DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

This diy comes from www.twigandthistle.com .  Make this ahead of the Christmas season and your children will enjoy finding what little treasures and candies lie beneath the lids of the holiday tin advent calendar. Magnetic Holiday Advent Calendar DIY      UPDATE: Wow, and I thought I was being so clever, Martha beat me to it by a whole year! Check out her version ! The long Thanksgiving holiday is the perfect opportunity to get started on some of those Christmas crafts you’ve got planned. I started a little early this year so that I could share this little project with you and I hope you enjoy. Some of my fondest holiday memories from childhood were around the advent calendar. My grandfather would mail us one every year and I can remember how excited we were every day to open the tiny doors to see the surprise inside! Typically chocolate but sometimes a small trinket or toy. This project is a new take on the traditional advent calendar...

This diy come from www.writefromkaren.com .  These would make great childrens stockings.  After they are sewn together, let them decorate them to the childs liking.  Good luck! Here are some fun and cute stocking ideas. In fact, wouldn’t these be fun to scale down and put on packages? OR, maybe you know a child who has a birthday around Christmas? You could scale them down and make cute little goodie bags, er, stockings to take home. Fancy Boot Stocking This boot was made for stuffing, and that’s just what Santa will do this Christmas Eve. CRAFT MATERIALS: Scissors 2 pieces of purple felt, each 24 by 15 inches 2 pieces of black faux fur, each 24 by 15 inches Long sewing pins Large-eye sewing needle Purple embroidery floss Costume jewelry buttons and chains (sold at many fabric stores) Clear tape 9 inches of black twist cord Time needed: About 2 to 3 Hours 1. The Basic Stocking: Click here to download the fancy boot stocking pattern. 2. Cu...

This diy comes from www.zakkalife.blogspot.com .  Enjoy!   Craft: Music Sheet Stars             I was looking through the new Pottery Barn (PB) catalog when I stumbled upon something that looked very familiar, paper stars. And they weren't just any paper stars but over sized lucky stars. Did anyone else catch that? Every year PB comes out with something to fill their vases and apothecary jars. This year one of the fillers was over-sized lucky stars. Some of you might remember I wrote a tutorial for basic lucky stars long ago, here . So, I'm resurrecting the tutorial along with an explanation on how to make these music sheet stars. For the most part the process is the same but there are a few adjustments. Supplies: Music sheets - search online to find holiday carols and print on light brown paper. Position your sheet music so it's formatted in landscape. Paper trimmer or scissors Double stick tape ...

  This comes from www.bigindoortrains.com .  Make a few or many, maybee enough for your very own Christmas village.  Enjoy! Building a Glitterhouse The house shown in the photo is a good starting product for learning to build "putz" houses. What You Will Need If you are going to build vintage-style cardboard houses, stop throwing away used, clean cardboard yesterday. Save cereal boxes, the backs of writing tablets, anything flat, firm and clean, that you can save. Please keep some corrogated cardboard on hand, too - it makes the best bases. In addition, for this project you'll need: A sharp mat knife or Xacto knife (or both) A stiff metal ruler Elmer's white Glue-All. A glue stick would also come in handy. Clear glitter. I use the “Sulyn” brand. Several sheets of acid-free white bond paper Flat white paint (flat latex interior wall paint is good) to prime the building (and give it the chalky feel of the original) Acrylic paint ...

    Imagine a white robed angel whose face is delicately hidden by a veil, held in place by a jeweled crown, walking into your families Christmas gift exchange. The glow of the candles on the tree enshroud his form with a beautiful orange glow, as he enters and hands out presents from the basket held by his child helpers. A bit different from a traditional American Santa stories, this Swiss traditional story of the Christkindli is a well-known tradition in Switzerland. Most Swiss children eagerly await the arrival of the Christ Child in his reindeer drawn sleigh to come bearing gifts for everyone.       For the week preceding Christmas, kids in Switzerland dress up and visit others bearing small gifts. Bell ringing competitions between villages to call people to midnight mass have become common traditions, as have the gathering after the service for families to share giant homemade donuts (ringli) and hot chocolate.  ...

   Christmas is one of the most celebrated holidays in the world. Both Hong Kong and Macau designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former colonies of Western powers with (nominal) Christian cultural heritage. But in China, December 25 is not a legal holiday. The one percent of Chinese citizens who consider themselves Christians unofficially, and usually privately, observe Christmas. But with the world becoming a global village , Christmas has now become a festive occasion for an increasing number of Chinese as well. It is worth noting how commercial Christmas decorations , signs, and other symbolic items have become increasingly prevalent during the month of December in large urban centers of mainland China, reflecting a cultural interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketi...

This simple, tastey treat comes to us from www.icingdesignsonline.blogspot.com .  Sometimes the simplest of thing give us the greatest pleasure.   Peppermint Stick White Chocolate Marshmallows! Marshmallows are so versatile! There is always something you can do with them. Each year I love to make cookie platters for Christmas and I always include our marshmallow snowm en and another kind of dipped marshmallow! This year we tried something new and stuck a marshmallow on a peppermint stick and then dipped it in white chocolate and sprinkled with course sugar! This is actually extra tasty because as the peppermint stick sits in the marshmallow it infuses the peppermint taste into it! These would be really cute for a Christmas or holiday dessert table, all lined up! Hope you enjoy!