| More Decorations to Make |
| Making your own Christmas decorations is an easy and inexpensive way to make lasting holiday memories that you can enjoy for years to come. |
| Plastic Cup Angel Hot glue a ping-pong ball to the bottom of a cup. Paint on face with markers. Glue on yarn for hair and use a pipe cleaner for a halo. Cut wings out of paper and cover with lace. Glue on fabric for dress. |
| Reindeer Ornaments Use cardboard to cut bodies for reindeer ornaments. Glue on twigs for antlers and legs. Hang on the tree with ribbon or raffia. |
| Kids Kisses Chocolate Tree Ice cream sugar cones Aluminum foil Glue (low heat gun or craft glue) 1/3 of a 13 oz bag Holiday Colors Hershey's Kisses 1/3/yard (1/4 inch wide) ribbon |
| Cover each cone with aluminum foil.Glue kisses onto cone with the flat end of the Kiss on the foil surface.Begin around the base and work up, alternating colors. Finish by adding a small bow to top. Completed craft is for decoration; candy should not be eaten. |
| Easy Beginners Gingerbread House A clean empty 8-oz milk carton Canned white frosting Graham crackers Assorted soft candies for decoration (gum drops, jellybeans, candy canes, etc.) Staple the spout of the milk carton closed. Using the white frosting as glue, stick graham crackers onto sides and top of carton. Decorate with candies. Licorice or pretzel sticks can be used to make windows and Frosted Mini-Wheats or small marshmellows can be used as snow covered shingles. Use different size milk cartons to make an entire city. Sugar ice cream cones can be covered in green frosting to make Christmas trees. Decorate them with small red candies for holly berries. |
| PomPom Puppy Ornaments Scraps of black. White, and Red felt Small Craft Eyes Small and Medium Black & White PomPoms Ribbon Hot or tacky glue White Satin Christmas Balls Cut a piece of felt 8�x 1 �� for ears. Trim into an hourglass shape. Cut a slit in the middle of the felt and slip it around the ornaments hook. Glue in place, letting the ears hang evenly over the sides. Glue two white pompoms side-by-side to form puppies cheeks. Glue a black pompom at the top of the two white pompoms, centering, to make the nose. Glue scrap of red felt under the two white pompoms to form the mouth Glue the two small eyes on and tie a pretty ribbon around the hook to hang |
| Penguins 2 liter soda bottle (cleaned and label removed) Black, orange, and yellow Fun Foam Babies Bootie Sock Paint the bottle white. Cut of 2 (flappers) or wings from black foam Cut out 2 webbed feet from orange foam Cut a small beak from yellow foam Attach all to bottle with hot or tacky glue. Draw on eyes with a black permanent marker. Secure the bootie over the opening of the bottle with glue to make the hat. You can fill the bottles with sand to make a door stop or to help keep them steady |
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