Christmas Magic

You need:
1. Stiff paper – card stock or thin cardboard
2. Pencil
3. Scissors
4. Glue
5. Crayons/markers or shiny paper
6. Short string
What to do – Draw a star on stiff paper, and cut it out with scissors. Make a copy. Decorate the two stars with colors or with shiny paper. On one star, cut a slit from any [...]

1. Go for a family nature walk near your home to collect seasonal items that you can use in your holiday decor. If you live near a forest, the obvious choices are pine boughs and pinecones, but long dried grasses can look just as festive tied with a holiday bow.
2. Make a few handmade holiday [...]

The Baker’s Clay is not difficult to make. What you need is:
1. 4 cups flour
2. 1 cup salt
3. 1 ¼ – 1 ½ cup water
Mix the ingredients in a large bowl, and knead until smooth. Now, you’re ready to surprise your Mom.
1. Christmas Tree Ornaments
These two are easy and fun to make:
A Snowman…
Use the Baker’s [...]

The first method for making your own Christmas wreath begins by collecting the materials you will need from branches or twigs in your environment. Some great sources include pin, spruce, and other evergreen trees. While you’re at it, pick up a few pinecones for decoration and be sure not to harm the trees from which [...]

There are a number of ways to make Christmas ornaments. Christmas ornaments can be made from regular paper or any other type of material. In fact, you can purchase a number of Christmas ornament cutouts or guides from your local craft store. These ornament pieces are likely plain, but already shaped like something, such as [...]

1. Decorate a tree, whether large or small, artificial or real, with a few bags of Christmas edition candy. Especially when first starting out on your own, trying to buy all your decorations at once is extremely expensive. This idea makes cleanup much easier, and you can snack off the tree along with your guests [...]