Homemade holiday crafts
Planning for any holiday season can include a variety of craft projects. Decorating, gift giving, and entertaining can provide numerous opportuntities to be creative.
No matter what holiday is celebrated, your home can be transformed into a unique and special place.
A holiday dinner table may be dressed up with a handmade quilted tablecloth. Table settings can be designed to follow a color theme. Individual name plates add a special, festive decoration.
Jewish holiday origami
Joel Stern ; photographs by David Greenfield.
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2006.
Clearly detailed diagrams and captions explain all the steps for an entire year's worth of holiday projects -- from Chanukah dreidels and a menorah with candles, to Passover pyramids and an image of the Red Sea parting. Great for synagogues, schools, and homes, this easy-to-follow guide offers beginning paperfolders a unique, fun-filled way to celebrate Jewish culture. 24 models.
Favors with flair : 75 easy designs for weddings, parties, and events
Mary Lynn Maloney.
Chanhassen, Minn. : Creative Pub. International, c2006.
Party time! : making invitations, favors, and decorations.
Woodinville, Wash. : Martingale, c2005.
Holiday scrapbooking : 200 page designs
Vanessa Ann.
New York : Sterling Pub., 2005.
Includes index.
Celebrating holidays scrapbook-style : 250 sensational page ideas you can create.
Denver, CO : Memory Makers Books, c2004.
Holidays are an evergreen topic for scrapbookers, as their families gather together to create lasting memories. This book provides them with fresh ideas for remembering the special days. Readers will find: * Hundreds of ideas for commemorating holidays, from Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, to Easter, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July * Innovative tips and inspirational ideas throughout * Facts and legends about holiday origins to help bring even more meaning to holiday celebrations and traditions * Design principles to give scrapbookers the basics for making holiday layouts complete.
Swell holiday : turning up the twinkle
Cynthia Rowley and Ilene Rosenzweig.
New York : Atria Books, 2003.
Inspired gifts. Cocktail keepers. Family functions. A month of mistletoe--this is the stuff a Swell girl lives for. How to celebrate the traditions without getting stuck in a rut? The bestselling authors of "Home Swell Home" and "Swell: A Girls' Guide to the Good Life," answer these dilemmas in "Swell Holiday."
Creating a pair of handmade candlesticks can be a fun, family project that will add something extra to your holiday dinner table. Take those old candlesticks you found at the yard sale and transform them by covering with gold leaf or gold paint. See how the now elegant candlesticks will glow.
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Decorated picture frames make good gifts |
Designing a picture frame that includes a family photograph is another holiday gift that is easy to make. Find colored marbles and glue onto a frame. Using a glue gun, attach them randomly. Or, for a special holiday celebration, select a color associated with that holiday. Then use a fancy piece of ribbon to dress up the frame.
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Holiday craft ideas
Beaded butterflies
Candle holders
Peacock lampshade
Pearl angel pin
Picture frames
Swirled vase
Seashell box
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When deciding what to create for your holiday celebrations think of using every day materials. For example, purchase a plain table setting. Then, use fabric paints to make it festive. Or, dress up the table setting by sewing co-ordinating colored fabric to it.
Getting friends and family involved with the holiday craft will make it even more enjoyable. Creating a keepsake will give you memories that can be cherished for future generations of your family.
All in all, having fun should be the goal of making holiday crafts.
Article by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
