
Easy Felt Bat Ornament Craft
Here is an easy ornament craft you can do with your kids. I call it the Angry Bat ornament (they're angry because they've been left out of the angry birds hype, and they're swarming the Christmas trees!). Here's a free PDF pattern. Feel free to use it any way you...

10 Do It Yourself Christmas Gift Ideas
I grew up in a family with eight kids, and we never had money for extravagant gifts. For Christmas, we drew names and one person would buy one other person a gift. That was it (well, except for the occasional gag gift like the time my sisters got me a size D bra when...

Faux Melted Silver Ore Earrings
You are seriously going to laugh at how easy and inexpensive it is to make these look-alike melted silver earrings! It took me probably 10 minutes to set up and finish a pair of earrings. The "molten silver ore" is nothing but hot glue drizzled into a cup of ice...

How to Make a Felt Hat
I've been working on a "ten things you can make for Christmas gifts" list, so when a friend gave me a huge piece of heavy gray wool fabric, I decided to try making felt hats for the list (shrunken wool = felt). I watched at least an hour's worth of millinery (hat...
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