Favorite Christmas projects
By freedomg
@freedomg (1684)
United States
June 10, 2008 9:24am CST
I know you are thinking that this is the wrong time of year for this post, but really it isn't. Several of my crafty friends and I have learned that if we want to get done in time we needed to get started now. I do a lot od polymer clay ornaments, and I make snow globes out of gum ball machine balls. That and I love my tube sock snowmen.
Do you have a favorite Christmas craft?
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@susanh39 (200)
• United States
10 Jun 08
Hi!
This time of year is actually the perfect time to begin thinking on and beginning to work on Christmas crafts. My girls and I enjoy stamping cards to send to family and friends. We are also going to try our hand at decorating glass ornaments this year. I've been looking for just the right pattern to sew a table runner and maybe a wall hanging for this Christmas as well.
Wonderful post! Thank you for sharing with us!
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@mentalward (14691)
• United States
30 Jun 08
This really is the best time to start thinking about Christmas if you like to make your gifts. One year I knitted everyone a sweater!
I am just getting into bas relief with clay. I have started making bas relief "pictures" with hand-made frames of my friends and family that way to give to them as Christmas gifts.
I'm also doing bas relief of animals, pets, etc. It's so much fun and not as hard as it seems.
@mentalward (14691)
• United States
30 Jun 08
Well, both, kinda. I majored in art in high school and college. But that was a looooooong time ago! I took scupture, but not bas relief.
I've taught myself bas relief. I've always liked working in clay and have made a lot of jewelry from it. I have a picture of a unicorn here in my office that I absolutely adore and, one day, I started to think that it would look really great in bas relief. That's what got me started. Kinda self-taught, but with a pretty extensive background in art.
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@freedomg (1684)
• United States
30 Jun 08
That is so awesome. I've got a lot of "formal" training as well both in fine art (high school) and commercial and graphic art (college). I have found though that I end up teaching myself a lot of things. Here lately I've been making a lot of stuff with polymer clay. Mostly beads and Christmas ornaments.
@freedomg (1684)
• United States
30 Jun 08
My mother in law showed my a few basic things and the rest I just started making it up as I go along. I'm making glow in the dark hacky sacks for all of the kids in our family. They only take about 30 minutes to make and everyone seams to think they are cool.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
11 Jun 08
I don't have a favorite but stamp and do other projects. This year however I am making wreaths out of Christmas ornaments. My sister had rented her house to so people that left in a hurry after a court order and they left two garbage bags of beautiful ornaments that I claimed. So that is what I'll do this year. I am for sure making one for my sister.
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@creationsbyrobin (3071)
• United States
10 Jun 08
I also enjoy making poly clay ornaments. I don't really get to do much at-home crafting with my sons, as this is a very busy time of the year for my full-time job and my crafting business. Keeping my online shop inventory up, filling custom orders and doing a craft fair almost every other week from November to mid-December keeps me quite busy.
The boys do get to help me with some of the polymer clay ornaments and they often make something for their teachers. Last year my youngest, who was 4 at the time made a bunch of little bracelets for his classmates using simple large brown and orange beads with a covered memory wire. The kids wore them until after Christmas...it was so cute!
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@freedomg (1684)
• United States
10 Jun 08
I think that's my favorite part of crafting, getting the kids involved. My older two are too old and too cool to be crafting with mom now but the little two love it. You mentioned an online store ...are you with Etsy. If so send me a link. I love to check out others peoples work.
@ocher_tone1001 (34)
• Philippines
10 Jun 08
egg shell painting its cool,i seen someone making it,and its a lot of cash too. you should try it.
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@ocher_tone1001 (34)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
yah,i seen a nativity scene painted on it,first they put a hole at both ends(using pin),they use a small pump(use by some laboratories)at the top to remove the egg white and yoke,then they clean it by cotton with ample amt. of water,the painting process are done,lastly they apply gloss use in nail polish,thats it,other variation to these are putting some glitters or other decorative materials to it,like what is done in making a paper lantern. you should try it.
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
10 Jun 08
If I haven't started my Christmas projects by July, I don't get them all done, so this is a perfect time to bring this up.
I make beaded Christmas ornaments for all my grand children and great grand children. When I first started I made them from kits containing plastic beads and chenille wire. I've learned a lot about beadweaving in recent years and usually not only bead the ornaments with thread, but usually make the patterns also. So I'd better get busy and finish up that pattern I started just after last Christmas while I was still in the Christmas mood. ;)
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@senjacob (124)
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12 Jun 08
yes,I am also now itself prepare for the christmas celebraation.christmas is the very good enjoyable festival compare to other.i am trying to make a christmas tree by my owm imagination.suppose if jesus didnt born means No one could get salvation in the world.
So we must celebrate the chritmas even we have a problems,worries,,etc.
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