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Christmas crafts
Christmas paper chains
Materials: Christmas wrapping paper, scissors, glue 1) 2) 3) 4) OR 1) 2) 3) Take 2 long strips of paper. Place one at a right angle to the other. Glue the ends together. Fold the strips over each other until you reach the end of the paper. Glue the ends together. Gently extend your paper chain. Cut the wrapping paper into strips, (approximately 20cm 3cm). Bend each strip into a circle and glue the ends together. Thread the next strip through the first and glue the ends. Continue to thread each strip through the next to make a long, colourful chain to decorate your walls, windows or doorways.

Snowflakes
Materials: Paper, scissors 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Place a round object such as a dish or saucer on a piece of paper. Draw around the object. Remove the object and cut out the circle. Fold the paper in half three times. Now cut small shapes out of the sides. Open out the paper and decorate your window with your snowflake.

To make snowflakes of different shapes try cutting out squares as well as circles!

Christmas baubles
Materials: Tissue paper, silver foil, cotton, scissors, glue 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Cut a piece of cotton about 18cm long. Fold the cotton in half. Wrap a small strip of silver foil around the ends of the cotton and squeeze tight. Continue wrapping silver foil around the cotton until you have a good-sized, round ball. Brush the ball with glue and cover with bright tissue paper. Decorate with glitter or stickers. Hang the baubles on your Christmas tree!

Alternatively, make Christmas tree decorations from old Christmas cards or gift tags! Just cut out the different shapes, punch a hole in the top with a hole-punch, thread a piece of cotton or ribbon through and your decorations are ready to hang on your tree!

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Christmas cards
Materials: Card or paper, scissors, glue, cotton wool, glitter, silver foil 1) 2) Fold a piece of card or paper in half. Draw a tree on the card or paper.

3) Cut out half of the tree and decorate. Alternatively, 1) 2) Draw a picture of a snowman or Santa Claus. Glue cotton wool on the body or moustache and beard. Decorate with glitter.

Christmas crackers
Materials: A cardboard tube (e.g. from the inside of a toilet or kitchen roll), tissue/crepe paper, ribbon, glue, glitter, scissors 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Roll the paper around the cardboard tube and glue the edges together. Tie one end with ribbon. Now drop a small packet of sweets or other treats inside the tube. You could also add a paper hat and a message-perhaps a joke, a riddle or a tongue twister! Tie the end with ribbon. Decorate your cracker with a festive picture, stars, stickers or glitter glue.

Fingerprint robins
Materials: Card or paper, liquid paints, paintbrush 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Pour some brown paint into a small dish. Dip your thumb into the paint. Press your thumb onto a piece of card or paper to make the body of a robin. Now pour some red paint into a dish and dip a finger into the paint. Press your finger onto the body to give the robin a red breast. Leave to dry for a few minutes. Add legs, a beak and eyes with a paintbrush or felt-tip pen.

Alternatively, try making a snowman with white paint, or a penguin with black and white paints! You could use your print designs on Christmas cards or gift tags, too!

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Festive potato prints

Materials: Card or paper, potato, knife, festive biscuit cutters, liquid paints, sponge 1) 2) 3) 4) Cut a potato in half. Using either the knife or biscuit cutters cut out the shape of a Christmas tree. Pour some paint into a small dish. Put some paint on the sponge and paint onto the potato. Now press the potato onto card or paper and leave to dry.

Santa Claus mobile

Materials: Card, cotton, scissors, tape 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) Draw and colour Santas hat. Draw and colour 2 round eyes and a round nose. Draw and colour a moustache and a beard. Cut out the eyes, nose, moustache, beard and hat. Cut a piece of cotton (about 30 cm long). Tape the hat to the middle of the cotton. Tape the nose below the hat. Tape the moustache below the nose. Tape the beard below the moustache. Cut 2 short pieces of cotton of equal length. Tape them to the hat. Tape the eyes to the other end of the cotton.

Your Santa Claus mobile is now ready!

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