Quick Easy Christmas Crafts

Christmas crafts for all types of crafters! You can quickly and easily make knitted, sewn, paper, felt decorative items, or even mosaic, decoupage, needlepoint and cross stitch objects with this beautifully illustrated instruction book. Christmas is a wonderful time of year for crafting! From imaginative handmade gifts to stunning, reusable decorations, this book contains 100 fabulous quick and easy makes for the festive season. All the projects have been carefully selected from Search Press's best-selling 20 to Make series and are simple enough for beginners as well as seasoned crafters. There's something for everyone in this book, including knitting, crochet, papercraft, sewing, sugarcraft, felt, jewellery making, cross stitch, mosaic making, decoupage, polymer clay and needlepoint. Each craft has a handy techniques section to get you started, followed by a range of quick projects that include a knitted star, a pompom Santa Claus, a polymer clay teddy bear, a felt winter owl, a crocheted Christmas tree heart and a pretty bangle. All the projects are made using tools and materials that are easy to source, and provide all the inspiration you need to make Christmas extra special.

Bring out your child’s creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening their fine motor skills and developing self-confidence. The Artful Parent has all the tools and information you need to encourage creative activities for ages one to eight. From setting up a studio space in your home to finding the best art materials for children, this book gives you all the information you need to get started. You’ll learn how to: * Pick the best materials for your child’s age and learn to make your very own * Prepare art activities to ease children through transitions, engage the most energetic of kids, entertain small groups, and more * Encourage artful living through everyday activities * Foster a love of creativity in your family

Christmas is the perfect time for kids to get creative - so let them craft and bake their way to the most magical of Christmases. Catherine Woram's craft projects put busy little hands to work on perfect gifts to give, as well as great ideas for wrapping them and greetings cards to make. Kids can deck the halls with colourful garlands and make a stocking to hang up for Santa! Annie Rigg's tasty Christmas treats - from Marshmallow Snowmen to Coconut Ice - are perfect for giving as gifts, if they last that long! Irresistible edible decorations include snowflake cookies to hang on the tree and an adorable gingerbread house, while party foods will help get the festivities underway. Including over 60 exciting festive projects, which are suitable for children from ages 3 up to 11, this is the perfect guide to introducing kids to a world of exciting homemade Christmas crafts. Catherine Woram studied fashion at St Martins School of Art in London, followed by a masters in fashion at the Royal College of Art. She writes for many publications, including the Telegraph magazine, Ideal Home and Prima. Annie Rigg is an experienced freelance food stylist and writer. She has worked on numerous books and best-selling magazines, such as Sainsbury's Magazine, Olive, Delicious, Country Living and Good Food Magazine. She has worked with a number of top chefs, and used to cook for world-famous singers and bands on tour, including Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones.

Rather than buying expensive, mass-produced Christmas decorations, follow the ideas and projects in Christmas Crafts and make your own stylish and fun creations. Decorating the Christmas tree always kickstarts the festive celebrations, and in the first chapter you will find masses of new ideas, from chandelier beads suspended from velvet ribbons to felt stars and cinnamon stick bundles. The next chapter focuses on wrapping presents, and here there are giftwrap projects using boxes and bows, paper and fabric, buttons and ricrac. The third chapter on cards also features labels and gift tags, and the projects range from fun snowmen greetings cards to stencilled cards which you can easily make in large numbers. The dining table takes centre stage on Christmas Day itself, and the chapter on table settings suggests different themes and colour schemes, from sophisticated silver to red-and-white country style, to traditional red, green and gold. There's nothing nicer than receiving a homemade present, so the section on foodie gifts includes chocolates, festive cupcakes, chocolate brownies and biscuits to hang from the Christmas tree. And finally, as Christmas is the time for children of all ages, there is a chapter on makes for kids, including brightly coloured paper chains, paper snowflakes and pompom decorations.

Christmas is the number one holiday for crafting, decorating and gift giving. It's appropriate, then, that this exciting book is packed with 30 quick and easy projects that will appeal to crafters of all ages. There are five fun Christmas themes in all: Santa Claus Lane, including papier-mache Santas, candy cane holders and glass ball ornaments Visions of Sugarplums, including a gingerbread ornament, potpourri candle jar, candy cane ornament and sugarplum wreath Treasured Teddies, including a papier-mache bear ornament, bear candy jar, pin, gift card and baby's first Christmas ornament Frosty Fun, including a snowman snowflake ornament, clay pot, topiary, egg snowman on skis and winter wonderland wreath Glitters of Christmas Past, including an antique postcard keepsake book, a Victorian Santa box, rusty tin Victorian ornaments and a glorious gold wreath and much more! Perfect for busy families, beginning crafters and energetic children, each project comes with simple step-by-step instructions that deliver lots of holiday style, fun and flair for minimal effort. Materials for each project can be found at any local craft store. Special templates are included for projects that require more detail. Susan Cousineau is a freelance craft designer and has published several books with Leisure Arts, Plaid Enterprises and Hot Off the Press. She has also had numerous projects published in various craft magazines including Better Homes & Gardens, Crafts 'n Things, Craftworks, Crafts Magazine, Country Crafts, and more. She lives in International Falls, Minnesota.

133 projects for gifts, ornaments and holiday decorating.

Children will love creating one-of-a-kind keepsakes -such as ornaments, centerpieces, garland, a snow globe, and a scrapbook page -made from old favorites like felt, Styrofoam, and paper to such hot products as PolyShrink trade; and craft wire. Each of the 20 fun