Hassle-Free Gingerbread Cookie Ornaments

I just started offering these two gingerbread snowflake ornament decorating kits on my Christmas etsy site, bzlittlechristmaself. Save 20% off your decorating kits total by putting the code ‘wordpress’ in the message to buyer at checkout.(discount will be refunded via your PayPal account, discount does not apply to shipping cost)

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Beaded Snowflake Ornament & Jingle Bell Snowflakes

[from Better Homes and Gardens]
The light will dance on these wintertime snowflakes, made from a variety of crystal-like beads.

What You Need:
For each snowflake:

It’s easy to make a blizzard’s worth
of these sparkling snowflakes.

10 corsage pins with pearl ends (available in fabric and craft stores)
Crystal-like beads in desired shapes and sizes
1 [...]

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Variation on a Theme – Elf Ornament Method to Make Swan Lake’s Odette

Here is my latest project. The method is very similar to my felt elf but obviously I dress it in a ballerina’s tutu.

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All My Completed Christmas Projects

Okay, here are the final results of some of my projects. It’s a slow go but I’m getting there!!

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Elf Ornament – Figuring It Out

^Okay if you remember, this was the inspiration^
Here are images of my elf ornament in progress.
[I'll try to edit this with directions when I'm finished. Hopefully I'll be able to make some patterns!]
What you need:
round wood bead [I used 25mm]
Flesh toned acrylic paint [I used Delta Ceramcoat  'santa's flesh']
paint brush
black art pen [for drawing face]
2 [...]

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Fabulous Christmas Craft Ideas from Howstuffworks!

[This is very lengthy but it was loaded with such great info I just had to share it all!]
Making Christmas Decorations
Are you tired of the same old Christmas decorations you see in the same old stores year after year? Then it’s time to get creative and start making your own decorations for the holidays. From [...]

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Craft a Felt Gingerbread House [child friendly instructions]

[Bucilla felt gingerbread house kit shown in photo, just so you can see how totally insane you can get with a felt gingerbread house!]

Kids will love making a gingerbread house that they can use year after year. It makes a great classroom project or a great craft for the boredom blues. The decorating ideas are [...]

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Peppermint Ornament

If you like painting, you will enjoy making these scrumptious looking peppermint ornaments.

Materials:

3 1/2″ Paper Mache disk
All purpose sealer *
Acrylic paint – red & white
Pink paint – either fabric paint in a squeeze bottle or acrylic paint
Paint brush
Thin ribbon
Clear cellophane

*Can be found where acrylic paints are sold
1) Paint the entire disk with [...]

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A great idea from valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com- Elf Shoe

[this craft was designed by valita's designs & fresh folds. Very talented lady, check out her blog for more ideas and inspiration!]

Elf Shoes

Elf Shoe Instruction Sheet
Elf Shoe Pattern
Posted by valita at 12/07/2007 09:43:00 AM [...]

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Christmas Coloring Sheets – 4 Calling Birds

Here is a great link to a site with many FREE Christmas coloring sheets(the one above is only one example!)! click here!

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