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Gingerbread Man

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Materials:

  • Cardstock
  • Yarn
  • Creatology™ Pom Poms
  • Glitter Glue – Silver
  • Crayola® Pointed Scissors
  • Craft Smart® All Purpose Glue
  • Paper Plate

Instructions:

  1. Parents: Print gingerbread pattern onto brown cardstock. Leave intact.
  2. Squeeze a small puddle of glue onto a paper plate.
  3. Cut small pieces of yarn, dip in glue and arrange pieces onto paper as shown for mouth and icing details.
  4. Roll pom poms in glue and attach to paper for buttons, eyes and nose as shown.
  5. Embellish with Glitter Glue as desired. Let dry thoroughly.
  6. Cut out gingerbread pattern and display.

Christmas Tree Photo Frame

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Materials:

  • Jumbo Craft Sticks
  • Wood Star – Large
  • Yarn – Red
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Brown
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Grass Green
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Red
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Yellow
  • Scissors
  • Paint Brush
  • Aleene’s “Tacky” Glue®
  • Paper Towels
  • Paper Plate
  • Stickers – Numbers
  • Creatology™ Foam Dots

Instructions:

  1. Paint star yellow, 10 craft sticks green and 2 craft sticks brown. Let dry.
  2. Lay craft sticks in triangle and trim edges as shown.
  3. Create second layer of tree making slightly larger and trim edges as shown.
  4. Create the last and largest layer of tree, trim edges. It will take 2 craft sticks to make the bottom edge of tree.
  5. Glue the 3 layers together to create your tree.
  6. Cut the brown sticks in 2″ pieces, lay 2 side by side and glue the third on the back to keep them together, forming the trunk.
  7. Glue the trunk to bottom back of tree. Glue a green stick along back side to cover trunk.
  8. Glue yarn to tree as shown for garland.
  9. Add foam dots for ornaments.
  10. Personalize top of tree with star and number stickers.

Cardboard Art

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These items are works of art made entirely from cardboard….. sweet stuff….

Christmas Glitter Ornaments

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Supplies
Glitter – Gold, Silver, Peridot
Clear Glass Ornaments
Coordinating Ribbon
Rubbing Alcohol

Instructions
Step 1 Remove hangers from ornaments.
Step 2 Place a teaspoon of rubbing alcohol inside each ornament, swirl, and pour out. Let ornament dry completely.
Step 3 Pour a bit of glitter into an ornament. If you are making a multi-color  ornament, add a second color. Place your thumb over the ornament opening, and shake and swirl until the inside is coated completely.
Step 4 Turn ornament over and shake ball over a trash can to remove extra paint.
Step 5 Place in ornament box to let dry. Rotate the ornaments occasionally so they dry evenly.
Step 6 Replace hangers and tie with coordinating ribbons.

Christmas Tree Glass Ornament

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Supplies
Gallery Glass Window Color – Snow White, Kelly Green, Ruby Red
Gallery Glass 10″ x 18″ Leading Blanks
Large Round Glass Ornaments
Notebook Paper
Craft Knife
Cellophane Tape
Ribbon

Instructions
Step 1 Place leading blank over lined paper; tape securely.
Step 2 Working one color at a time, trace multiple lines with Window Color. To keep the lines of paint from getting too wide, lightly squeeze the bottles of Window Color as you move it along the lines.
Step 3 Let dry overnight.
Step 4 Clean and dry ornaments.
Step 5 Remove the ornament hanger. Carefully peel the dry lines of Window Color from the leading blanks as you use them and apply them to the ornaments.
Step 6 Replace hangers and tie with coordinating ribbons.