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Christmas Projects

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, create a handmade gift, and cozy up for a winter craft session with our Christmas Projects! Find packaging ideas, decorations, and handmade gift inspiration for every person on your list. Don't settle for store-bought this year, instead, create something heartfelt with these yuletide DIY projects.

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Festive, Homemade Greeting Cards in 10 Minutes or Less

I think most crafters and artists set goals to make more things by hand for the holidays. I know I do. However, due to the busyness of the season, I never seem to meet that goal. The things I hope to make are usually way too time-consuming, especially...

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Token for Your Thoughts Test Tube Holiday Ornaments

Each morning I wake up to a chill in the air and everything outside is covered in a heavy layer of dew. Could Christmas be coming once again? The holidays always seem to appear out of nowhere, surprising me with how quickly they’re approaching...

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Simple Ornaments, Three Ways

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The holiday season is the time of year when I feel most like creating but have the least amount of free time to do so. Every year I have grand dreams of creating new decorations and making the majority of the gifts I’ll be giving. And every year I...

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Harvest Scrub Recipe With Festive Gift Tags (Free Printables)

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, our minds have jumped into holiday gift-giving mode. To help you prepare for the season, our design team has created a handful of seasonal printable labels to complete your homemade bath and body recipes...

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Good Tidings and Trimmings Project and Free Printables

My favorite part of the holidays is wrapping gifts. I love brewing a pot of tea, turning on some festive music, and sitting next to my Christmas tree, surrounded by all my supplies. It’s always fun to come up with a new theme or idea each season...

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Winter Snowflake Cards Project

My friend is throwing her daughter a “Winter One-derland” party for her 1st birthday. She has pretty little snowflakes and shades of lavender and blue decorating the invitation. I must have been subconsciously channeling that picture when I...

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No-Stitch Gift Sack Project

I still haven’t mastered the art of wrapping oddly shaped gifts, despite watching countless YouTube videos on how to do just that. I always try, then find myself tossing the ruined paper in the trash and pulling out the one thing that never fails...

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Spools and Corks Christmas Ornaments

As I was cleaning out some holiday storage, I found a pile of Christmas music that had been photocopied, dog-eared, and well loved over the years. I could remember standing on the “stage” at home (the landing at the bottom of our staircase)...

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Paperie Christmas Tree Project by Johanna Love

Our social media manager has been dreaming of a tiny house on wheels. Unfortunately, that means she'll have to give up her larger home décor items — including a Christmas tree. She's also allergic to pine trees (and most...

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Funky Junk Trees Project

When crafting for Christmas, I always hesitate when buying seasonal items. You’ll have to store them until next year if you don’t use it all, so you’d better really love them. The other option is to craft with what you have on hand. For...

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Steampunk Angel Christmas Tree Topper Project

My mother always topped her Christmas tree with an angel bedecked in all white. It held a candle and she uses it every year. The rest of the year, it is packed away carefully in the original box. One year, we lost an entire box of Christmas decorations...

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A Modern Cornucopia Project

As we prepare for Thanksgiving and the holiday season, I am reminded of traditional items of décor that instantly take me back to my childhood. My mother had a burlap table runner with felt pilgrims on it, and a turkey candle that, when blowing it...

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Give a Little Gold: Quick and Easy Packaging Ideas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but you know what isn’t wonderful? Wrapping. I hate it. My corners end up crooked and the paper tears — not to mention the year that all my gift toppers came untaped and all the gifts...

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Teeny Canvases to Trim Your Tree Project

Growing up we had two Christmas trees: a large one filled with all sorts of ornaments and a much smaller one on which my mom hung her handmade ornament collection. That tree was absolutely bursting with ornaments she had purchased from artisans over the...

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Let It Snow: Bath Salts Scene

There’s just something about snow. It inspires fond memories of digging out Grandpa’s driveway and building snow forts with the freshly shoveled powder. It reminds me of snowball fights with cousins and playing until our cheeks and noses were...

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O Christmas Tree! Mixed-Media Tags

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches! These mixed-media tags can be used to top a last-minute gift, or they can decorate Christmas cards, canvases, and more. O Christmas Tree! Mixed-Media Tags Directions: Cut a tall triangle...

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Wrapping Inspiration with Paper Rosettes

I cannot wrap gifts. My packages don’t just lack the sharp corners or finesse of finely wrapped presents — my gifts are disastrously decorated. They are a train wreck of wrapping paper, ribbon, and tape. I once gave a gift to my sister that...

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Christmas Memories: Reed Diffuser Project

Everyone knows what Christmas smells like. It reminds me of spiced cider, pine trees, cinnamon, hot cocoa, and sugar cookies. For this project, create a fun and festive reed diffuser that can disseminate the scent memories from Christmases past. Project...

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Jolly Holiday Soap Gift Project

DIY soap is a super simple gift to give this holiday season. Take it a step further by packing it with pretty lace and twine, adorning with a grubby tag, and tying on a Christmas token. Jolly Holiday Soap Gift Project Instructions: Create custom soaps...

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Holly Jolly Engraved Mugs Project

I’ve been dreaming of the holiday season since August and it has finally arrived! I am already starting to see holiday ideas flooding Pinterest and the pops of red and green are appearing in store windows. This project is a great way to add a...

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Joy to the World Blocks Project by Sarah Donawerth

“Joy to the World” is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I sing it every year, and I am encouraged and hopeful for the year to come. I know the song on every instrument I play, from violin to ukulele, and I love the message of hope and joy...

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Merry & Bright Holiday Mixed-Media Project

We last used these metallic rub-ons by Tim Holtz to adorn gift wrap and make ornaments using Sandra Evertson’s Relics and Artifacts. Now taking them a step further, we decided it was time to add them to a piece o f art. This holiday mixed-media...

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Pack It, Wrap It, Bag It 3 Creative Packaging Ideas Project

‘Tis the season for packaging and gift wrap! Whether it’s bags, wrapping paper, or decorative boxes, we can’t just settle for the store-bought options. Instead, we’ve come up with three packaging ideas that are sure to inspire you...

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Pretty Holiday Packaging using Paper Rosettes Project

Looking for a way to spice up your wrapping paper this holiday season? These handmade paper rosettes are perfect for adding extra visual interest to your packaging. Adorn your packages with these versatile embellishments and create a gift topper that can...

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Tiny Gingerbread Houses by Sarah Donawerth

Every time I see a gingerbread house, I’m reminded of the Christmas party I went to every year at a friend’s house. Her mother would always have gingerbread houses ready for us to decorate and we’d spend the afternoon icing and...

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All that Glitters Holiday Ornaments and Gift Wrap

These new metallic rub-ons by Tim Holtz are so versatile. They can be used to adorn gift wrap or to make ornaments. This week, Sarah Donawerth and Bekah Ellington partnered together to see what they could create using the rub-ons. Sarah created ornaments...

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Festive Favors Project1

Working with glass vials never gets old. Whether you are creating favors for a party, place cards for a holiday affair, or a little festive décor, these adorable vials are the perfect accessory for the holiday season. Festive Favors Project...

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Birds of a Feather Holiday Cards by Sarah Donawerth

What could possibly make Dina Wakley’s Scribbly Birds stamps cuter? … Holiday hats! These stamps are perfect for Christmas cards, holiday scrapbook pages, or even a Winter Wonderland-themed art journal. For these cards, I combined...

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Simple DIY Custom Packaging Project

When giving a gift, unique packaging is a must for me. As a creative, I can’t let it go untouched. Since clean and simple wrapping is my go-to, Kraft paper is one element I can never turn down. In this project, I’ll show you how to use...

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O Christmas Tree Stamped and Embossed Wrapping Paper Project

Get creative with your wrapping paper this holiday season by making your own. This simple, stamped and heat embossed kraft paper is sure to leave the recipient feeling extra loved because of the added thought you put into their gift. O Christmas Tree...

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