf" they made a ton of xmas decorations out of white paper and they were great.

Answer 238

Crayola has a great craft website.

Answer 239

Make a card and bake some cookies thats what I think I will do this year!.

Answer 240

you can make a tissue paper flower with a stick just cut the flower with the tissue paper and flod the flower then stick th e stick through it

Answer 241

A picture of you and him when you were little in a nice frame is always a nice gift

Answer 242

we used to use tin snippers, spray paint, glue, and all sort of stuff to make orniments from beer cans. be carefu you don't gett to wasted and cut youre han on a can

Answer 243

u can make a reindeer; use some pipe cleaner, one of those coloered fuzz balls, and glue maybe a foam ball 2

Answer 244

Go online and try to print up some cool cut outs and glue em' on to somthing and put it somewere were it is noticable and you have a creative and original craft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND TO ALL A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!:)!!!!!!!!!

:)

Answer 245

Candles. You can buy yaleys candle supplies for making candles at Michales.

Answer 246

For inexpensive try Big Lots and buy lots of glitter glue at Michael's, buy several Christmas glass ornaments (they are very inexpensive there and put the glitter glue on them, you can get some clay pots buy some white and red paint use some glitter on edges and stick poinsettias in them get that green stuff fill the pot stick different colors red, silver or gold and put some moss on top of the pot where the poinsettias were inserted.



You can also purchase tall glass vases and fill them with crystal (acrylic) diamonds, they sell them at Crate and Barell in red and clear, they are very beautiful to accentuate your tables, you can also make your own holiday baskets, fill them with wines, cookies, chocolates all sorts of nuts and different items from Bristol Farms or anything you can buy at Worlds Market.



Check out this website:



http://www.crateandbarrel.com/

http://www.allthingschristmas.com/decorations.html

Answer 247

You can never go wrong with pine cones, and glitter. Fun for the whole family!!!

Answer 248

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Preserving Holly Leaves and Berries

Christmas light storage - Wrap your lights around a paper towel tube to store them for next year. They won't tangle up as easily!

Christmas ornament/decoration storage - Line egg carton cups with cotton, foam, or tissue paper and store small Christmas tree bulbs and ornaments in each cup.

Christmas card recycling - Save Christmas cards and reuse them next year! Try these ideas...

Christmas wrapping paper storage - Roll tightly, and stash bits and pieces of wrapping paper into the insides of cardboard tubes - if large enough, use for wrapping small packages next year, OR cut and fold and use for package tags.

Answer 249

Go to crate and barrell, they have lots of things to choose from and it'll be worth your money

Answer 250

you could make a cute hot chocolate bag that i made. in a cake bag you put hot cocoa. get another bag and cover it, put marshmellows,whitecholoate chips,cholate chips in it. and he can pour it all in a cup and mix hot milk or water, and there is his hot cocoa gift.

Answer 251

Have you thought of making plastic canvas coasters

Answer 252

you can make a Christmas tree with little snowman or reindeer.

Another idea is that you can make a little puppet show.

I bet he'll love it !

Answer 253

marbles aqarium glue and glass combined make awesome art work. glass oil lanterns candle holders etc.

Answer 254

What about cookie or drink mixes in a jar?

Answer 255

buy some kind of chest or something like that,its easy to put together and it hae some nice finish to it.

Answer 256

I use a website that has alot of ideas. The address is: http://www.organizedchristmas.com

Answer 257

Get him a gift card to any store you think he like!

Answer 258

two words: Duct Tape. the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. http://www.ducttapefashions.com and http://www.ducttapeguys.com are good sites for ideas.

Answer 259

well you can look at some sites, there is one in specially that I like and is







- www.diynetwork.com/diy/crafts

Answer 260

u can use a metal hanger, tie it around a piece of paper with glue and sugar saying "Happy Birthday, and Merry Christmas Dad" i bet he'll love it.

Answer 261

Well, I may not get this from "A specified source" but I know that little kids looooooooooooove stuff like crafts and COLORING!

Answer 262

buy warcraft III and starcraft from blizzard.com. play it. who knows you might be the next champion of WCG ( world cyber games ).

Answer 263

you take a reath and gingerbread men 3 and paint themang but buttons on them and hang them from the reath

Answer 264

paper snowflakes ALWAYS are a hit.....plus for some edible decor, u could make marsh-mellow snowmen

Answer 265

go to crayola.com, enchanted learning.com you will find crafts from both of these sites and more.

Answer 266

u can make lotion or lip gloss or lip balm u can get this from micheals it is very easy and works great

Answer 267

I'm making snow globes for all my friends! Just use some round jars, glycerin (or something like that), sparkles, and some fimo clay. It's really cool!

Answer 268

engravable personalized items available on http://www.giftshippingzone.com. I have bought a lot and lot from this site.

Answer 269

watch diy do it your self network on channel 61

or watch the food channel

Answer 270

How about a stocking with his name on it?

Answer 271

well u make these candy trains but u need starburst choclate reese cups life savers and mints if u would like to learn how ot make them email me at [e-mail]

Answer 272

make a cardd b ur-self and try earning money for you families to have fun and buy something he likes or food he likes

Answer 273

my birthday is near..my birthday is on the13th of december,and i like to celebrate my birthday wit all my family...wish happy,have fun and celebrate for crhistmas....

Answer 274

Yeah..... take a Santa doll, and rip his head off... then tell the little kids Santa is dead. You spelled December wrong.

Answer 275

go to hobby craft and the give you a booklet!

Answer 276

You couls take some teacups and fill them with scented wax for a candle. I have donr it. It is really pretty

Answer 277

check...



http://www.michaels.com (they have a lot of seasonal craft ideas)

http://www.freepatterns.com

http://www.bhg.com (click on family and crafts)

Answer 278

macaroni christmas ornaments

Answer 279

check out www.craftster.com. they have great stuff to make no matter what time of the year.

Answer 280

If you reading this then you must have alot of time because there were a million other people that answered you g a y question before I did.

Answer 281

you could make a handmade picture frame or just make a picture

Answer 282

What do you have in the house

Answer 283

you could make christmas tree ordaments maybe. my family used to do that with toilet-paper-rolls and clay and paint and stuff.

Answer 284

Nah, buy him a dominck the italian christmas donkey tee shirt at http://guineatees.com they rock

Answer 285

hello :)

personalize ornaments or make ornaments like bunch together three or four pine cones tie them with ribbon and add glue with sprinkles of glitter, use construction paper and cut out Santa, reindeer, wreaths, candy canes or if you are an artist with scissors a nativity scene or use felt and make stockings with their names on them with glitter glue and fill with assorted chocolate or candy canes and they cam use them Christmas after Christmas (:

Answer 286

make a sownman cake and sanit cupcake

Answer 287

U can make a present that he like the best.

Answer 288

make a lovely cake and a wine for your papa

Answer 289

add the families pic on the orniments.

Answer 290

these are so fun get some clear ornament balls then squirt paint in them i prefer green red and white then roll it gently and swirl it turns out really cool

Answer 291

christmascrafts.com



it is such an awesome website



i have gone on it for years

Answer 292

make snow men out of pop cickle sticks.

Answer 293

hi! ask your father what he likes and make them very colorfully and creative. my advise is don't buy them! make them! mine always works in that way.

Answer 294

a candy tree

Answer 295

Make paper snowflakes and stars -



http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-3D-Paper-Snowflake



http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_occasions/article/0,,HGTV_3268_1382226,00.html

Answer 296

I think the first guy should get the best answer.

Answer 297

or u can go to ''michelle's'' and $ wooden winter or christmas tree hangers and paint them then wrap it give it to him as a birthday and christmas presents for the whole family i did it with my 4th grade class they are so cute you can buy them at any art store they only cost 2.00 dollars remember good for the whole family.

Answer 298

you can us some ornaments, snow flacks, balloons Any decoration would be fin.

Answer 299

what about buying those calendars you can stick pictures and stuff in? thats good for family and friends.

Answer 300

for your crafts you must to more helve like any way egg. sandals just better for you

Answer 301

my dad b-day is too. Make him something you think is special something he will remember you for

Answer 302

a 3d card is always cool!

Answer 303

check my jazz paintings here http://www.milagallery.com

best gift for your dad!!

Answer 304

Last year, we mad these little origami ornament things as gifts for relatives. They were quite cute! This yer, my mom got a kit to make beaded candy cane ornaments and beaded snowflake ornaments. Then, of course, your could get plain ornament balls or white Styrofoam balls and decorate them. You'd have to paint the Styrofoam balls, though. I suggest painting them gold, silver, red, or green. Decorate them with sequins, rhinestones, and other decorative things you can find. You can also paint the balls with christmassy pictures and add your own personal message. I hopes this helps you. It is always fun to make christmas presents!

Answer 305

I recommend you to try "Origami".

it sounds interesting.

Answer 306

christmas day is a pray for god

Answer 307

make a tasty dinner that he love .

Answer 308

www.dltk-kids.com click on chritsmas

Answer 309

well you can give him a mug with his name on it

Answer 310

you should get your dad some tools!

Answer 311

For your dad's birthday, i would get him a tie.

Answer 312

take a chocolate bar-make new wrappping paper-tada!

Answer 313

http://www.northpolechristmas.com/

Answer 314

If you have some clear wide-mouth jars or some kind of pretty glass jars, set colorful candles down in the jars. Next, use some fairly heavy gauge wire and wrap around the lip of the jar, leaving 12 inches of wire on two sides sticking out. Use some pliers and twist the wire on both sides, into decorative swirls and curls, whatever you like. Then hang the instant decorative candle holders all over the house.

Answer 315

Cut out and color some:

x-mas trees

stars

snowlfakes

ornaments

You can string them together and

hang them around anywhere.

Happy Holiday

Answer 316

COOKIES !!

they are cheap but Great

Answer 317

give you dad a'suprise when he go home

Answer 318

you can make a Christmas tree or you can draw a snowman or Santa clause anything that you want to make

Answer 319

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jhtml?categoryid=/templatedata/bhg/category/data/sc_1388.xml



try this site,it might help.

Answer 320

you could buy a reef and put glitter or bells on it etc...

Answer 321

how about pretzel wreaths.

Answer 322

try allfreecrafts.com

Answer 323

cookie recipe in a jar. type it in ur toolbar. they r layered and very cute.

Answer 324

www.christmascards.com

Answer 325

u won't get any here

Answer 326

give him a good gift that makes him feel good wif all of you

Answer 327

try this site

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_page.htm

Answer 328

www.familyfun.com



www.clubmom.com

Answer 329

CANDY OUR PEAS

Answer 330

hi better u give the sweet kiss to ur sweet father.and prepare the nicolos dress in ur haome.Tel the b'day wishes 25th midnight .thn 25th ur dad ,mom,and u r going to church ..

Answer 331

YOU CAN MAKE A HAT AND SCARF!

Answer 332

how about Santa's sleigh DEFINITELY a Cristmas craft.

I am sure that you can think up more!!

Answer 333

shrinky dinks?

Answer 334

get a makeover.

Answer 335

make puppets for little kids...for adults make something to sit around the house like a snowman or something out of cotton balls. May look really crappy but its all i can think of.

Answer 336

Mix Applesauce and Cinnamon together.. It will make a nice dough. Then you use cookie cutters and well, after you roll it out and make ornaments! its great!

Answer 337

Below you will find Kid Christmas craft ideas to help them explore the holiday. Keep in mind that this theme page is really aimed at younger children, up to about age 5. Don't be fooled into thinking that these projects and activities are too simple for this age group. Young children thrive on simplicity - it gives them the opportunity to work independently, to understand the task at hand, and to "own" their work. Immersing them in projects and activities that center around a particular theme (in this case Christmas) allows them to gain a greater understanding of the theme and internalize it.

There are many projects and activites listed here. Don't think that you have to do them all. You can pick just a few things to do if you want, then move on to another theme. On the other hand, you can choose to spend several days on this theme and do all the projects. In addition, you can incorporate some of your own ideas into this theme to truly make it your own. This is just a guide to get you started.





Words Associated with Christmas

Talk with your child about Christmas, what it means, why we celebrate it, etc. You can even do this by reading a Christmas book to them. A few excellent choices are The Night Before Christmas: A Pop-Up, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and The Light of Christmas.

Santa Claus

stockings

Noel

wise men

nativity Jingle Bells

Baby Jesus

carols

Scrooge

reindeer reindeer

Frosty the Snowman

Rudolph

Bethlehem

yuletide St. Nicholas

ornaments

advent

sleigh

chestnuts







Kid Christmas Craft Ideas





Textured Gingerbread Man - Run, run, as fast as you can... You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man. This is a great way for younger kids to make a pretty realistic gingerbread man without all the mess and hastle of making them in the kitchen. This also makes a great bulletin board display or Christmas Ornament!



Easy Bead Wreath - This tri-bead wreath is another really easy ornament for children of all ages to create. It makes a great project for small groups like scouting or classrooms too. One of these little wreaths would also look great tied onto a gift!



Countdown to Christmas Bell - This is a fun way to keep track of the days until Christmas, especially for younger kids. It's also a good way to get in a little counting practice if you make them count the days off each day.



Toilet Paper Tube Santa - It just wouldn't be crafting if we didn't make something out of a recycled toilet paper cardboard tube. This craft can be adapted to make just about anything including: Santa, Mrs. Claus, Reindeer, Snowmen, Elves, Angels, etc. In addition, you don't just have to use toilet paper tubes. You can also use paper towel rolls and wrapping paper rolls.



My Christmas Alphabet Book - This is a cute way to get a little alphabet practice in while still enjoying the Holiday season.



You'll find a lot of ornaments and gift giving ideas here.



Hand Picture Ornament

These make a great keepsake, especially if you do a new one each year. It gives you the opportunity to see how much your child has grown over the last year, and it gives your Christmas tree a personal touch.





Supplies: Cardboard (I use old file folders), fun foam (or felt, etc.) marking pen, scissors, your child's picture, ribbon, glue.



Directions: Trace your child's hand on the cardboard and cut it out to make a template. Use your template to trace the hand out two times on fun foam or felt and cut both out. Cut a hole in the center of one of the hands so that it will frame your child's picture (I used one of my circle cutters from my scrapbook supplies for this.) Sandwich the picture between the two hands and glue all around so that the picture won't come out (you can also put a small piece of thin plastic over the picture to protect it). Once the hands are securely glued together, you can poke a small hole in the tallest finger of your ornament and thread your ribbon through it to hang. Don't forget to write the year on the back in permanent ink.







Holiday Candle

Supplies: A jar (baby food jars work well), glue that dries clear, colored tissue paper, glitter, ribbon, votive or tealight candle, paintbrush.





Directions: Tear your tissue paper into smaller pieces. Paint the jar with glue and attach the pieces of tissue paper (you may have to dilute the glue slightly with water). Randomly add some glitter (optional). Let dry and then tie a ribbon around the top, making sure that it won't interfere with the candle's flame. Put your candle inside. This makes a great gift or holiday decoration, but be sure to keep the lighted candle out of reach of children.





Christmas Chains











What Christmas would be complete without chain garlands? Kids love these and they add a colorful touch to holiday decorations.

Supplies: Construction paper in different colors, glue, scissors.



Directions: Cut strips of paper about one and a half inches wide and six inches long in different colors of construction paper (I use a paper cutter for this part). Glue the first strip into a loop. Thread the second strip through the loop and glue into a loop. Continue until your chain is as long as you want.







Family Tree Skirt



Here is another great keepsake idea. I got the original idea from the book FamilyFun Crafts, but then I took it a step further by using pictures.



Supplies: Inkjet Fabric, a plain tree skirt made out of muslin or felt fabric paint, fusible web, permanent marker.



Directions: When I read this in the book, they just painted the kids hands and had them stamp them on the tree skirt. Then they wrote their names and and the date next to them. It was kind of neat, but I thought it would be even better if the skirt had the kids pictures. This is what I plan to do: Use the inkjet fabric to print out a picture of each of the kids and then cut them out in the shape of an ornament. Then use the fusible webbing to iron the "ornaments" onto the tree skirt. You can then use ribbon, rick rack, etc. to embellish the ornaments. In order to put the kid's names and ages on each of the pictures, you could either write them after each ornament is done, or make it part of each picture before you print it out. I'm working on a tree skirt that has the kid's pictures from the time each was born and also includes pictures of my husband and I. I guess you could kind of call it a family tree skirt. This may not sound like much of a kid's project, but you could get them involved in some parts of it like posing for the picture and decorating the ornaments.











Crackers

These are really easy for kids to make. They make great decorations, gifts for their friends, etc. It's tough to make sure they don't eat all the candy though!



Put candy or small toys inside empty cardboard tissue tubes. Wrap colored tissue paper (or wrapping paper, reprinted sheet music, etc.) around the tube. Glue or tape in place along the seem if necessary. Gather each end and tie with ribbon. Kids love to pop them open later for a treat. My kids loved making them for their friends in the neighborhood.







Cardboard Tissue Tube Santa



It just wouldn't be crafting if we didn't make something out of a recycled toilet paper cardboard tube. This craft can be adapted to make just about anything including: Sanat, Mrs. Claus, Reindeer, Snowmen, Elves, Angels, etc. In addition, you don't just have to use toilet paper tubes. You can also use paper towel rolls and wrapping paper rolls.





Supplies: cardboard tube, construction paper (red, white, pink, and black), gluestick, cotton balls, wiggle eyes (optional).

Directions: Wrap a cardboard tube with a 4 x 2 inch sheet of red paper and glue in place. To made the face, use a 3 inch wide circle of pink paper and glue in place. For the hat, cut a 4 inch wide half circle and roll it into a cone. Glue in place on top of Santa's head. Put a rectangular strip of white paper around his forhead. Put a black strip of paper around Santa's middle for a belt. Either glue on pieces of paper for his facial features, draw them on, or use google eyes. When that is done, tear some cotton balls apart and glue on for his beard, hatband, and make a pom pom on the top of his hat.







Paper Plate Wreath



Supplies: paper plate, green tissue paper, red tissue paper, piece of ribbon or string to hang, scissors, hole punch, and white glue.



Directions: Cut a hole in the center of the paper plate so that you have a ring that is about three inches wide. Cut your tissue paper (or tear it for a different effect) into 2 inch squares. Crumple each square up slightly and glue the center onto the plate. Fill the plate in with the green pieces, then go back and add red pieces randomly to make berries. Punch a hole in the top and thread the ribbon through to hang the wreath. You can embellish this project with a bow, glitter, etc. My kids love this project.







Ornament Christmas Cards



My daughter and I made these cards one year to send to all our friends and family. She was very proud of herself.



We bought blank cards and ran them through the printer to print out our own holiday poem inside so that we wouldn't have to write it out on each card. Then we made a template of a round ornament (like the glass ones you see all the time.) out of cardboard. Then we traced the ornament out on different types of patterned paper (we used scrapbook paper that I had lying around) and cut them out. Using a hole punch, we punched a hole in the top of each ornament where it would hang from the hook. My daughter decorated each ornament by coloring on them, using glitter glue, etc. Then I used spray adhesive and sprayed the back side of each ornament and glued it to the front of the card. I them threaded a piece of contrasting ribbon through the hole in each ornament and tied a bow. It made a very simple and elegant card, and the plain white background of the card really offset the ornament. Our friends and family were tickled to get our homemade card and my daughter was very proud of herself for doing such a grownup project.











Popsicle Stick Rudolph Ornament

Supplies: 3 popciscle sticks, glue, wiggle eyes, red pom pom, six inch ribbon.



Directions: Glue the 3 popsicle sticks together to form a triangle - or a really fat, upside down capital A. This will form the reindeer's head, so you want the sticks to meet exactly at the nose, but not quite meet at the top two corners so that they form two small antler points. Glue the eyes and the red pom pom nose on. On the backside, glue each end of the ribbon about 2 inches apart to make a hanger.







Pasta Christmas Tree



Supplies: A small styrofoam cone, green paint, green and red marker, glitter glue, several different shapes of dry pasta



Directions:: Paint the styrofoam cone green and let dry. Use the green marker to color enough pieces of pasta to cover the cone. You can also color some red for berries, or other colors for ornaments. Glue the pasta onto the cone until it is completely filled in (We usually use low temp hot glue gun because it is faster and causes less frustration with the kids. We also work together to make just one tree). You can embellish it with the glitter glue, tinsel, pom poms, etc. to make it look like a Christmas tree.



You can also do this same craft differently by gluing all the pasta onto the styrofoam cone without coloring it first. After it dries, you can spray paint it any color you want (metallic paints work well). Leave it plain for a chic look or have the kids embellish it even more after it dries.









Pretzel Wreath



Using pretzels, the ones that are shaped like a heart with a cross in the middle, glue them in a circle to form a wreath. You can weave ribbon between the holes if you would like, or just add a bow. Hang with a ribbon threaded through and tied to one of the pretzels.





If you're looking for more Kid Christmas Crafts, try out these resources:





Christmas Ornaments Kids Can Make More Christmas Ornaments Kids Can Make

More Free Kid Craft Ornaments











More Challenging Crafts

Painted Plastic Ornaments - This ornament may look complicated, but it's really easy and a lot of fun! The project sheet comes complete with a pattern and before and after shots of the plastic. This would make a great group project or gift.



Beaded Angel Ornament - My Grandma used to make my brother and I ornaments each year. It's a tradition that I came to treasure as I got older and I've managed to hang on to all her gift ornaments and still use them on my tree today. This is one of Grandma's ornaments... it still looks good for being 25+ years old.



Cross Stitch Stocking Ornament - This little stocking ornament takes a little time to make, but it makes a great ornament that will last a very long time. I originally made this ornament when I was about twelve at a friend's house.



Easy Bead Wreath - This tri-bead wreath is another really easy ornament for children of all ages to create. It makes a great project for small groups like scouting or classrooms too. One of these little wreaths would also look great tied onto a gift!



Polymer Clay Snowflake Votives - This is a wonderful way to turn thrift shop drinking glasses into beautiful Christmas or winter decorations. Use this easy to make candle to spice up a centerpiece or create a soft mood around the Christmas tree.



Pony Bead Candle Holder - Simply use a hot glue gun to glue pony beads to a votive candle holder in any pattern you choose. The pony beads allow the candle light to shine through. They are easy to make, inexpensive and the light effects are really neat. Click on the link to see a picture with a tree pattern.



Baby Food Jar Christmas Tree - This is a project that definitely requires adult supervision. I think this would be fun to put together for a classroom project or as a scout group. It's pretty when it's done.



Candy Trees - Favorite confections make this tree a dazzling and delicious centerpiece. These are really clever!







Christmas Printables

These are pretty much just color sheets with a Christmas theme.



The Christmas Story Advent Coloring Book

Coloring Pages for Toddlers

More Christmas Coloring

The Twelve Days of Christmas Coloring Book

Very Detailed Coloring Pages

Great Santa Pages

Jan Brett Coloring Pages

Various Chrismas Coloring Pages











Christmas Skill Building

These are printable worksheets that are designed to help your child work on age-appropriate skills.

Reindeer Maze

Mini Holiday Box

Christmas Present Maze

Help the Elf put the present in the right box

Help Santa Deliver Presents

Snowflake Fun

Christmas Maze

Christmas Tree Maze

Winter Connect the Dots

Snowman Paper Dolls







If you are looking for some better quality skill building worksheets, you can't do better than the workbooks recommended below. I use workbooks a lot with my children. I copy the pages for them instead of letting them work directly out of the book, then we can use the pages over and over. This is especially handy if you have more than one child, but also works well even if you just have one. A child can do the same page a few weeks later and not even realize it is a repeat, especially if they had trouble with it the first time.



Christmas Activities Workbooks

Big Preschool Workbook

Jumbo Jumpstart Workbook: Pre-K

Big Kindergarten Workbook

Preschool Playroom Magazine

Preschool Giant Step Ahead Workbook













Christmas Songs

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer,

and Prancer and Vixen,

Comet and Cupid,

and Donner and Blitzen,

But do you recall

The most famous reindeer of all?



Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose,

And if you ever saw it,

You could even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names;

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games.



Then one foggy Christmas Eve,

Santa came to say:

"Rudolph with your nose so bright,

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then how the reindeer loved him

As they shouted out with glee,

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,

You'll go down in history."









Santa Claus Is Coming To Town



Oh! You better watch out,

You better not cry,

You better not pout,

I'm telling you why:

Santa Claus is coming to town!



He's making a list,

Checking it twice,

Gonna find out who's naughty or nice.

Santa Claus is coming to town!



He sees you when you're sleeping,

He knows when you're awake.

He knows if you've been bad or good,

So be good for goodness sake!



Oh! You better watch out,

You better not cry,

You better not pout,

I'm telling you why:

Santa Claus is coming to town!







The Little Drummer Boy



Come they told me

pa rum pum pum pum

A new born King to see,

pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring

pa rum pum pum pum

To lay before the King

pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum



So to honor Him

pa rum pum pum pum,

when we come.

Little Baby

pa rum pum pum pum

I am a poor boy too,

pa rum pum pum pum

I have no gift to bring

pa rum pum pum pum

That's fit to give our King

pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum



Shall I play for you

pa rum pum pum

on my drum.



Mary nodded

pa rum pum pum pum

The ox and lamb kept time

pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for Him

pa rum pum pum

I played my best for Him

pa rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum

rum pum pum pum



Then He smiled at me

pa rum pum pum pum

me and my drum.







Deck the Halls



Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

'Tis the season to be jolly

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Don we now our gay apparel.

Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

See the blazing Yule before us.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Strike the harp and join the chorus.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Follow me in merry measure.

Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

While I tell of Yuletide treasure.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la



Fast away the old year passes.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Hail the new ye lads and lasses

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Sing we joyous all together.

Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Heedless of the wind and weather.

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la









Frosty the Snowman



Frosty the Snow Man was a jolly, happy soul,

With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal.



Frosty the Snow Man is a fairy tale they say;

He was made of snow, but the children know how he came to life one day.



There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found,

For when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around.



Oh, Frosty the Snow Man was alive as he could be,

And the children say he could laugh and play just the same as you and me.



Frosty the Snow Man knew the sun was hot that day,

So he said, "Let's run and we'll have some fun now before I melt away."



Down to the village with a broomstick in his hand,

Running here and there all around the square, sayin', "Catch me if you can."



He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop,

And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler "Stop!"



For Frosty the Snow Man had to hurry on his way,

But he waved good-bye, sayin', "Don't you cry; I'll be back again someday."



Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump, Look at Frosty go;

Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump, Over the hills of snow.







We Wish You A Merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Glad tidings we bring

To you and your kin;

Glad tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year!



We want some figgy pudding

We want some figgy pudding

We want some figgy pudding

Please bring it right here!

Glad tidings we bring

To you and your kin;

Glad tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year!



We won't go until we get some

We won't go until we get some

We won't go until we get some

So bring it out here!

Glad tidings we bring

To you and your kin;

Glad tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year!



We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Glad tidings we bring

To you and your kin;

Glad tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year!











Christmas Recipes

Cornflake Wreaths



I still remember making this special Christmas treat when I was little.



Ingredients:





1/2 cup butter, 3 cups miniature marshmallows, 1/2 tsp almond extract, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp green food color, 4 cups corn flakes, red m&m's (or red hots), silver balls (small silver candies from the baking aisle).

Directions:



Melt butter, add marshmallows, stirring until all marshmallows are melted. Add extracts and food coloring; stir until it is a uniform green color. When mixture is smooth, add corn flakes; mix well but gently so as not to crush the cornflakes. Form into wreath shapes on sheets of waxed paper, decorate with red M&M's and silver candies. Let cool.





Candy Cane Cookies



This was another family favorite when I was growing up and it is very simple to make.





Ingredients: Sugar cookie dough, red food coloring.

Directions: You can make the sugar cookie dough yourself, or you can just purchase the premade kind that comes in the tube in the refridgerated section of the grocery store. If you use the premade kind, purchase two tubes. Basically, you want to color half your dough red and leave the other half natural. Take a small ball (about golf ball size) of each color and roll each into a snake. Then twist the two snakes together and shape like a candy cane. Bake according to the sugar cookie dough directions. These really make a big impression on little ones!







Rice Krispies Treats for the Holidays



I don't know anyone who doesn't like rice krispies treats. The basic recipe is below. You can do so many great holiday things with them. Use cookie cutters to make holiday shapes and then decorate them with frosting, create snowmen, gingerbread men, wreaths, Christmas trees, gift packages, candy canes, even a holiday house. Just let your imagination go and have a good time!





Ingredients: 3 tablespoons margarine or butter, 1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows, 6 cups rice krispies cereal

Directions: In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt margarine and marshmallows on HIGH for 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Stir mixture until smooth. Add rice krispies cereal, stirring until well coated. When slightly cooled, shape cereal mixture into desired shape using buttered hands, or lay out flat on waxed paper. Allow to cool.











Reindeer Crackers



Place a graham cracker on a plate and spread peanut butter on it. Use raisins for eyes, a red MnM for a nose and pretzels for antlers.









Snowman Soup

My kids thought this was some kind of special Christmas magic when I made it for them. They couldn't believe I made soup out of a snowman. Be careful with the hot water though, young children will need to let it cool before they sip it.



In a Christmas (or any kind) mug, put 1 package of cocoa mix, a few marshmallows, and 2 or 3 hershey kisses. Fill with hot water according to the cocoa mix directions and use a peppermint stick to stir it.









Rudolph Sandwiches



Make a peanut butter and jelly Sandwich and cut it crossways into two triangles. Now decorate it to look like a reindeer with two raisins for the eyes, pretzel horns, and a bright half a cherry for the nose.











Christmas Sandwiches

Ingredients: Two slices of white bread, red and green food coloring, a clean paint brush and some sandwich fillings.



Directions: Pour a small amount or the food colorings into a small bowl, you may wish to dilute with a small amount of water. Take your paintbrush and "paint" a christmas decorations onto both slices of the bread. Toast your bread slightly and then make your sandwich. The kids will love "playing" with their food!







Sugar Cone Christmas Trees





Ingredients: Sugar cones, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips or candy melts, assorted candies for decorating, and waxed paper.

Directions: Use your waxed paper to work on and make cleanup easier. Microwave chocolate or candy melts in shallow bowl until it starts to melt, and stir until smooth. Roll cone in chocolate with two fingers inside cone (if possible) to hold. Lift cone out with two fingers inside cone. Place a gumdrop on top and press gently . Gumdrop should make it easier to stand cone up on waxed paper. Decorate with assorted candies. Let decorated "trees" stand until chocolate hardens.













Christmas Books

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury - My kids love this book. It is our Christmas tradition to read a story from this book each day during the advent. The illustrations from this book are beautiful, and the stories are great!



Santa and the Christ Child

Olive, the Other Reindeer



How the Grinch Stole Christmas



The 12 Days of Christmas: A Pop-Up Celebration



The Story of Christmas



Rudolph: The Red-Nosed Reindeer











Christmas Play

Rudolph Hokey Pokey: Play the Hokey Pokey just like you normally would, but instead of using your arms, legs, etc., use reindeer body parts (red nose, antlers, left hoof, right hoof, tail and anything else you can think of). For example:

You put your red nose in,

you put your red nose out,

You put your red nose in, and you shake it all about,

You do the Rudolph Pokey and you turn yourself around,

That's what it's all about. Hey!





Santa Hunt: Hide mini chocolate santas (wrapped) around the house, then turn the kids loose to search for them. You can do the same idea with "kisses," candy canes, etc.





Charity: Take the opportunity to teach your child about charity (if they are old enough to understand). Take your child out to purchase a gift for a child his or her age, then take it to a Toys for Tots drop off near you. Don't forget to explain what you are doing and why. If you are looking for another way to share with the less fortunate, try taking your child to visit a retirement home. Old folks love children and don't get as many visitors as they should, especially around the holidays

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Candy Cane Reindeer & Elf



Materials:

•6- candy canes

•brown pipe cleaners •-goggly- eyes •small red pompoms

•pieces of ribbon (optional) •glue

.jingle bells (optional)

.small red pompom (optional)



Directions:

Glue two eyes on candy cane. Glue the red pompom for a nose. Twist the

brown pipe cleaner around the bend of the candy cane to fashion antlers. Tie a

bow with ribbon.





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Pom pom Reindeer

Materials:

2" white pom pom (body)

1 1/2" white pom pom (head)

1" white pom pom (muzzle)

4 x 3/4" red pom poms (arms & legs)

2 x 1/2" gold pom poms (scarf ends)

1 tiny red pom pom (nose)

2 eyes

2 x 12" red pipe cleaners (antlers)

1 x 12" green pipe cleaner (scarf)



Direction:

To make antlers: fold each pipe cleaner in half. Twist to hold & bend a bit

up to look like antlers - make 2.



To make head: Glue muzzle to front of head. Glue nose to top of muzzle.

Glue eyes to front of head, above muzzle. Glue Antlers to top of head.

Glue head to top of body. Then glue arms to upper body & legs to bottom

Note: glue all to the front so you have a reindeer looking like he's sitting

up. Twist scarf around his neck & attach gold pom poms to the ends.





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Cinnamon-Applesauce Ornaments

courtesy of Ginger P.



1 lb. powdered cinnamon

3/4 c. applesauce

1/8 c. orris root powder (optional)

1/8 oz. apple fragrance (optional)



Add the scents to the orris root and mix well. Combine with the cinnamon powder and add the applesauce. Roll out onto the counter (it's not suppose to stick) to 1/4" thick and cut out your shapes. Any thinner and the edges may start to curl. Use a small straw to make holes for hanging. Dry the ornaments in a dehydrator if you have one, otherwise, air dry. When completely dry, sand the rough edges with a fingernail file and paint or decorate.





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Twinkling Grapevine Spheres

courtesy of Ginger P.



Use up any spare grapevine you have around. Soak the grapevine in warm

water until pliable. Using a large round balloon that is inflated, gently wrap the

grapevine around the balloon to form a sphere. Make it as dense or as sparse as you choose. Once the grapevine has dried, pop the balloon. These spheres look really magical wired with tiny twinkling white lights and suspended from bare tree branches.





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Gingerbread Ornaments



1/2 cup butter 1/2 tsp salt

6 Tbs sugar 1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup molasses 1 1/2 tsp ginger

1 egg 2 cups flour

t tsp baking powder



*Cream butter with sugars, molasses and egg yolk.

*Mix all remaing ingredients, except egg white. Stir into buttermixture to form stiff dough

*Chill for 1 hour, then roll out on floured surface to 1/8" thickness.

*Use Christmas cookie cutters or knife to cut out shapes.

*Preheat oven to 350 F. and butter cookie sheet.

Brush shapes lightly with egg white.

*Bake 8 minutes until crisp. Make a hole 1 inch from the top, then cool.

Pipe edges with icing of your choice. Thread holes with gold cord.

Makes 40 ornaments





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Snow Cowboy

courtesy of Nancy



Materials:

3 inch Styrofoam ball

Textured snow paint

Orange Polymer clay

2-15mm wiggly eyes

5 inch straw cowboy hat

Red bandanna fabric, 1/2 x 20 inch strips, three Misc. items--wax paper, palette knife, hot glue gun, clear monofilament, sewing needle.



1. Use the palette knife to coat the ball with snow paint; let dry on wax paper.

2. To make the nose, use the polymer clay and follow the manufacturer's instructions to mold and bake a 1-3/4 inch carrot nose. When cool, glue to the center

of the face.

3. Glue the wiggle eyes to the face 1/2 inch apart and 1/4 inch above the nose.

4. To make the hatband, braid the fabric strips.

Wrap and glue the braid around the hat, overlapping the ends at the center back.

5. Glue the had on the head 3/4 inch above the eyes.

For a hanger, thread monofilament through the top of the hat and knot.





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Floral Ice Candle

This candle is a combination of the traditional ice candle

using ice chips with an added floral touch of dried flowers.

This candle can also be made without dried flowers

if desired. This candle can also be made

without dried flowers if desired.



Materials:

1 qt. size milk or juice caron

1/2 oz. of driend rose petals

1 c. ice chips

1 lb. paraffin wax

1 white tapered 6 inch candle

1/2 oz. fragrant oi.



To begin, cut the top of the container off to remove the pouring spout from the carton. Melt the wax slowly on low heat. Pour a small amount of the hot wax in the carton, fill approx. 1/4 inch. from the bottom of the carton. Center the tapered candle in the carton. You might have to hold the candle for a few minuts for the candle to stand freely in the wax.



To prepare for the next step. You will need some ice cubes. A tray full should be enough. Place the ice cubes in a thick ziplock bag. Beat them with a hammer or large spoon. Just enough so that you have ice chips. Add a small amount of the ice chips around the candle,

approximately and inch high from the bottom. Place a few dried flowers around outer edge of ice chips, make sure to put the flowers as close to the edge as possible.



Pour wax on the ice chips until the wax comes to the top of the ice. Continue the process by repeat the previous steps. Let candle sit for 6 hrs. turn the candle upside down over the sink while stil in the carton. This will allow the water to flow out. Tear away the carton

from the candle carefully, while holding it over the sink.



Let the candle dry for 24 hours before burning.



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Answer 338

Snowman Pin

You'll need two white buttons, each with two holes. One button should be larger than the other. Glue the buttons to the back of a jewelry pin. The smaller button with the holes positioned horizontally for eyes and The larger button with the holes vertically for buttons. Cut out a hat from black felt or fun foam and glue to the head.

Tie a ribbon around the neck for a scarf.





Decorative Soap Bars



Bar of soap ( regular or glycerin)

Paintbrushes

Aluminum Coffee can

Large pot

Canning wax or a white candle

Candle/Soap Paint

Paint designs on the soap with the

soap paint (acrylic will also work). Meanwhile place the coffee can in a pot half-filled with water.

Drop in wax and melt it over low heat. Then use a

disposable paintbrush to cover the design on top of

the soap. Let the wax dry. The protective coating

will allow the soap to be used without washing

away the picture



Days Till Christmas Bell

Use a smaller "Chinette" type paper bowl, turn the bowl upside down and paint the entire outside with red paint, or whatever color. Allow to dry. Cut strips of paper to make a paper chain. Have the children glue the strips together to make the paper chain for however many days are left till Christmas(reserve one strip to attach chain to bell).



Place the painted bowl upside down on the table. Bring two ends of a pipe cleaner together. Stick ends down through a hole in the center, bottom of the bowl, until half of pipe cleaner is below bottom of bowl and half is above. (you should have a loop on the top to hang your bowl(bell) with. To keep the pipe cleaner in that position, twist it on each side of the bottom of bowl. Squeeze a drop or two of glue between the pipe cleaner and hole in bowl to help keep in place. Add your paper chain to the top of the bell and they can tear one loop or chain off each day and count down the days to Christmas.





Egg Carton Tree

Two egg cartons, large piece of paper, glue, paint, misc craft items - such as fabric scraps, beads, ect. Cup the egg cartons so you have one row of 6 cups, one row of 5 cups, and so on to 1 cup. Paint the outside of the egg cup green. When the paint is dry, glue them on a large sheet of paper as follows: Glue the 6 cup row on the bottom of the paper, just above that glue the 5 cup row, and so on until you have used all the cups. It should look like a triangle when you are done. Decorate with misc. craft items.







Christmas Tree

Green Tagboard (the bigger the better), paint, shaped sponges Cut out a big green tree out of giant tagboard and sponge paint ornaments on it.



Christmas Trees

Green construction paper, glue, red paint, misc. collage materials Cut out Christmas tree shapes. Decorate the Christmas tree: you can dip a finger in in red paint and make fingerprint ornaments, you can use various collage materials, such as glitter, buttons, fabric scraps, to decorate as desired. You can also make wreaths.



Christmas Trees

Construction Paper, glue, colored cellophane, crayons Cut out trees made of construction paper. Punch out holes in the tree. Have children glue colored pieces of colored cellophane or construction paper to the back to cover the holes. This makes it look like lights on the tree. Turn over and decorate the tree with whatever they wish (crayons, construction paper bits, etc).



Ice Cream Cone Christmas Trees

Ice cream cones (sugar cones), green frosting, white frosting misc candy items Take a sugar cone, turn it upside down & spread with thick, green or white frosting & add sprinkles & candies on to decorate it.



Pine Cone Christmas Tree

Pine Cones, Green Paint, Glue, Misc Craft Items - such as Yarn, beads, ect. Cover the work area with newspaper and paint the pine cone green. When the paint is dry, glue on yarn, beads, ect for the decorations.



Christmas Tree Mobile

Green construction paper, glue, tape, crayons, yarn, misc craft items (such as fabric scraps, beads, ect.) Cut a large Christmas tree shape -triangle- out of green construction paper. Cut the triangle into one inch wide strips. Lay down the strips in the order you cut them out, with the strips laying about an inch apart. Tape a long piece of yarn onto the back of the strips. Use a scrap of brown construction paper to cut out a pot & tape it below the tree; cut off any excess yarn hanging below the pot. Decorate the tree as desired.



Hand print Christmas Tree

Green, red, and yellow construction paper, crayons, pencils, or markers, glue Cut ten hand prints on green paper, a yellow star, and ten red hearts small enough to fit on the hand print. Start gluing one hand print at the top of the page and with the fingers pointing down. This is the top of your tree. Use the rest of the hand prints fanning out to make a Christmas tree. In the star write I love....then in each heart let the kids pick special people... mommy, daddy, friends, grands, pets, dolls, etc. Glue star on the top and a heart on each hand.



Hand-y Christmas Trees

To make a tree, press a child's hand into green tempera paint. Keeping the fingers and thumb close together, press the hand on a piece of white construction paper, making the tree, leaves and branches. Cut out a trunk from brown construction paper and paste on. Cut out a foil star, or yellow star and attach to top of tree.



Snowball Tree

Styrofoam cone, green construction paper, cotton balls, toothpicks or straight pins, glue, glitter, clear tape Take a styrofoam cone and wrap it in the paper. Tape it together. Stick the cotton balls onto the cone with the pins or toothpicks. Lightly dab some glue onto the edge of the cotton balls. Sprinkle glitter over the glue. Let your tree dry completely before moving it.



Decorate the Tree

Cut out a christmas tree shape (fairly large) and let the kids use fingerprints for ornaments



Collage Tree

Glitter, buttons, beads, fabric scraps, whatever you can find(works good for wreaths too) Let each child bring a box of little goodies from home to share or put on their own.



Mini Christmas Trees

Thick cardboard, scissors, green paint, colored sequins, glitter glue, (gold) craft glue, ribbon

Draw a christmas tree or trace around our template. Cut out two trees from the cardboard. Draw a line up the middle of the first tree. Cut a slit, approximately the width of the cardboard, approx half way up the first tree, starting from the BOTTOM. Draw a line down the middle of the second tree, and this time cut a similar slit but from the TOP. Slide the two trees together.Paint the Trees green and wait to dry. Using the glitter glue highlight the edges of the panels of the tree. Glue sequins of assorted colors on each panel to look like christmas decorations. Sequins were only a suggestion, as the decorating of your tree is entirely up to you. Poke a hole in the top of the tree with a pair of scissors and thread your ribbon through. This will allow you to hang your Christmas tree up.



Lighted Christmas Trees:

needed to make 1:

About 17 baby food jars, same size, same brand. Glue gun (large size), heavy duty strength glue, 1 strand of small christmas lights (multi-color, short strand), christmas garland, christmas ribbon Glue together (pyramid style) 5 rows of food jars. 2 jars for trunk/base, see below:



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Punch or drill a hole (large enough for christmas light socket to fit through) in center top of each jar lid. Lids can then be sprayed 1 color (black, green, red, whatever). Place a small snip of garland inside each jar. Put lids on jars, can be glued to be more secure.Poke a christmas light through hole in each lid. Glue christmas ribbon around entire perimeter. Your glass tree can then be plugged in!!



Rudolph Sandwiches

Take a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, cut it crossways for a triangle! Then decorate it for a reindeer! With two raisins for the eyes, five or six raisins for the mouth, broken pretzel bits for the horns, and a bright half a cherry for the nose!! Voilla, you have Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, ready to eat.







Dipped Marshmallows

1 bag large marshmallows

250 ml (1 cup) milk chocolate chips

10 ml (2 tsp) vegetable oil

Assorted sprinkles, colored sugar, coconut, crushed nuts, etc.

Put sprinkles into various custard cups or small bowls. You will need lots. Melt chocolate chips and oil together over low heat (about 1 min. in microwave). Have child dip each marshmallow into the chocolate (so about half of it is covered), then dip and roll in the sprinkles. Place on a cookie sheet to harden. Give away as gifts (if you know anyone who actually might enjoy eating something like this!) or enjoy yourselves.



Cinnamon Snails

4 slices soft texture whole wheat or white bread.

Trim crusts from the bread slices.

1/4 cup soft cream cheese

3 tablespoons sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/4 cup melted butter.

Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese on each slice of bread. Roll up bread slices with cream cheese on the inside. Cut each rollint thirds. Stir together sugar and cinnamon unti well mixed. Dip each cut roll into melted butter, then into the sugar/ cinnamon mixture. Do not dip the ends of the rolls. Place rolls, seam side down, on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 12 minutes, or unti light brown and crips. Serve warm or cool. Makes 12



Jelly Relish

You need-a bowl of jelly, a cup of icecream, small fruit pieces, cherries, a loaf pan and knife. Put the jelly in the loaf pan and turn it into a plate so you get a shape. Cut it into small rectangles (not very small). Top each rectangle with a cherry and small pieces of fruit (if you wish). Freeze lighthly and serve.



Christmas Sandwiches Take two slices of white bread and some red and green food coloring, a clean paint brush and some sandwich fillings. You pour a small amount or the food colorings into a small bowl, you may wish to dilute with a small amount of water. Then take your paintbrush and "paint" a christmas tree onto the bread, you can add colorful ornaments and even write "Merry Christmas". You can then paint the other slice of bread as well. Then you take the bread and toast them slightly in a toaster. Add the meats and cheeses, or peanut butter and jelly, and you have a great holiday sandwich. You can also have many variations on this idea to use in many ways!



Gingerbread Bowl

*Use your favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.When dough is rolled out, shape it over a small stainless steel mixing bowl, shaping as needed to create a bowl shape. Cut small shapes out around rim of dough(which is still on the bowl). Put bowl (inverted) and dough, into a preheated 325 degree oven. Cook for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Remove bowl CAREFULLY and you now have a gingerbread bowl! You can use the remaining dough for cookies! The children will love all aspects of this!



Sugar Cone Christmas Trees

Sugar Cones,

Chocolate chips, white chocolate chips or candy melts,

Assorted candies for decorating* (especially gumdrops for the top),

Waxed Paper

Get all ingredients out. Spread out sheets of waxed paper to work on. Microwave chocolate or candy melts in shallow bowl just till starts to melt, stir till smooth. Roll cone in chocolate with two fingers inside cone (if possible) to hold. Lift cone out with two fingers inside cone. Place a gumdrop on top and press gently . Gumdrop should make it easier to stand cone up on waxed paper. Decorate with assorted candies. Let decorated "trees" stand until chocolate hardens. Store sealed in cool place. Note: White chocolate seems to harden much faster than regular chocolate, so decorate the white "trees" right away and let the regular chocolate ones set up a minute before decorating.*Decorations: M&M's large and mini sizes, gumdrops, marshmallows, cinnamon decors, silver ball decors, sprinkles, colored sugars, decorator icing (see below). Decorator Icing: Mix confectioners sugar with just enough milk (just the tiniest bit) and food color to make a thick icing. It should be thick, but still able to pipe through a decorator's tip. Too thick: add more milk (a little at a time). Too thin: add more confectioners sugar. Pipe either with a decorators bag and tips or put in the corner of a freezer bag* & twist shut; snip off tiniest bit of corner and squeeze bag gently to pipe frosting out. * Make sure freezer bag has nice square corners and not pleated ones.



Reindeer Cravings, Wormy apples

1 apple, gummy worms, peanut butter

Cut apple in 6 pieces, remove core, spread pb on apple slice, wrap 1 or 2 gummy worms around apple



Jingle Bell Bug

large strawberries, thin pretzel sticks, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon of butter, miniature chocolate chips Wash strawberries and remove stems, cut strawberries in half from stem to tip, melt 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and butter in skillet. Place four pretzels on serving plate side by side, just touching. Dip cut side of strawberries in chocolate, put on top of pretzels. Dip mini choc chips in melted chocolate, stick on strawberry for eyes.



SANTA'S FAVORITE: Christmas candle

1 pineapple slice, 1/2 banana, 2 maraschino cherries, 1 candy mint leaf, 1 leaf of lettuce Place lettuce on plate, put pineapple slice on lettuce, put the cut end of the banana in hole of pineapple, top with cherry. Place mint leaf on side with another cherry

Answer 339

Christmas is pagan.

Answer 340

put some order ments on your sealing with string on them