Gingerbread House

This was made using a kit bought from Lakeland. It only contained the cutters, but had the gingerbread and icing recipes on the back of the box.

Suitable for 15 years +

Holly Wreath

Very spiky! Suitable for older children, young people and adults

You will need:

~ Oasis

~ Holly

~ Decorations (Berries, pine cones, ribbon etc)

Method

1) Soak the oasis in water overnight

2) Put holly into the oasis to create the wreath

3) Add any decorations

This craft is suitable for 12 years +

Paper Stocking

A sweet craft to hang above the fireplace

You will need:

~ Stocking template

~ Materials to decorate

~ Catalogue (optional)

Method:

1) Allow children to decorate the stocking

2) OPTIONAL: Cut out and stick pictures from a catalogue to make a Christmas Wishlist

This craft is suitable for 18 months + with assistance

Cotton Wool Santa

A beautiful craft with new textures

You will need:

~ Santa template

~ Glue

~ Cotton wool

Method:

1) Cut out the Santa template

2) Put glue onto the template and stick on blobs of cotton wool

Alternatively, have a template big enough to glue on 25 cotton wool balls and use it as an advent calendar

This craft is suitable for 2 1/2 years +

Paper Santa

A paper craft decoration, originally from DLTK.com

You will need:

~ Printer

~ Paper

~ Scissors

~ Glue

~ Materials to decorate

Method:

1) Print the template from here:

2) Cut out and glue template together as instructed here

3) Decorate!

This craft is suitable for 2 years +

Candy Cane

Candy Canes for Christmas!

You will need:

~ Materials to decorate

~ Candy cane template

Method:

1) Allow children to decorate the candy cane however they want

This craft is suitable for 15 months +

Gingerbread Man

"You can't catch me, I'm a gingerbread man!"

You will need:

~ Paint or materials to decorate

~ Gingerbread man template

Method:

1) Allow children to decorate the gingerbread man

This craft is suitable for 15 months +