Christmas Makes and Bakes

ginger bread house box

 

 

 

Mini Christmas cake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ginger bread houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ginger bread man and mincemeat pies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mini ginger bread man chocolate and marzipan sweeties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

star candle holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spool snowmen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

christmas pot with reindeer food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

christmas pencils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beeswax candles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wedding Favours and Cards

An  assortment of designs for wedding cards or invites

Lattice basket with heather and almonds with a small heather and thistle corsage attached to basket with hot glue gun (wire can be used )

Flower with almonds using net petals with almonds inside  Tartan ribbon and heather and thistle corsage  are held and  the petals are placed around the corsage and wired together to form the flower white or green florist tape is wrapped around the stem 

Organza bag with night light bag painted to match bridesmaids dress using pebeo silk and fabric paints- tartan ribbon rosette ( thread ribbon at one edge and pull both sides to form a rosette)glue or sew on a small ribbon rosebud and attach rosette to bag 

How To Make A Reindeer Hair Clip

Requirements Plastic Hair Clip Gold Chenille Stem 2 x  10 mm  eyes 1″ Hole Pom pom Beige 0.5″ Glitter pom pom red PVA Glue Method Cut your Glitter Chenille stem in half. (one stem will do for two reindeer) Cut your half a pipe cleaner in half again Thread one piece of pipe cleaner through the hole in the pom pom by pushing the plastic insert out as you thread the antler through the hole. with the remaining half a pipe cleaner. cut it into three equal pieces then cut one length in half again. You will have two long and two short pieces of chenille. Wrap a long and short piece of chenille around each side to complete the antlers Use PVA glue to stick the eyes and nose to the face. Stick the Head onto the hair clip. A quick and easy project made in minutes. you can stick the head to anything. Try sticking it to a magnet or on a greeting card. A quick and easy project suitable for children    .

 

Lace and pop out wedding card

Lace wedding card using diecut -pop out in the middle of the inner tartan ribbon and mini horseshoe down the front and both sides inside-peel off stickers -silver heart charm hangs from heart aperture(pop out) 

thistle and heather corsage glued onto lace heart die cut bride and grooom glued onto card with another layered on top(decoupaged)

Round Easle Christmas Cards

One shape 7 different cards

Tent card weld 2 shapes using paper lace cricut cartridge and cricur craft room -alternatively you can use gypsy wanderings cartridge –and gypsy -fold as for a tent card cut flowers different sizes and lajyer using pop dots -decorate edges with tiny flowers and/or bling place sentiment on top of flower

Gatefold 3d card

butterfly/Flower card

accent essentials cricut cartridge weld shapes using gypsy cut assorted flowers and layer.Arrange butterflies around card

Bat and Bouncy Ball

Bat and Ball cut 2 circles using mount board make a hole in the middle of the 2 boards attach a styrofoam  ball with thin elastic and tye a knot.  Cut a strip of board for the handle and glue inbetween the 2 circles .

Weaving Sticks using straws

 An easy project for all ages 

 Using 3 straws and 3 lengths of wool/thread – put 1 length of wool through each straw and tie a loose knot at the end.

Fold over a short length of wool on each straw and sellotape to keep in place -refer to diagrams.

Hold the three straws with one hand and with a ball of wool begin weaving front then back then front coming back over the straws the opposite way.Repeat until the straws are full then gently push the weaving down the straws -N.B. Do not push all of the weaving down off the straws

Repeat this until the required size – push all of the weaving off the straws and sew or tie to secure .Sew a  button on one end and use short loop of wool at the other end to complete the bracelet