Four New Free Christmas Printables!

Have been having fun putting together some new Christmas Printables...!

Here is the first one - a List for Santa!

Good one for parents, to at least have an idea, what the kids are hoping Santa will bring them on Christmas Day!

Then we have a beautiful scene to colour in - The Nativity

As our schools prepare and show their Christmas Nativity Plays, this will give the kids the traditional and everlasting scene to colour in and display as we celebrate  the Festive Season...

Lastly we have two new placemats, to colour in and prepare to use them on your Christmas Day table, with your family and friends...

OR - why not set the children's places with a Christmas Placemat ready with crayons and let them colour them in, while waiting for the food to be served! 

And again while waiting for Christmas pudding to arrive! Peace guaranteed!!

Christmas Placemat 1

Christmas Placemat 2

For lots more Christmas Placemats and other Christmas Crafts Click here ...

Happy Christmas crafting!

Christmas Angel - Paper Plate Craft!

As the Festive Season approaches, we having been busy at The Day Centre for the Elderly making Christmas decorations and cards. Our favourite this year seems to be "The Christmas Angel" made from a paper plate!

Easy to do, but quite lovely when she is painted and "sparkled up" with tinsel around her skirt...

If you would like to make your own Christmas angel, I am happy to share it with you.

You Will Need

Paper Plate (I used a 23cm diameter plate)

Pencil Carbon Paper

Glue

Sprinkle Glitter

Paints or other "Colouring-In" materials

Tinsel or any other trimming you choose.

Stapler

Sequins or flat beads (if you want - to stick onto front of dress)

Turn the paper plate over so your are working on the underneath surface.

Trace the Angel Template 

onto the paper plate - on underneath surface!

Apply glue to the wings and sprinkle with glitter.

Paint the dress (or colour-in with your felt tip pens etc.)

Paint the hair and face.

Leave until dry.

Cut away the unpainted area.

Cut along the outside of each wing leaving only the last 3cm attached.

Bend the cut edges of the plate backwards and staple together as in picture.

Attach your tinsel or other trimming around the bottom edge of the skirt, using a stapler.

Stick on your sequins or beads onto the front of the dress. 

Happy Christmas!

                                      

Make a 3D Card Christmas Tree - with Printable Template!

This 3D Christmas Tree can be made quickly and easily! I used green card and foil stars, but you can use any colour card and decorate your trees with whatever you can find!

You will need...

Card

Scissors

Decorations

How to make it...

Print out your template - Click here for Christmas Tree Template

Cut out two Christmas Trees from your card.

Cut one tree, from the bottom edge, along the centre line, to small horizontal line that I have drawn on the template.

Cut the other tree from the top tip down to the same small horizontal line.

Slot the two trees together!

Actually you will now need to decorate them and it is easier to do this on the two separate trees - on both sides.

When they are decorated, slot them back together again and your tree is ready - have fun making them with your group!

Face Cloth Easter Bunnies! Easy and Fun!

It's three years since I posted a tutorial on making up these Face Cloth Easter Bunnies! See it Here

We have made some again this year, to raise some funds for our Mencap Arts and Crafts group and instead of using ribbon around the middle bit, we have used elasticated hair bands. 

These cost less than ribbon (we bought a card of 20 for £1) and are very easy to use....And we think they make a pretty belt! 

For the Boy ones we used plain hair bands as you can see in the photo above.

So have fun making your Easter Bunnies - they make lovely gifts 

and with a face cloth to keep after the Easter Eggs have all been devoured!

...or like us you can use them to make some funds for your group!