Christmas Craft Ideas

Christmas has not remained merely a religious celebration any more. There are numerous other ways to celebrate Christmas other than praying and following the rituals. Christmas vacations can be spent doing some unique Christmas craft ideas. It is wise to plan a getaway at a secluded place, miles away from the hustle and bustle of cities. A retreat from the racing life helps in unwinding and rejuvenating for the tedious work session ahead of the vacation.

Christmasonnet has an array of Christmas craft ideas for people ready to try their hands in some craft work. This is a nice way of taking a break from the tedious session of work. These craft ideas will surely help one unwind. These Christmas craft ideas allow people to spend quality time with their children. Here are a list of a few Christmas craft ideas that will help people to decide on how to spend the Christmas holidays while decorating the house, to set a festive mood inside the house.

Door Hanger Star Christmas craft ideas: A star is drawn on a cardboard. Then the pattern is cut out of it. The piece of felt is folded with the pattern with dotted line inside it. The pattern is pinned through both the halves of the felt. Now the stars are cut out of both the halves. Then the stars are matched with the dotted lines facing out. The top halves are then glued to attach the two stars together. The opening of the upper point of the star must not be glued.

Some stuffing is then put into the star and poked into the points of it. Then some more batting is inserted to stuff the middle portion. An 8 inches long cord is folded in half. A knot is tied at the end. A drop of hot glue is dropped in the bottom point. The knot of the piece of cord is pressed into the glue. The rest of the opening portions are glued to close. A 10" long silver cord is cut from the silver cord and folded in half. A bell is attached to each of the ends. Then the wires are knotted to secure the bells at place. The excess wires are cut down. This door hanger is hanged from the doorknob.

Sleigh Christmas craft ideas: Hot glue is put 1 ½" away from the edge of the sleigh. The base of the pine cone is pressed that the joint gets stiff to hold the pine cone. 6" pieces can be cut from the metallic craft ribbon. One end of the metallic ribbon can be pressed to the base of the pine cone. Squeeze hot glue on one end of the piece of ribbon and press it to the base of the pine cone where you can see the glue used to attach it to the sleigh. Then the rest of the portion can be wrapped round the base of the pine cone.

The foil wrapped boxes Re put on the sleigh. These must be put ½ inches away from the pine cone. The boxes are arranged in two rows. These boxes can be glued to the sleigh. This nice Sleigh Christmas Craft will look nice on the table.