Six Fun To Make Christmas Holiday Crafts
November 11, 2012
There is something so magical about sitting down with Christmas music playing or your favorite Christmas movie and getting your craft gun heated up and rolling out the glitter, rock candy, sea shells and pine cones!
The crafts that I am sharing today are just so fun and a few of them are unique too!
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| Rock Candy Christmas Trees |
Rock Candy Embellished Cones
Aren't these wonderful! Who would have ever thought of making Christmas decorations from Rock Candy!Supplies For Rock Candy Christmas Trees
- Card Stock
- Foam Cones
- Rock Candy
- Cookie Sheets
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
How To Make Rock Candy Christmas Trees
- Pour horizontal rows of candy crystals in three or more colors on a baking sheet-rows flush together.
- Wrap solid light-color cardstock around foam cones-slightly overlapping the paper at the back of the cone and securing it with hot glue.
- DO NOT apply the glue directly to the cone, it will melt it.
- Large cones may need two sheets of paper to be completely covered.
- Spread Craft glue on the cones and roll them in the crystals; let dry. Re-glue and re-roll if needed, in order to cover cones completely with crystals.
- Use hot-glue to fill in small gaps with hand-placed crystals
Perfect for a Hostess gift!
Supplies For Winter Theme Votives
- Silver or clear votive holders
- Votive candle
- Blue velvet ribbon (or ribbon color of choice)
- Frosted mini pine cone
- Hot glue gun and glue
How To Make Winter Theme Votive
- Wrap silver or clear votive holder in choice of velvet ribbon
- Secure ribbon with a dot of hot glue
- Hot glue mini-frosted pine cone onto the velvet ribbon
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| Under an Hour DIY Pine Cone Holiday Décor |
Hand Painted Pine Cones
Under an hour easy Holiday Décor!
Supplies For DIY Pinecones for Holiday Décor
- Choose your color pallet
- Purchase your favorite color or colors of spray paint
- Gather pine cones or purchase at your favorite craft store
- Wooden bowl or dough bowl
How To Make DIY Pinecone Holiday Décor
- Prepare work area with newspaper or a disposal cloth
- If working with natural pinecones that you found wash and dry the day before painting
- Spray one side of pinecones
- Allow to dry thoroughly
- Rotate pinecones and spray the other side insuring you get into all the little crevices of the pinecone
- Dry
- Fill wooden bowl with painted pinecones
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| Spiral Christmas Ornaments |
Spiral Christmas Ornaments
Such a neat Christmas Project using self-adhesive label paper!
Supplies For Making Spiral Christmas Ornaments
- Self - Adhesive label paper
- Christmas Ornament
- Krylon Sea Glass Spray Paint
- Krylon Frosted Glass Spray Paint
- Craft Wire
Directions For Making Spiral Christmas Ornaments
- Punch out spirals from self-adhesive label paper and adhere the spirals to the ornament.
- Spray the ball with blue glass spray paint (or any color you choose) let dry.
- Remove the stickers.
- Spray the ball lightly with frosted white glass spray paint.
- Twist craft wire into small spirals to fit around the neck of the ornament.
- Glue the spirals into place.
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| Handmade Salt-Dough Ornaments |
Painted Dough Ornaments
Perfect Holiday Craft Project For the Entire Family
Supplies For Painted Christmas Dough Ornaments
- Salt
- Flour
- Water
- Cookie Cutters
- Toothpicks
- Permanent Marker
- Twine
- Assorted Paints
Recipe & Directions For Making Christmas Dough Ornaments
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 1/2 cups warm water
Directions For Making Christmas Dough Ornaments
Preheat Oven to 325 Degrees
- Mix Four and salt together-mix them well.
- Gradually add water and mix well with a large spoon
- Roll out on floured surface
- Roll to 1/8 inch thick
- Place on cookie sheet
- With a toothpick make a hole in the top of the ornament to thread the twine through for hanging on Tree.
- Bake for approximately an hour or more or until the dough is set
- Cool and decorate as desired.
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| Ocean Themed Christmas Ornament |
Ocean Themed Christmas Ornament
Beautiful blue and ivory hued ocean themed Christmas ornaments
Supplies For Ocean Themed Christmas Ornament
- Blue Christmas Ornaments
- Craft Glue
- Craft Sand
- Seashells
- Ribbon
- Assorted embellishments
- Metallic ribbon
Directions For Making Ocean Themed Christmas Ornament
- Prepare work area with newspaper or disposable covering
- Paint stripes of craft glue on blue Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Sprinkle sand on top of stripes painted with craft glue
- Add more craft glue or epoxy glue(epoxy takes longer to set up)
- Add seashells and other embellishments
- Tie shimmery ribbon on top of ornaments
I just love these Christmas Holiday Crafts and I hope that you do too!
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