Let It Snow Scrabble Ornament

I can’t believe it’s Christmas Eve already! For our final #24XmasCraft advent tutorial, we made a Let It Snow tree ornament using Scrabble tiles.

You will need:

• Scrabble tiles
• Card or stiff paper with a Christmas design printed on one side (not pictured)
• Fake snow
• Ribbon
• Glue – I found a glue gun worked best

Draw around the scrabble tiles as in the photo below.

Cut out the card.

Stick the Scrabble tiles onto the plain side. I found using a hot glue gun worked best.

Bend each row apart so you can glue in between the tiles.

Glue the ribbon to the back. If you want to cover the ribbon, cut another piece of card, the same size as before and glue it to the back, over the ribbon.

Put glue on the top of each row and sprinkle the fake snow onto the glue. When the glue is dry, hang on the tree.

I hope you’ve enjoyed our #24XmasCraft advent tutorials. We had great fun making everything.

Merry Christmas and a very happy new year 🙂

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Paper Plate Angel

Here’s our penultimate Christmas craft tutorial and we’re going to be making paper plate angels. It’s another easy craft for little hands 🙂

You will need:

• A paper plate
• Scissors
• Glue
• Card for the hair and face
• A silver pipe cleaner
• Glitter glue
• Sticky tape

Cut a triangle piece out of the plate to make the angel’s body.

Cut a circle for the face and a piece of hair out of the card. Draw the features on the face.

Stick the face to the hair then stick the face and hair to the body.

Stick the body onto the other piece of the plate which will be the wings.

Make a halo using the silver pipe cleaner.

Stick the halo to the back of the angel using sticky tape.

Decorate the angel’s dress and wings with glitter glue and allow to dry.

It’s our last #24XmasCrafts tutorial tomorrow and we’ll be making another scrabble Christmas tree ornament.

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Paper Star Chain

We love all things glittery and this paper star chain is no exception. It’s very easy to make and looks pretty when hanging on the wall or door.

You will need:

• Paper
• String
• A pencil
• A mug
• Glue
• Glitter
• Sticky tape

Draw around the mug on a piece of paper and cut out the circle. Fold it in half then fold it in half three more times. Draw a line at the top from corner, as in the photo and cut along this line.

Open up the paper and you will have a star. Now decorate the star with glue and glitter.

Stick the string to the back of each star using sticky tape.

Hang on the wall or a door or anywhere you like, really!

Only 2 more to go! Tomorrow we’ll be making paper plate angels.

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Candy Cane Reindeer

Kaycee loved making these sweet candy cane reindeer. They don’t take very long and are another cheap and easy gift idea for school friends 🙂

You will need:

• A candy cane
• 2 googly eyes
• A pipe cleaner
• A pencil
• Glue
• A sparkly pom pom

Fold the pipe cleaner in half to find the middle then twist it around the top of the candy cane to secure it.

Wrap each side of the pipe cleaner around the pencil to make the antlers.

This is what you should have.

Glue two googly eyes onto the candy cane.

Glue the sparkly pom-pom onto the end of the candy cane to make the nose and you’re done 🙂

Mix and match different coloured pipe cleaners and pom-poms to make different ones.

Day 22 tomorrow and we’ll be making a paper star chain.

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Cinnamon Dough Tree Ornaments

These no-bake cinnamon dough tree ornaments smell lovely and dry a nice light brown colour. You can leave them as they are or paint them.

You will need:

• 1 cups of plain flour
• Half a cup of salt
• Half a cup (approx 40g) of cinnamon
• 3/4 cup of water
• Rolling pin
• Christmas cookie cutters
• Ribbon
• A straw

Mix all the ingredients together until a dough forms. Knead the dough for around 5 minutes.

Roll out the dough to the desired thickness.

We rolled it to about a centimetre thick.

Choose a selection of Christmas cookie cutters.

Cut out the shapes, re-rolling the dough to get as many decorations from the dough as possible.

Using the straw, make a hole in each decoration for the ribbon.

Let them dry for a few days. They’ll go quite light when they’re fully dry.

Thread ribbon through the holes and hand on the Christmas tree.

We’ll be making candy cane reindeer tomorrow 🙂

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Salt Dough Photo Frame

These salt dough photo frames make lovely personalised gifts for grandparents. I’m keeping ours though because I love it too much to give away!

For the dough, you will need:

• 1 cup Plain flour
• Half a cup salt
• Half a cup water
• A rolling pin
• A knife

Mix all the ingredients until a dough forms. Knead the dough for around 5 minutes to help with the elasticity.

Roll out the dough then cut to size. It helps to use a photo to see how big your frame needs to be.

Cut out the middle of the photo frame a little bigger than the photo you’re going to be framing.

Squash each side in a bit to make the frame a nicer shape. Make 2 holes for the ribbon to go through when the frame has dried and been decorated. (Remember to put the holes in the right place. Ours are in the wrong place as I forgot I wanted to use a photo that is landscape, not portrait!)

We left our frame to air dry; depending on the size and thickness, this can take 2-7 days. If you want to speed up the drying process, you can dry them in the oven.

For the decorations you will need:

• Gold spray
• Gems
• Glue
• Glitter glue
• Ribbon (not pictured)

Spray the frame gold and leave to dry.

Using the gems, glue and glitter glue, decorate the frame. When the glue has dried, thread the ribbon through the holes and tie at the back.

Glue the photo to the back of the frame.

Day 20 tomorrow and I’m getting almost as excited as the girls! We’ll be making cinnamon dough tree ornaments.

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Candy Cane Christmas Tree

These are lovely for the kids to make for friends at school and they don’t cost much.

You will need:

• Green felt
• Glitter glue
• Scissors
• A candy cane
• A pen or pencil

Fold the piece of felt in half and draw half a Christmas tree, making sure to draw it on the folded side.

Cut out the tree and open it up. Lay the cane on the tree and mark where the cuts need to be.

Fold the tree in half make the small cuts where the cane will go.

Put the cane in the holes.

Decorate using the glitter glue and let it dry before giving it as a gift 🙂

Nearly there! Day 19 is a tutorial to make a salt dough photo frame gift.

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Paper hand wreath

I love this craft. I’m going to save this hand wreath to use every year because it’s lovely to see how small your child’s hands were.

You will need:

• Christmas themed backing papers
• 2 pieces of stiff card
• Glue
• Scissors
• Ribbon
• A small plate
• A pencil

Place the plate on a piece of stiff card and draw around it. Cut out the circle.

Draw a smaller circle in the middle of the large one and cut it out.

On the other piece of stiff card, draw around your child’s hand. Cut it out and use this as a template. Now draw lots more hands on the printed backing papers. The number needed will depend on how big you’re making your wreath.

Cut out all the hands. This can take a while!

Glue the hands onto the card circle you make earlier, overlapping the hands to cover the card.

Tie some ribbon onto your wreath and hang it up 🙂

On day 18 we’ll be making a candy cane Christmas tree using felt.

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