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How to Make Christmas Crafts at Home for Kids Christmas Tree Bunting, to be decorated and embellished by young children in a fun activity! My friend Amelia, of The Sunny Daisy Tie-Dye Creations, made up this gorgeous crafting activity for her two young girls and I loved it so much, I asked if I could share it with…
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Have you seen this? The Portable North Pole free video message from Santa Claus? Oh my. There’s still time. (Reminds me I must do it tomorrow too!) For the past few years, I’ve been making a video for Ned on the Portable North Pole video console. This is just about the best thing I’ve ever seen on the internet….
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Back in November, I made a very special Gnome for our Gnome in the Home Advent adventures. (Read the story and learn how to make your own Gnome here) For those of you who are new to PFE, our Gnome is a kind, earth-aware, eco-friendly, whole-food loving, wise old relative of Elf on the Shelf. My five year old Ned…
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How to Make Felt Hair Clips for Girls: Christmas Season Project 30 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. Wow. 30 Christmas crafts in (just over) 30 days. I think I am now officially crafted out for 2013. But there is so much more to come in 2014, so I do hope you stick around. These 30 days of… series…
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How to make a Santa doll using a wood and wire frame Project 29 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. When you want to tell (instead of read) Santa and Christmas stories, it’s helpful to have a Santa toy prop. You can make this simple one using a wood and wire frame in next to no time at all….
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Snowman tees! But shhhh! Don’t tell. It’s a surprise. These were made for me as a custom order by my friend Amelia, who runs The Sunny Daisy Tie Dyed Creations. Aren’t they just the sweetest? I do LOVE matching outfits from time to time, and now with my two little ones, I can actually do it. But I couldn’t resist…
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How to make a mini Christmas Tree for kids Project 28 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. This is a very cute craft that kids can do. You can make this out of felt, as I did, or more cheaply by using green cardboard. It’s so simple but it looks wonderful. I’ve put mine on our coffee table already- a…
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How to Make Mini Bunting for Home Decoration Christmas, Cake Toppers, Nature Tables, Storytelling, or Imaginative Play Project 27 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. A few weeks ago, our local art shop was closing down as the owner was heading back overseas. Everything was on sale. (Even the furniture! I bought her display units for my craft room, and…
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How to make a Mini Terrarium Christmas Ornament Oh my! Too cute. Project 26 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. I bought a bunch of little glass terrarium-like jars from our local variety store a while ago and I’ve been pondering just what I might put inside them. Then a few weeks ago, I had a golden drop moment. A Christmas…
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How to Make Santa’s Magic Key and Felt Key Cover Project 25 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. We live in a house without a fireplace or chimney or mantlepiece. I’d bet there are probably a lot of families in the same boat. So this poses a perplexing question… how DOES Santa get in? It is one thing…
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How to Make Your Own Advent Calendar For Kids Quick and easy rainbow paper pocket bunting. Fill it with treasure notes! Project 24 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. Would you like to know how to make your own advent calendar for kids, that you can do in just a couple of hours? Yes, you have time. You can get…
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How to make wine glass charms for Christmas Party cheer! Project 23 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. Now, this Christmas craft is specially for us big people, although this craft could also be used to personalise and identify children’s mugs for school or kindy too by just coming up with an appropriate design. Or one for each child’s dinnertime…
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How to make an Angel Christmas Ornament using FIMO Project 22 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. Last month, during the 30 Days of Sweet Handmade Dolls series, I made an angel out of painted paper. This angel was a take on a paper angel I learned to make years and years ago. An oldie but a goodie. With this…
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How to make a Decorative Paper Ball for Christmas Project 21 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. A few years ago, I created and hosted a fun workshop course (The MamaMoontime Club) that ran for 10 weeks. Each week, we met in the local church hall. One week, as I arrived to set up, I found these cute paper ball…
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How To Make Reindeer Food Craft Cute DIY Reindeer Gift Bag for Christmas Eve Fun Project 20 of 30 Days of Christmas Crafting. A few years ago, I ran two playgroups called Moondew. (It was such fun and a life-changing time for me.) One year, we made reindeer food (here is the recipe we used) and packaged it up…