How to make Christmas Crafts

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How to make Christmas crafts is a very big question which flashes weeks before the actual day in front of the eyes of people. This is a time to decorate the house in the best way and to feel the best during the time of Christmas. This is the time when maximum of the income is spent on goods and gifts for the family. It is important to decorate your house in a unique way and make your Christmas the best.

Following are the essentials of every house that celebrates Christmas:

1. A Christmas tree
2. Ginger bread man
3. Christmas bells

Let us know how we can make a simple Christmas tree using paper

Crocheted Christmas bells

How to make Christmas crafts of Crocheted Christmas bells?

This is the most important and the most popular Christmas decoration in every home. Christmas bells r Jingle bells. There is a very famous Christmas carol called as 'Jingle bells'. It is very easy to make and the look beautiful in any color.

What will you need?

1. Needles for knitting
2. Yarn of wool. (Color of your choice)
3. Brass bells
4. Yarn needle

How to make this?

1. The bigger the bell the better it looks. Make 15 stitches.

2. Start knitting and make the first row. This will determine the base of your bell.

3. Start knitting and go upwards from bottom to top. Note that the bell goes narrow towards the top.

4. Now start knitting across the rows.

5. To make a large bell you should knit till the time you have 28 rows.

6. Use the yarn needle and start sewing upwards. Turn right side out.

7. Do the same with the second bell

8. Cover this on the brass bells and the jingle bells are ready to decorate.

Paperback Christmas tree

What all do you need?

1. Paper back book
2. Green or golden, silver paint (spray)
3. A wooden star
4. A sharp knife or utility knife

How do you make it?

1. Take a paperback book which has a hard back and remove its cover from it
2. Take the sharp knife and segment it from the middle. Segregate the first 30 pages of the book. This will divide the book and will be formed as the first half of the tree.
3. Start to fold the pages towards the right. Start by folding the top right corner towards the middle which is the spine of the tree. Make it in the form of a right angled triangle.
4. Fold the triangle again.
5. Leave the bottom the way it is.
6. Do the same thing with the other 29 pages remaining in the book
7. You will need 30 pages from the book. Take a knife and remove them. This will be segregated to the left hand side of the book to make the other part of the tree. It is a mirror image; do what you did for the right hand side of the tree.
8. Stick the halves of the Christmas tree and stick the wooden star on top of the tree.
9. The final step to this is that you need to spray the tree with the green color spray paint at least three times to give it a thick and luscious look.

Ginger bread Man

The gingerbread men can be made with the help of many materials. But it is always preferred to have a foam base for it. This is a gift which can be given as gift tags. For this, one needs to cut them in a manila folder type.

What do you need?

1. A pattern of gingerbread man from the internet. So that you know what does it look like
2. A sating thin ribbon which can be made as a bow or a foam bow
3. Manila file folder, crafting foam, card folder or felt
4. Glue. Preferably white
5. A golden thin crafting wire or a golden color cord which is used to make a hanger
6. pencil and eraser
7. A red paper and a paper punch. The punched paper is used as the eye of the ginger man. You can also use red small plastic buttons
8. scissors
9. Large eye needle
10. Fabric paint

How to make Christmas crafts of gingerbread man?

1. Cut the printed gingerbread man from the edges. It should look like an outline.

2. Place this cut out on the foam or the material that you are using for making the gingerbread man. Trace it and cut it in the same shape.

3. This is the easiest decoration for Christmas one can ever do. Stick the print out of the gingerbread man on the foam or the base that you have used. You can use any sort of decoration which is available in the house to make the gingerbread man very colorful. You can decorate the gingerbread man the way you want and can use any sort of spray paints on it.

4. The bow can be stuck with the help of the glue as it is made of foam. You can also attach various types of other accessories on the foam with the help of the same glue. A tie can also be attached instead of glue.

5. Stick the buttons in the place of the eyes.

6. Gingerbread man is ready for decoration.

How to make Christmas craft may be difficult at the last minute, so as a suggestion, start making them before hand so that you are hassle free and can decorate your home in the most wonderful way. This is the time when guests come to celebrate and greet, so the house should look colorful and in festive mood. Try to use a lot of colors so that house looks vibrant and beautiful.