Christmas Ornament Crafts

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Q: Any ideas for fun Thanksgiving & Christmas crafts - NEW BABY??
I am almost 29 weeks along, with my DH's and mine's first child (first all around). :) We're having a little boy, who will be named after his Daddy, and is due November 15. We're in the process of buying a new house in the next month or so, and baby comes the month after that. Needless to say, we're so broke for the upcoming holidays. **BUT it is the best kind of broke - just monetary - we get the gift of a home and a new family member** My question is - I really want to do something crafty and special as gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas from us (the new little family) to our parents. I had thought of getting clay casting kits and making ornaments out of little Greg's baby footprints... What did you do for your child's first Turkey Day/Christmas? I would love some ideas! I'm so excited! :) :) :) Thanks!!!!

A: I think little feet/handprint gifts are perfect in any form for thanksgiving and Christmas... you could use (safe) stamp ink and put your baby's feet prints on a blank cardstock card, like a green foot print upside-down on the front, and then glue a little brown square (for a pot) or a little christmas-patterned oval (for a 'tree skirt') at the bottom under the toes, and a little sequin star or sparkle star sticker right above the heel, and voila! A baby footprint Christmas tree! Then you can write a message on the inside, or include a picture on the inside and write next to it, etc! For Thanksgiving, you could do the card idea but make a tiny baby turkey out of your baby's hand print! Everyone loves those. Cast-wise, you can get some handprint molds with pre-measured plaster anywhere, like Wal-mart has a heart-shaped one you could easily fit both baby feet and both hands in, or you can buy those stepping-stone kits from a craft store like JoAnn fabric or Michael's, and just break up the mix into a few different dishes, so that you can make several hand print impressions, feet, etc. If you want to make them into ornaments, take a plastic straw and put a dab of hot glue on the end to close the hole, and set the straw in the mold (hot glue dot to close the hole and then put it straight where you want it in the mold, so that you don't have to glue twice) depending on what you use for a mold, and then when you pour the mix it will go around the straw. After the mold has settled, you can remove the straw. A glass container or metal, and the hot glue will come right off! Then put a pretty ribbon through it... much cheaper, and easier, to do than paying too much for handprint kits at the store!!! Just get creative and have fun!!!!

Q: 2 many Christmas ornaments?
I have a ton of Christmas ornaments. They are mini, round, glass, and in all colors. Does anyone have any craft ideas?

A: During a time I had no money to spare for a tree but a ton of ornaments, I hung garland around the room and hung ornaments from that.

Q: How to make the elf alphabet Children's Block Christmas Ornament ?
I saw these cute things at a craft fair, and having no luck on finding how to make them. When I search I get a website http://www.mycraftbook.com/craftidea.asp?craftID=375 but not having any luck on the link. Here is a picture of one on ebay... http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/18/73/8795_1.JPG

A: Looks pretty basic. Supplies: Block Red felt Green felt white pom pons wooden bead for the head Black marker or paint for face. Red paint for cheeks Ribbon for hanger Cut 4 rounded rectangles - red Cut 1 Triangle - red Cut 1 circle - green Draw face and add blush to wood bead. Glue pom pons on arms and legs. Create a hat shape from triangle and glue seam, insert a piece of looped ribbon in the seam. Glue pom pon on hat. Attach arms and legs to block with glue. Glue green circle on top of block. Glue bead on top of green circle. Then glue hat to head.

Q: I love to do bead work of Christmas ornaments, lamps and things But can't find anyplace that sell them.?
I live near Fayetteville Arkansas and used to be able to buy kits at Tandy Craft Store but they went out of business and Hobby Lobby does not carry kits and very few beads thease days and Walmart well we all know thats a joke. I am looking for craft patterns and kits used to have a Catalog from Enterprise Art But they don't have the catalog I canorder anylonger Does anyone have any Ideas?

A: Try this website: http://www.sunshinecrafts.com Sunshine Discount Crafts has a catalog you can order from, and I think you can order online too. I have ordered beads from them, and liked their service and prices.

Q: Ornament stands for centerpieces?
Our wedding decorations are incorporating a lot of pearls. I found very cute wire ornaments in the shape of an S (my fiance's last name starts with S) covered in pearls, for a dollar each at Michael's. We'd like to use these are our centerpieces and hang them from very simple ornament stands like those many people use to display fancy Christmas ornaments. However, our local craft stores don't carry a wide variety and the ones they do are both unattractive and expensive. I've looked online but have run into the same problem. Anybody have any suggestions of where else to shop or websites I might be missing? Thanks! The centerpiece will be placed on a square mirror and surrounded by tea lights in small holders. So it's not as bare as it sounds... :)

A: Here are a few that I was able to find. I don't know if it is exactly what you are looking for, but I hope that it helps! Good luck! http://www.nationalartcraft.com/subcategory.asp?gid=7&cid=77&scid=152

Q: i need to find gold leafed branches for crafts?
i saw a giant beautiful gold leafed ornament with a christmas scene in it a silver dollar city. i would like to buy this material to craft my own.

A: I'm not sure from you description exactly what it is you are looking for......but start out by checking your local craft or hobby store. Ask the staff for advise on how to do what it is you are looking for. They will either have the material there & tell/show you how to do it, or at the very least be able to direct you to someplace that has it. Good luck

Q: A good name for a small business?
My friend and I are going to start a small business. We are going to be selling handmade christmas crafts (Stockings, Ornaments), handmade jewelry (Earrings and lanyards) and some things we have made on a sewing machine (scarfs, nursing uniforms, pj pants) and other odd and ends. We have no idea what to call our business and we need to get some signs and cards made

A: I think Odds and Ends would be a good name for it.

Q: What is a good craft I can make with a friend in a low budget?
I don't have a lot more then around $20, but I just have no idea what to make. I want to make a pretty Christmas craft, and not just making a foam or painted ornament. Please tell me some ideas, for I need a good idea by Saturday. Thanks!

A: You can purchase a package of shrink plastic (aka Shrinky Dinks) at the craft store for about $5.00. Draw or trace simple pictures on the plastic and color in with colored pencils then punch a hole at the top. Now the fun part....bake in the oven ( the instructions are on the package ) and your design will shrink to about half the size. When done, color the edges ( which are thick now) with a gold or silver paint pen. You can string one onto a ribbon or cord for a necklace or if you make a bunch of small ones, you can make a charm bracelet. They can be attached to a split ring and used as a key ring or lots of small ones can be knotted onto thin,sheer ribbon and used as a unique garland for the tree. They can also be used as gift tags, luggage tags and tags at the end of bookmarks. Once you start making these little charms, you might find even more uses for them. Total cost...5 dollars for the plastic, 5 dollars for the colored pencils and 3 dollars for the gold paint pen. The rest can be used for ribbon, split rings, or stretchy jewelry cord and you will stay under your 20 dollar budget.

Q: where to buy small square plastic boxes for ornaments?
Hi, I am looking for some small plastic square hollow boxes that I can purchase to fill and decorate next year to give as Christmas ornaments. Does anyone know of a craft store, or online . where I can purchase these? I hope so, as I would sure like to be ahead of the game for next year. Thanks in advance!!!!!

A: http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=16

Q: Need help with a Christmas Gift Craft?
So anyway...I was going to make an ornament for christmas with my son's hand or foot print using plaster of paris...but that went horribly wrong. Then I tried clay..again just a huge pain in the butt. So now here is my idea.... I want to buy a bunch or white coffee mugs and do the same deal, but was wondering what kind of paints I would use (I was thinking acrylics) and how I would make the paint stay so they can use the cups and wash them. He is 5 months old...if that helps and I might just have to do a foot print unless anyone has any ideas on how to successfully do a hand print. I am trying to keep this cheap and "home done" I don't really have the money to go to a ceramics shop. I was thinking of getting the mugs at Wal-Mart..just simple plain wite ones. I guess the reason I want to go with something usable now is because its usuable and wont have to be put away later.

A: If you use terracotta pots and put a plant in them, they won't need to be washable. The handprint would show up nicely if you used a light opaque color of acrylic paint. You might also consider buying a clear glass goodies container and doing a handprint or footprint on that instead. Those are not expected to be washable, either.

Q: What is the worst Christmas present you ever got, and what did you do with it?
A while back I received a VERY obviously re-gifted miniature chess set that had one of the pawns missing, also the board was scuffed in one corner and had what looked like a small coffee stain in the middle. The worst gift I ever got wasn't actually a re-gift but was given to all employees at company Christmas party. It looked like an oversize Christmas ornament with a child's painting of a moose on it, as best I could tell. Turns out it was some kind of alcohol lamp...probably the most unsafe thing I'd ever seen, as it was obviously quite fragile and the reservoir was hard to see (of course, they didn't give us any fuel for it and I had no idea where I could buy the stuff anyway). I gave the chess set to Goodwill, as it was actually not in too bad of a shape, considering the circumstances (maybe someone else could have used the board for checkers, or crafted a new pawn). The moose-ornament lamp I tossed in the dumpster the minute I got home from the party (oh and incidentally, it was the only year out of the 12 years I'd been there that they didn't give us a bonus, either). Incidentally, the CEO, who had been there only a few months and was responsible for dictating the party, was fired from the company a couple months later.

A: Well, I did not actually get this gift. My parents did.... It was a mirror, not quite round, not quite oval. It magnified about 3x, too. On the mirror was a blown glass, garishly colored (red, blue, green, yellow, white) sort of a cross or crucifix -- ugly as could be, depressing, ghoulish, gross, useless, and dangerous. It was from a very eccentric cousin. Probably paid a small fortune for it too -- thus it was a total waste. Not even suitable for the living room of a nunnery! My mother "accidentally" knocked it over one day while dusting. The cross hit a carpeted floor and literally exploded into a gazillion pieces.... We were still finding razor sharp shards while vacuuming, for a couple of months thereafter. The mirror ended up being used to be the base for a much more useful trinket - a little statuette of some sort. As to the mirror's ultimate fate, I think it truly accidentally got broken years later, which was sad, because we really did like the mirror. Another not so useful gift, was a pen, keychain and watch that my brother in law Aimee bought for me. I still have it in the original box. Aimee is dead now, so I keep it as a special thing. The reason it is not used? The pen, is gorgeous, but brittle plastic. To use it, is to lose it. The keychain, has a stainless steel ring on it, so hard, that you would need a toolshop to open it and put any keys on it. The watch has a huge non-adjustable bracelet. A monster could wear it. I enquired at a jewellers, about the cost of a new bracelet. It would cost $20 to take the old one off, no guaranteee the watch would not suffer, and $25 for a new bracelet. To install the new one would be $15. Total $60, plus 12% tax. I was told the watch might be worth $30 at best.... The jeweller told me if I ordered it to be done, I had to pay in advance, and sign a waiver against dis-satisfaction! One of the most use-FULL gifts from Aimee? A cheap dollar store pen, with a nifty rubber grip. A gorgeous blue and clear plastic thing, I will cry when the ink runs out.... (unless I can figure out how to get a suitable refill) It writes Beautifully, and was the last thing he ever gave me.... As he was dying of cancer at the time, he had gone to the nearest store to his home, to buy silly novelty gifts (to cheer us up). He died right after xmas, in early January, 2008. So I refuse to allow anyone else to use it. My relatives and friends give me strange looks, because I have actually, in a rage, cussed people out (and I am very good at it) for just using it to sign a form. I only use it for special things.

Q: I've committed myself to an arts and crafts project with 20 5 yr. olds!!!!?
Hi, I need an easy, inexpensive way to create Christmas ornaments. My son and his kindergarten class are very excited for me to help them make ornaments for the tree! Unfortunately, every idea that I've exhausted has flopped due to various reasons, ( will take too long, too expensive, too complicated for children etc.). I remember making reindeer ornaments with popsicle sticks, but I can quite get the gist of it anymore. Anyone got any ideas. Any websites so I can get a visual aid? If you do list a craft, please list a supply list if possible. Thanks everyone, mamaofthesweetest4

A: Honey, you've just earned yourself a case of fine wine and many stars in heaven! How about just gluing 3 popsicle sticks to make a star, like * but it will be six points instead of 5. Brush on glue and sprinkle with glitter. Also, have them trace their hands in the shape of a mitten (4 fingers together, thumb pointing out) on construction paper or that lightweight foam, cut out their hand shapes and then decorate: glue on buttons, ribbons, and sprinkle with glitter. You can buy bags of buttons at WalMart and Michaels. If you can buy the inexpensive foam sheets at someplace like WalMart, bring in your cookie cutters to trace around for shapes (gingerbread men, etc.) then cut out and embellish with the buttons, etc. Good luck!

Q: christmas craft recipe?
Looking for xmas craft recipes other then the cinnamon ornaments. Thanks

A: http://www.make-stuff.com/projects/cornstarch_ornaments.html I haven't tried these out yet but I will before Christmas. They sound easy.

Q: Is there a list of wholesale distributors for materials?
I have just started my business and am having the hardest time finding suppliers. I need materials such as solid wood of any form, sheets of solid wood, unfinished furniture, solid wood craft supplies, anything solid wood unfinished. I also need things like beads, wood beads, glass beads, seed beads, etc. And plain glass blank christmas ornaments. I want to be able to paint, dye, or stain these items. All I seem to find is the finished products. Any help would be great. I have been researching this for two months and have gotten no where! Thanks!

A: Contact trade associations or to get offers from suppliers and manufacturers of wood, furniture, craft supplies, send an email with your requirement to buy@epog.org

Q: What Christmas gifts can I make at home to give to co-workers or friends?
I am looking for something small, yet creative to make as holiday presents for co-workers. I work with men as well as women. I need a good idea, not some kid type craft. (I was looking at making etched glass ornaments, but I'm not sure how that would go), I'd love lots of ideas. Something classy since I work with professional people. Any help you can give would be most appreciated.

A: The most popular Christmas gift I've ever given was a small basket of homemade salsa with gourmet chips on the side. Salsa is extremely easy (and inexpensive) to make, and the home made varieties taste unlike anything you can get in the store. Salsa can be home canned in a large soup pot, and decorated with raffia and hand made gift tags. For something totally creative, make your own labels as well. During the Holidays, many people just don't have the time to cook anymore, and those hand-made gourmet food gifts always seem to be much appreciated.