One of the first Christmas crafts we get to experience in life is the simple yet fascinating....paper snowflake! Okay....maybe the awe has worn off (just a little) but.................it's time to get out the printer paper, the (good) scissors.....kick back with a hot mug of cocoa, and brush off that inner-child!
No tutorial here....just light-hearted trial & error. 
Go ahead...have fun! Here's some inspiration!
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Introduction
For a playful nod to the traditional Christmas pin, try these cheerful corsages. They're easy enough for a child to make but sophisticated enough for her mom to wear. Once you gather your supplies, it's a snap to make multiple corsages in a single afternoon. We used an assortment of trimmings: tiny glass ornaments, pom-poms, snipped pieces of tinsel, and velvet and silk ribbons to embellish ours, but you could also use buttons, beads, special fabric you've been saving, or antique milliner flowers found at a flea market.
Step 1
Print the template, and cut out. From a piece of felt, cut one 2 1/2-by-5-inch rectangle for each pair of leaves. Fold rectangle in half lengthwise.
Step 3Glue desired trimmings to the front and a bar pin or a barrette to the back.
Step 4To prepare as a gift: Cut a 4-by-5-inch piece of card stock. Punch 2 small holes, about 1 inch apart, into the center of the card.Attach the pin or barrette. Using a rubber stamp and a white ink pad, stamp a "tag." Write the recipient's name and a greeting.
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It's the kids who will be doing the nibbling when these sweet mice are around. A combination of two Christmas icons -- mice and candy canes -- these tiny fabric creatures with their red-and-white-striped tails make fitting favors at a holiday dinner or delightful gifts for children to give to friends and relatives.
Mouse How-To:
On a photocopier, enlarge mice template by 150 percent; cut out. With a pencil, trace ears and body onto felt; cut out. Cut inner ears and a dot for a nose from felt in a contrasting color, cut dots for eyes from black. Glue the face and inner ears in place. Make slits in body for ears and candy-cane tail where marked; to make cutting easier, fold felt across center of slits, and snip. Slip ears through slits at front; then slide wrapped candy cane through body slits, tucking the end underneath the ear piece at the back.
COULD JUST AS EASILY USE CONSTRUCTION PAPER FOR THIS PROJECT!
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This method is referred to as Vodka glacée, and can be used for shots as well as mixed drinks. A simple and impressive way to display and serve drinks at any party.
1. Cut the top off a milk carton and rinse it out well.
2. Place a full bottle of vodka in the container. Make sure that your bottle of vodka will fit in it with room to spare. You can top off this frozen bottle with extra vodka as it gets used up.
3. Fill the milk carton with cold tap water. The water level should come up to the base of the neck of the vodka bottle.
4. Place flowers, greenery, or other decorations in the water, wedging them between the bottle and the inner wall of the milk carton to keep them submerged.
5. Place the filled milk carton and vodka bottle in the freezer on a flat, level area. The bottom of the milk carton needs to be kept as flat as possible so that when the embedded bottle is removed, it can stand upright on its own. Allow the water to freeze totally solid overnight. Note: If it's freezing cold outside........place the bottle (or...bottles) on the back porch or balcony. Works just as well, and saves space in the freezer for other things.
6. Remove the iced bottle. Run a little cool water over the carton, then tear/peel the carton away from the ice.
7. Display. The bottom of the ice may not be completely level enough to stand upright. Quick fix: heat a frying pan or pot on the stove. then slide the iced bottled around in it till the bottom is smoothed out. Wrap the bottle with a cloth napkin, to make it easier to grasp, and place on a tray or plate, along with complimentary greenery/foliage. Remember to check on occasion to pour off any melted water, so it doesn't overflow.
8. Return the bottle to the freezer if the ice has not melted much. Reuse and refill the bottle with vodka as needed. Remove the napkin first.
SOME EXAMPLES: LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD!
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Ribbon-Poinsettia WreathSatin ribbon provides a wide range of shades with which to form these beautiful facsimiles. Their hardiness makes them a delightful choice for a fine (and everlasting) indoor wreath.
Step 1
Cut three lengths of wide satin ribbon diagonally to form equal-sided diamonds. Pinch each diamond at the center, and pin to hold it. Hold all three together, staggering them to form the six-leafed blossom, then fix together by looping 26-gauge wire twisted at the back; using wire cutters, remove excess wire at the twist. Cut the stems from four store-bought stamens and attach them to the front of blossom with craft glue.
Step 2
Use green ribbon, about half as wide as the first, for the decorative leaves. Cut two lengths about three times as long as they are wide. With the back side up, fold half the ribbon over so it forms an L shape. Fold the other half of the L over the first so it covers the previous fold. Cinch the bottom of the resulting house shape and hold it with a pin.
Step 3
Shave the edges off of a 19-inch Styrofoam wreath form to give it a rounded profile. Wrap the form with satin ribbon, securing the loose ends with straight pins. Affix ribbon poinsettias and leaves to the wreath with large straight pins (which will be hidden within the folds) held firm with subtly applied hot glue.
Festive Paper WreathThis wreath is the ideal complement to a tree filled with paper ornaments and is also lovely
displayed on its own. Trace a leaf, or draw one freehand; use your design as a template to cut lots of leaves out of various shades of green paper. Make a cut in a 12-inch single-wire wreath form, and bend the form into a horseshoe shape; bend the two ends back 1/2 inch to form small hooks for hanging. Onto the back of each leaf, glue a 12-inch length of 20-gauge floral wire (available precut at craft stores). Starting at the top of one side of the form, attach a leaf by wrapping its wire stem around the form. Continue adding leaves, overlapping them so that each one covers half of the previous one, until you reach the center. Repeat, covering the other side with leaves. Bend leaves on their stems into just the arrangement you want. Add a big red bow in the center; hang the wreath from small nails or hooks, and suspend with fishing line.
A delicate-looking wreath that creates the magical effect of candles flickering in the snow is easy to make and surprisingly sturdy. Wreath frames are strung with twinkling lights that are nestled in frothy, doilylike paper bouquet holders known as "Biedermeiermanschetten."
Step 1
Working on a covered surface, lay a 24-inch wreath form inside a 30-inch one. Attach them with 24-gauge wire at 6 to 8 evenly spaced points.
Step 3
Wrap wreath form with a 20-foot strand of white holiday lights (test lights beforehand), leaving the plug end unwrapped (as much as is needed to plug in).
Step 4
With scissors, widen the center-hole slits slightly in paper bouquet holders (we used 10 8.8-inch ones, 20 6.4-inch ones, 20 4.8-inch ones, and 50 3.2-inch ones). Poke a finger through center hole of each bouquet holder (from front to back) to create openings large enough to accommodate a lightbulb.
Step 5
Beginning with largest ones, place bouquet holders evenly around wreath, slipping a light through each hole so that bulb bases, not bulbs, rest against paper. (From time to time, hang wreath, and step back to ensure that the arrangement is balanced and attractive.)
Step 6
Add remaining bouquet holders in descending size order. Use smallest bouquet holders to cover centers of larger ones and to fill in any gaps. Hang near an outlet. Unplug when unattended.
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Pack two kinds of homemade flavored popcorn in one bucket tin. Here, Macadamia Butter-Crunch and Chocolate-Almond. Purchase bucket tins at a home store. Then cut card-stock dividers to fit the diameter and height of the tins. Fill the containers by holding the divider in place and adding popcorn a handful at a time, alternating between the two flavors to keep divider from slipping. Finish with curled paper ribbon and gift tags.
Makes about 30 cups
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