Holiday Craft and Gift Ideas

When you have you mixture ready give your child a Styrofoam cup. Cover the cup with the newspaper strips and paste. Let dry for a few days. Once dry have your child use tempera paint and paint the holder. This gift will compliment any office or desk.

Weaving Coasters
You'll need:
Piece of cardboard
yarn
wooden ice cream stick

Take a piece of cardboard approximately 5"x 5" and wrap yarn around the cardboard piece about thirty-seven times (your number must be an odd number) it will depend on the size of your yarn/string.

Using the stick as a shuttle, show your child how to go over a string and under the next string and so on. The show your child the do the opposite on the way back. It's important to show your child to push down the yarn tightly. Do this until the whole card is filled.

You'll have to help your child take off the finished piece. Make knots at the ends and cut off the excess yarn pieces. This makes a great gift when it given as a set with a mug.

Refrigerator Magnets - Memo Holder
You'll need:
white paper
crayons or washables markers
glue
clothespins
self-adhesive-magnetic strip
scissors
decorative ribbon

Cut out Christmas shapes from white paper. Have your child add details and color with crayons or washable markers. Glue the back of the shape to a wooden clip clothespin, making sure the bottom is close to the clip part of the clothespin. On the other side of the clothespin attach a piece of self-adhesive-magnetic strip. Tie a ribbon around an arrangement of three or four holders as a gift set.

Candy Cane Ornaments
You'll need:
pipe cleaners
yarn
ornament hooks
decorative ribbon

Take a white pipe cleaner and shape it like the shape of a candy cane. Starting from the straight end (from the bottom of the, wrap a piece of red yarn wrap it around the pipe cleaner till the top. At the top, make a small loop with the red yarn. Make a knot -- attach an ornament hook, and it's ready to hang on your tree. Make 12, tie with a decorative ribbon and let your child offer a dozen sugar-free candy canes to a loved one.
Gumdrop Tree
You'll need:
a small branch
playdough ( or clay)
a drinking cup
white acrylic non-toxic paint
paint brush
gumdrops

Take a small branch and strip it of its leaves. Put the playdough at the

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