Christmas Crafts

Covered Metal Star

Gifts

December's Word

Vinyl Tile Art

December Danglers

Wooden Nativity Puzzle

My dad cut this out for me and then I painted all the pieces.  The kids love playing with it and it is a perfect way to explain the real reason of Christmas to them.

This is what it looks like all put together.

and when you set it up

Up close view of the camel, donkey, and cow

We three kings

A shepherd and his two sheep and the Holy Family

Baby Jesus - the reason for the season!

Pillows

I made these cute little pillows the other day.  I really like how the tree one turned out - not too sure about the ornament one.

This years ornaments. . .

This year I knitted the kids mitten ornaments.  I wrote down their favorite things and put a picture of each of them inside their ornaments.  They wanted to take them off the tree and wear them - at least I know they like them!

Jake's are green

Kaden's are white

Ben's are red

Wreath

This is the wreath I made this year.  I crocheted the 4 ornaments and then added large jingle bells and a big red bow. 

Neighbor Gifts

Peppermint Bark Popcorn

I made this yummy treat - so delicious and so so easy.  Then I took formula cans and washed them out, covered them in cute christmas scrapbook paper, made a label to put on the top, attached a card - and DONE!  They turned out really cute.  We went and delivered them last night with the boys - who thought it was a lot of fun.  I love when things turn out the way I picture them in my head.  I just hope all the people we took them to enjoy the popcorn as much as we do.

All packaged up and ready to go.

More Christmas Projects

HO HO HO Banner

I made this the first year Aaron and I were married.  I copied it off of one that my mom had purchased.  It's just cut out of a 2 x 4 and strung together with wire and then there is fabric tied on the wires in between.  It turned out pretty cute.

Merry Christmas Blocks

These are the blocks I made this year for a relief society craft.  I was asked to come up with something cheap and christmas-y.  My SIL Leslie gave me this idea and everyone who did them LOVED them.

Christmas Aprons

I decided to sew up some Christmas Aprons for my mom and I.  I got the pattern off of an apron my SIL Andrea gave me last year for Christmas.  I love it!  They turned out really cute and I'm sure I will get a lot of use of it whilst doing my Christmas baking this year.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY TIME!!

I'm giving this sweet little tree away.  You have from now until Sunday at noon to enter - not much time but I want to get it sent out Monday so you actually have time to display it this season.  Just leave a comment with your email address (so I can get your physical address).  Good luck to all!

Christmas Sewing Projects from the past.

I made this puff quilt tree skirt the first year Aaron and I were married.  I love how it turned out and I hope it keeps lasting for many years to come.  The kids love to lay on it and look up at the tree.  The dog thinks it's a comfy spot as well.

I made these stockings a couple of years ago (Jacob's first Christmas) - minus the one that is there for Kaden.  I had tons of left over material so I was able to sew a matching one for Kaden.  I'm glad I found it all because I really love the way these look and I would've been sad if I didn't have one for Kaden.  They are also HUGE and Santa can really stuff them with a lot of good surprises and treats.  I got the pattern here.

Handmade Gift Exchange

I got my gift today from the Handmade Gift Exchange that I signed up for at Craftaholics.  Thanks Heather for the great gift.  Here is a pic of what I got:

A sheet of Chritsmas stickers, a set of note pads and a pen, candy canes, and a homemade ornament that I absolutely LOVE!

Here are a couple pics of the gift I sent out to Sadie - she should have gotten it by now so I won't spoil the fun by showing it off.

A cute little set of Merry Christmas Blocks and

a monogrammed apron!

Christmas Ornaments

When we first got married, I told Aaron one of the traditions I wanted to do was to get an ornament to show what we had done during the year.  This year I made our ornaments instead of buying them.  I actually made 3 family ornaments - the one above, a cookie cutter in the shape of montana that I bought while we were there on family vacay, and the one below.

This one is my favorite of the the three.  It has family pics of us taken throughout the year mod-podged on the sides of the block and the letter H on top.

 I also made the boys' this year and I was really happy with how they turned out.  On Benjamin's and Jacob's I put a picture with the year and then put things that they have been into throughout the year on the sides. On Benjamin's he has a pic of Optimus Prime, a little school house, a pic of Phineas and Ferb, a list of words that he has made up, and the letter B.  On Jacob's there is a pic of Bumblebee, a bandaid with the word OUCH written on it, a pic of Scooby Doo, a wrench with "Daddy's little helper" written by it, and the letter J.  On Kaden's I put pics of him throughout the year.  There is a newborn pic, one at 3 months, one at 6 months, and one at almost 9 months, a letter K, and BABY's First Christmas.

Christmas Countdowns

I made this wooden block countdown on Saturday after Thanksgiving.  My SIL brought two countdown projects for us to do while she was here - this was one of them.  It was so easy to put together and so cute!

This is the second project she brought for us.  It is a mini muffin tin advent calendar.  All I can say is:  it's a good thing we had a cricut or else it would have taken us so much longer to do.  It wasn't really hard to put this one together, just time consuming.

This one is my pride and joy.  It took me FOREVER to cross stitch this baby.  It has 25 little ornaments that hang on the bows by each number that were cross stitched onto plastic canvas.  I took the pic before Dec. 1st so there aren't any hung up yet.  Here is a close-up on Santa:

Ribbon tree

I saw a picture of one of these a while ago and decided to give it a try.  They are pretty easy - a little time consuming.  All you need is a styrofoam cone, assorted ribbon, and something to hold the ribbon on the styrofoam (I used tiny pins).   I also used a small green bow for the top.  It took me a while to do - what with cutting all the ribbon and sticking them one by one on the tree.  The one I saw wasn't really done in layers, the ribbon was just kind of stuck all over with no specific pattern.  I really like the way this one turned out though.

Fabric Christmas Tree

This little tree is so easy to make - you can have it done in about a half hour or less.  My mom and I made them on Sunday afternoon and it took no time at all.  You take 5 circles - each one about 2 inches smaller than the one below it, hand stitch a gather stitch around the outside edges, fill with polyfil, pull the thread tight and knot off, then glue them together with a hot glue gun.  Add a star to the top and - waa la - DONE!  It really is very simple to make.