Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Paper Father Christmas


 
 
Father Christmas as you've never seen him before!
Well maybe.
 


 
These are so easy and remind me of some Paper angels that we used to have when i was a little girl.
 

 
You will need white paper for the beard peach or pink for the face and red for the body.
 
 
You need to draw a circle on the red card then cut in half as above, i used a side plate and this was an ideal size.
Twist the card into a cone shape and glue.

 
Cut out a small half face shape and a white beard and stick these on the front of the cone.

                     Then draw on some eyes. I didn't draw the mouth as the beard covers it. Then cut out a small circle of white paper for a pompom on the hat. You could also use a white pompom.
Then your done and you have a fabulous little father Christmas.
Try using different different colours like green or to suit your own Christmas colour scheme.


 
 

Monday, 3 December 2012

free Paint chip christmas cards

Christmas cards with paint chip Christmas trees
 
 
As i am now a mum of two boys i don't have as much time to be crafty as i used too. So with that in mind i though up these quick,cheap and easy paint chip cards.
They are really straight forward and really effective.
Get your self down to your local diy store and grab your self some free paint chip cards or catalogues and get cutting and gluing, It's that easy.

Saturday, 1 December 2012

childrens hand made potato print christmas cards

Potato print Christmas cards
 
 
 
Well as any self respecting crafter will know it is pure sacrilege
to go and buy Christmas cards so of course getting the children involved to make their own is just a no brainer.
 
 
 
 First job is for the adult to cut out a some Christmas shapes on the potatoes. For my star i used a star cookie cutter.
                                I also did a Christmas tree a bauble and a snow man!
 
 
Keep it simple with a 3 or 4 Christmas colours
 
 
 Dylan getting to grips with the potato and paint

 
The end result, a fabulous collection of children's handmade cards.
 
 
Go on have a go !!


Free Father Christmas colouring in picture

 
 
Father Christmas is coming...
 
Well in the form of a colouring in picture.
 
 
Printable Christmas Reindeer Coloring Pages!
 
courtesy of Raising our kids
 
This is the first of my 24 days until Christmas crafts and what better way to kick start crafting than with the big man himself!
I love this printable of Father Christmas it's so lovely, it feels like the real thing. I hope you think so too and enjoy either colouring in or painting this great picture.


 
Me and my son Dylan have used cotton wool balls for the beard, and hat to make it extra Christmasy and give it more of a crafty bitch feel.
Click the link below to take you straight to the web page and print.