Find out how to make these felted sweater ornaments with my tutorial over at Alpha Mom.
Embroidery Hoop Ornaments
With both children sick last weekend, we’ve had some down time for quiet projects (and lots of television, unfortunately). Anyway, my older daughter made the ornament above using a small embroidery hoop. She has pretty much learned how to sew at her Montessori school, although we work on it occasionally at home. I asked her to draw a snowflake (convincing her that simple was better) directly onto this linen fabric with a disappearing ink fabric marker. Then she did the rest on her own.
I am also working with my younger daughter on one, though I drew the design for her. We haven’t finished yet. You can see in the photo below that I shouldn’t have put that embroidery hoop on my lap while she was putting the needle through it. Ouch.
Potato Print Paper
We made some potato printed gift wrap the other day. We used tempera paint on butcher paper. Obviously, the simple shapes are easier to cut. This was a quick and easy project that the kids enjoyed.
Paper Crafts for the Holidays
Here are a few paper projects:
German Star, made by Fryd + Design, tutorial at Craftideas.info.
Snowman Garland and more paper crafts can be found at d. sharp.
Paper Trees from Martha Stewart.
Potato-printed gift paper from Craft Stylish.
Paper Snowflake on Wiki-How.
Origami Stars by Zen Crafting.
Flower Garland from Zakka Life.
It’s all about the joy.
Oh, the joy! Let’s do try to focus on that this year. I know today is not Monday, but my idea for yesterday needs some more work, so here are some quick and simple snowflake trees. Really, no need to spend money on decorations this year.
Just print on white card stock, cut, shape into a cone (overlapping a few inches) and staple. Here are the templates: