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Christmas Activity Book CRAFT IDEAS & ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES!

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Wooden Star Characters

Materials:

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Wooden Stars - 14645N Use a star for the base of your artwork.

Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787 Paint your star with brightly coloured paint.

Allow to dry.

Chenille Stems - 10825 Create antlers for your reindeer by twisting chenille stems together.

Attach with glue.

Felt Bundles - 10783 Cut ears and a nose for your reindeer from felt.

Attach with glue.

Glitter Shakers - 11442 Highlight areas of your elf with glitter. Paint lines of glue and sprinkle glitter over the glue while it is still wet.

Cotton Balls - 11252 Pull apart cotton balls to decorate Santa’s cuffs and beard. Attach with glue.

Satin Ribbon - 12727X Cut a length of ribbon, fold it in half and glue the loose ends to the back of your star for hanging.

PVA Glue, Scissors, Pencil, Paint Brush

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Natural Wooden Reindeer

Materials:

How To:

• Branch Chips - 14713N

1. Gather 4 short driftwood sticks. If there is a lack of short sticks, break up

• Small Driftwood - 14678N • Branch Stumps - 14714N • Christmas Pom Poms - 11498X

some longer ones.

2. Glue 4 sticks to a branch stump to create legs. Allow to dry.

3. Glue 3 branch chips together to create a neck. Glue the neck to

another branch stump to create a head. Allow to dry.

• Chenille Stems - 10825

4. Glue the neck and head to the body of your reindeer. Allow to dry.

• Wiggle Eyes - 11406

5. Cut a chenille stem in half. Twist both halves into antlers and attach to

• Scissors • PVA Glue

the back of your reindeer’s head with glue.

6. Cut a short piece of chenille stem and glue it to the back of your

reindeer’s body to create a tail.

7. Finish your reindeer by giving it wiggle eyes and a pom pom nose.

Attach with glue.

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Paper Ball Decorations

Materials:

How To:

• Assorted Paper Balls - 14041N

Baubles:

• Assorted Watercolor Magic® Liquid Watercolour - 13123 • Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787 • Silver Ornament Caps - 11190

1. Push an ornament cap into the top of a paper ball. If the hole in the

ball is too small, make the hole larger using a skewer.

2. Cut a length of yarn. Thread the yarn through the ornament cap and

tie the loose ends together.

3. Make a mixture of liquid watercolour and water in separate cups for

each colour you plan to use. Fill the cups with a mixture of 70% water, 30% paint.

• Cotton Filters - 10217 • Soft Yarn - 12257 • Glitter Shakers - 11442 • Scissors • PVA Glue

4. Dip the balls into the paint and hang them to dry. Do not soak the balls

in the paint/water mixture too long as they will fall apart.

5. Use cotton filters to paint coloured dots onto the balls. Allow to dry.

6. Decorate the balls with glitter. Attach with glue.

Garland:

• Cups

1.

Paint the paper balls with bright colours. Allow to dry.

• Skewer

2.

Cut a long length of yarn and thread a needle. Thread the balls onto the yarn. If the hole in the middle of the ball is too tight, pre-push a hole through the ball with a skewer.

• Needle

3. Use cotton filters to paint coloured dots on the balls. Allow to dry.

4. Decorate the balls with glitter. Attach with glue.

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Papier Mache Christmas Hotel

Materials:

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Papier Mache Hotel 14895X - Decorate with a range of collage materials to create your Christmas hotel.

Christmas Craft Paper - 11793X Cut paper into strips and shapes to add colour and pattern to your hotel.

Tissue Paper 10933X - Decorate the roof, windows and door with tissue paper.

Attach with glue.

Cotton Balls 11252X Fluff up the cotton balls to create smoke for the chimney.

Glitter Bumper Pack - 10803X To add sparkle coat with PVA glue and sprinkle with glitter.

Paper Christmas Twine - 14829X Cut lengths of twine to create trimmings on your hotel.

Chenille Stems -10825 & Tinsel Chenille Stems - 10826 - Use chenille stems to create decorations and trimmings.

Watercolor Magic® Glitter Liquid Watercolour 13122X - Apply a coat of glitter paint to add a touch of sparkle.

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Christmas Cup Sequins - 11579X Add sparkle to your hotel with sequins.

Attach with glue.

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Giant Wooden Christmas Tree

Materials: • Giant Wooden Display Tree - 14412

• Christmas Scrapbooking Craft Paper - 13201X

• Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787

• Foil Crepe Paper - 10071

• Glitter Pom Poms - 10829 • Glitter Shakers - 11442 • Multi Cup Sequins - 11126

• Giant Pattern Rollers - 14307

• Christmas Wooden Shapes Bumper Pack - 13240X

• Paint Brush

• Leaf Shapes - 14590

• Wooden Stars - 14645N

• PVA Glue

• Christmas Craft Paper - 11793

• Soft Yarn - 12257

• Scissors

• Christmas Pom Poms - 11498X 6

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Giant Wooden Christmas Tree Decorate your wooden shapes with assorted collage materials.

For more information refer to our Christmas activity sheet ‘Wooden Christmas Shapes’.

Paint your star with gold paint.

Allow to dry. Decorate with sequins. Attach with glue.

Cover your leaves in glue then decorate with paper or glitter. Alternatively, paint them with brightly coloured paint. Allow to dry.

Thread pom poms onto a long length of yarn. Tie a loop at each end of the yarn and hang your garland in the branches of your tree.

Paint your tree with paint rollers to create a textured effect. Allow to dry.

Use blu-tack to attach your tree, leaves and decorations to the wall of your classroom for a brightly coloured Christmas mural!

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Christmas Collage Artwork

For a fun class activity place collage materials in the centre of your craft table and let your class create their own Christmas collage artworks!

Materials:

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Canvas Panel Art Board - 14600 Use as the base for your artwork.

Branch Chips 14713N Write a festive word using branch chips to form letters.

Satin Ribbon 12727X - Frame the canvas to add a nice finish to your collage artwork.

Felt Bundles - 10783 Cut out shapes to become elements of your artwork. We made baubles.

Wooden Buttons 14902 Further decorate your canvas with buttons, adding interest.

Christmas Cup Sequins - 11579X Further decorate your canvas with sequins, adding sparkle.

Bumper Rhinestone Pack - 10805 Further decorate your canvas with rhinestones, adding sparkle.

PVA Glue, Scissors

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Christmas Material 14885X Cut out shapes to become elements of your artwork.

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Holly Ornaments

Materials:

How To:

• Felt Bundles - 10783

1. Use the larger holly leaf template to cut out a dark green holly leaf

• Embroidery Thread - 13732 • Christmas Pom Poms - 11498X • Satin Ribbon - 12727X • Wadding - 11111 • Needle • Scissors

from felt.

2. Use the smaller holly leaf template to cut out a light green holly leaf

from felt.

3. Cut a length of ribbon, fold it in half and sew the loose ends to the

back of your large holly leaf.

4. Use embroidery thread to sew your holly leaf shapes together.

5. Place 3 pom poms at the top of your joined holly leaves to create

berries. Attach with glue.

• PVA Glue

Holly Leaf Template

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Classroom Dancing Elves Chain

Mix white paint with a touch of brown to create a skin tone colour.

Materials:

How To:

• Dancing Elves - 14897X

• Give your elf a coat of skin coloured paint. Allow to dry.

• Paper Fasteners - 11243

• Paint stripey socks on the legs of your elf. Cover your elf’s shoes with glue and sprinkle with glitter. Allow to dry.

• Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787 • Christmas Craft Paper - 11793 • Christmas Scrapbooking Craft Paper - 13201X • Felt Bundles - 10783 • Tissue Paper - 10933 • Foam Sheets - 12282 • Christmas Cup Sequins - 11579X • Christmas Pom Poms - 11498X • Glitter Shakers - 11442 • Paint Brush • PVA Glue • Scissors

To decorate a boy: 1. To create a shirt and shorts cut rectangular pieces of craft paper,

fabric or felt to cover the body. Attach with glue.

2. Cut smaller rectangular pieces of paper, fabric or felt to cover the

arms and legs to create sleeves and pant legs. Attach with glue.

3. Cut out small triangles of felt to create a collar. Attach with glue.

To decorate a girl: 1. To create a singlet top cut a piece of paper, fabric or felt to fit on the

body (don’t forget to cut some little strap. Attach with glue.

2. Cut a rectangular piece of tissue paper and gather one edge to

create a puffy skirt. Use Christmas tape to attach the skirt at the waist of your elf and create a belt.

• Attach the arms and legs to the body using paper fasteners.

• Cut out a head from a photo of yourself and attach it to the head of your elf with glue.

• Cut a hat shape from foam to fit on the head of your elf.

Attach with glue.

• Further decorate your elf with glitter, sequins & pom poms.

Attach with glue.

• When the class has finished each of their elves, join all the elves hands together with paper fasteners creating a long chain.

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Ceramic Star Ornament

Ceramic & Terracotta marker tips: • Store ceramic & terracotta markers horizontally (flat).

• Always replace the cap immediately after using, even if you are just taking a short break. This will stop the ink from drying out.

• Shake ceramic & terracotta markers well before use.

• Press the tip of your marker gently & repeatedly to start the ink flow. Do this on some scrap paper, you may need to repeat this step each time you use your markers to get the ink flowing!

• Apply your design to a clean dry surface.

How to decorate:

Materials:

1. Shake your markers well before use.

• Ceramic Stars - 14876X

2. Think about what you want to draw on your star. If you are unsure, try drawing a

design on paper first, then copy onto your ceramic star with your markers.

3. Allow your design to dry for a minimum of 24 hours.

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• CleverPatch™ Ceramic and Terracotta Markers - 14578X

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