FESTIVE CRAFTS
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Gingerbread garland You will need: Brown felt, gingerbread
man template, pen, pins, scissors, ribbon 1 Pin the gingerbread man template onto the felt and draw around the edge. Repeat until you have at least 10 men. 2 Cut out the gingerbread men. 3 Cut two vertical slits on the chest of each gingerbread man so that you can thread the ribbon through. 4 Thread with the ribbon an hang up along your mantelpiece.
TOP TIP
Using sharp, pointed needlework scissors will make cutting out the gingerbread men easier.
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Christmas forest
Star of wonder
You will need: Christmas tree template,
You will need: Wooden pegs, wood glue,
wrapping paper or sheet music, scissors, ruler, pen, skewers, 5cm discs of wood (cut from a branch), drill, glue, gold star stickers
wood varnish, ribbon, scissors
1 Use the tree template as a guide to cut triangles from sheet music or stiff wrapping paper. 2 Turn up 2cm at the bottom of the triangle to create a fold. Keep folding, as you would a fan, until you reach the top. 3 While still folded, make a hole through the centre of the tree with a skewer. You may need scissors to start you off. Push the skewer through to the top and gently ease out the folds. 4 For the base, drill a small hole into a wooden disc. Glue the base of the skewer into the disc using wood glue or a hot glue gun. To finish, stick a star at the top of the tree. Repeat until you have a whole forest!
1 For each star, take apart 8 pegs. Glue the pieces of each peg back-to-back and leave to dry. 2 Stick together four pairs at the rounded end to make a cross. Leave to dry. Stick the last four pairs in the gaps to make a star. Leave to dry. 3 Use a wood varnish to colour the star and increase its longevity. 4 Tie ribbon around one of the star’s points to hang.
TOP TIP Wrap a heavy hardback book in paper and lay it on the star while the glue dries to keep it in place – wipe off the excess glue first. Leave until it’s completely dry.