Archive for the ‘DIY Christmas’ Category

Christmas Resources - Homemade Eggnog Recipe

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Here is a homemade, non-alcoholic eggnog recipe. Its easy enough to add alcohol if you’d like to this base eggnog recipe. This eggnog recipe calls for eggs of course, some sugar, milk and whipped cream. Some stove top cooking is involved before folding the whipped cream into the egg mixture, giving you a creamy, sweet [...]

Christmas Resources - Christmas Family Activities

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Looking for some fun Christmas familiy activities that won’t break the bank? Here is a list of ideas you can use to have fun together as a family during the Christmas season. Joining together in these activities will make your holidays more fun and create lasting memories for your children.
Christmas Family Activities

Christmas Resources - Homemade Christmas Gift Baskets

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Here is a good list of ideas to make your own Christmas gift baskets. Suggestions include finding filler items at dollar stores, creating pre-fab “make your own recipes” in jars such as cookies or soups, adding small food items to fill out the baskets, candles, coffee and more. The writer suggests making a number of [...]

Christmas Resources - Christmas Stocking Sewing Pattern

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Craft and Fabric Links has a free Christmas stocking pattern you can download to create your own Christmas stocking. Giving a homemade Christmas stocking is a great keepsake gift to give for the holidays. All directions and instructions are included as well as downloadable patterns in PDF format.
Christmas Stocking Sewing Pattern

Christmas Resources - Homemade Christmas Gift Wrap Trim

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

This article gives you ideas for Christmas gift wrapping trim using items from nature to decorate Christmas packages. Instructions on how to use natural items such as holly, berries, pine trees, fruit and nuts to decorate your packages are included in the article.
Homemade Christmas Gift Wrap Trim

Christmas Resources - Homemade Christmas Gift Wrapping

Monday, September 14th, 2009

This gift wrapping article gives you a few good ideas on how to create your own gift wrapping for the holidays. The use of stencils, seasonal fruits, stamps and reusable ribbons make for an easy and colorful way to make your own Christmas gift wrap.
Homemade Christmas Gift Wrapping

Christmas Resources - DIY Low Cost Christmas Gift Ideas

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Here is a long list of DIY Christmas gift ideas. This is a great list of 34 clever and unique DIY low cost Christmas gift ideas including a tea cup candle, specialty salt or spice sampler, breakfast gift basket, memory jar, family cookbook of recipes and much more.
DIY Low Cost Christmas Gift Ideas

Christmas Resources - DIY Christmas Crafts Ornaments Gift Wrap

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Here are some activities parents can do with their children to create Christmas tree ornaments and gift wrap from recycled materials and old Christmas cards. There are step by step instructions on creating ornaments and gift tags, projects children will enjoy with their parents.
DIY Christmas Crafts Ornaments Gift Wrap

Christmas Resources - DIY Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Here are a number of unique gift wrapping ideas to create gift wrap using basic materials or embellishing the wrapping you are using. Spray paint, silk material and decorated hat boxes are a few of the ideas listed here for Christmas gift wrapping.
DIY Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas

Christmas Resources - Knitted/Crocheted Christmas Bell Ornaments

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Here are instructions to knit or crochet Christmas bell ornaments for your tree. I have a crocheted bell ornament my mom made years ago when I was a child and it hung on our Christmas tree every year. I think she used spray starch on the ornament once it was finished to make it stiff [...]