DECK THE HALLS WITH YOUR OWN DECORATIONS THIS CHRISTMAS
Christmas is here! And if you haven’t already, your decorations are about to go up. I love buying decorations to put up around the home. But what I love even more is making crafts and keep sakes from the kids. There is no denying that this year is going to be a little different. For us, Christmas is about spending time together, making memories and this is a great way of getting into the festive spirit. So here are 5 ideas to get you and your little ones ready for the run up to Christmas, using things you have around the house. Some might even make a lovely gift for a loved one too. 1. Salt dough – check out my Instagram page for a fool proof salt dough recipe. Roll out the dough to about 1cm thick. Next, make imprints of your child’s hand in the salt dough. Cut around the imprint, use a straw to make a small hole at the top so you can hang it and bake very low for a few hours until the dough dries out, or leave to dry in an airing cupboard for a couple of days. Then get creative and decorate or paint to look like santa, elves or anything festive. Your child will love hanging what they’ve made on the Christmas Tree. 2. Mini Christmas Trees – paint a paper plate green. Once dry cut the paper plate in half and curl round to resemble a cone. Stick on pom-poms or coloured confetti to resemble baubles as well as adding a pom-pom to the top for a star. 3. Reindeer Food – enjoy mixing up magical porridge oats with glitter, and spooning them into small bags, ready for Christmas Eve. 4. Christmas Cards – make your own Christmas cards. Make a Christmas tree template out of card. Fold a separate piece of A4 card in half and place the Christmas tree template on the front. Hold this down firmly, and let your little one finger paint all around the template. Make sure you finger paint along the edge of the template so you can see it on the finished card. Once dry peel the template off for a lovely homemade Christmas card. 5. Christmas Wreath – cut out the middle section of a paper plate, whilst keeping the rim in tact and paint the rimmed section green. On separate card make hand prints with your child, we used red paint, and cut around. Stick them to the top of your wreath so that both thumbs are touching. Paint some red berries to finish it off, we used red glitter paint. Happy Christmas x
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