The Home Made Christmas Thread 2020 🎄

kath72

Well it’s that time of year again. I can’t believe this will be the third home made Christmas thread 😮

I know some of you (@vickyjakesmum ) started your Christmas makes in lockdown and, as it looks like we might all be back to tighter restrictions again soon, I thought it was time to share and inspire each other.

Christmas 2020 might not be the usual, we might not be able to gather with family and friends but nothing says ‘I love you’ like a home made gift. And if cash is tight they can be a really good value for money option 😉

I’m going to try a few new crafts this year, is anyone else?

Please do share your makes and bakes with us here.

jklou93

kath72 I think I might try a wreath! I bought the circle thing ( sure there the tech name 😏) last year but never got around to it

frenchielove

kath72 thank you for starting this, I cannot wait to see peoples’ things although I am not feeling it this year at all, for many reasons. Well done ❤️

yvonnearmstrong

kath72

Kath I love❤️your home made Xmas threads and the years have flown by 😕
Even though this Xmas is going to be strange 🙁I’ll look forward to people’s Xmas Creations
Yvonne 💟

untz

kath72 how fab! I don’t know if I will post much on this thread as I haven’t really been doing craft work lately, but I will certainly enjoy reading it!

browi09

kath72 lovely post

janny27

kath72
I always make Christmas cakes, puddings, pickles, ginger parkin and shortbread and pass them around family and friends.

mijthebarber

kath72 good knows what were gonna do with Xmas this year

pmaine

kath72 a lovely thread

pw6049

kath72 this is an awesome thread so well done

jasminyates

kath72 woo Christmas ❤️❤️❤️

kath72

Ok for starters I bought a £5 candle making kit in Aldi the other day. It has 2 moulds, star and square shape So that’s a good starter for a Christmas theme.
there’s enough wax To make 2 candles too and 2 wicks

i didn’t have any crayons to add for colour so I just Added some lavender essential oil to try it out. Very simple so I’m going to get some more wax and Try some of the other ideas in the book that came in the kit and make some for gifts.

aliaghas786

kath72
That’s a lovely candle love the dish underneath very elegant 😍
Love the smell of lavender ❤️
Hope you all had a good day
Stay safe 👍
God willing 🙏 god bless you all 🙏

haleemanoor

kath72 im also interested in art and carfts. Its a great and new thread for me. Did you sell candles.

bethany_j

What a fantastic idea, I can’t wait to see what everyone makes. 🙂 A lot of my Christmas “crafting” ends up being food based, but I would like to give something a go that’s crafting in the more traditional sense, so hopefully I can get some ideas from here!

kath72

bethany_j
most of mine used to be baking too but I’m not working now so trying out some new things.

I’ve got flowers pressing and I’m going to try making resin jewellery with them when the supplies arrive

I’ve picked up some really good ideas here the past couple of years so hopefully you will too

kath72

aliaghas786 that dish is a saucer from our wedding dinner set which wasn’t that expensive and we’ve had to replace as we’d broken too many plates after nearly 25 years 😂 the saucers are good for plants and I have a cup with no handle I use for measuring porridge 😂

vickyjakesmum

I made my Christmas cake a week or so ago, can’t find the photo at the moment, but will post up as soon as I do.

kath72

vickyjakesmum great … that’s on my list for next week … hurt my back so haven’t been up to big jobs 😂 but it’s nearly better now

aliaghas786

kath72
Awh that’s lovely you had it since your wedding very lovely ❤️
Awh bless, ive broken too many glass things it’s hard to keep count now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 very clumsy I am
That is a very good idea to use it to measure the porridge, good way to reuse things instead of throwing them away
👍
Hope you had a good day say safe god willing and enjoy your night god willing 🙏✨

kath72

jklou93 I think I might try a wreath!

Oooh that will be lovely ..make sure you show us a picture

kath72

haleemanoor Did you sell candles.

That was my first attempt … I actually find making to sell less inspiring. I like making things for gifts and imagining the persons (hopeful) enjoyment of it

haleemanoor

kath72 oky💐

prescilla_g

@kath72 thank you so much for starting this thread! It’s funny that you mention candle making because I was saying the other day that I really would love to learn how to make them - I will be keeping an out for the candle kit in Aldi, for sure!

Looking forward to seeing all your creations 🙂 I might join in myself, toddler tantrums permitting 😛

kath72

prescilla_g I might join in myself, toddler tantrums permitting

Toddler tantrums are no excuse … just get them ‘helping‘
mine were mixing brownies (it’s easy to stir) before they were 2

anyway grandparents have to like crafts the grandchildren made (we found every one from ours to their gran safely stored away when she died)

how about salt dough shapes toddler can cut out stars, they can be baked then painted another day… just protect any other surfaces you don’t want painted. I had a couple of old shirts of my husbands, cut off the collars, and sleeves to right length then put on child backwards and their clothes are protected

as for candles, once the wax is cooked from melting it’s really not that hot for supervised stirring in of scented oil And/or crayons to colour it

alexandra_mg

@kath72 I am definitely going to be following this for inspiration and ideas! 😃 I want this year to be a little bit more festive when it comes to decorations etc, as well, 2020 has just been a strange one to say the least and last Christmas we were moving house, so will be looking at lots of ideas (and will subsequently share any of my creations!) to make and have in the house 😃

kath72

alexandra_mg
great well look forward to seeing what you make

frenchielove

kath72 salt dough is always a favourite, they love making things with pine cones too, and of course the old favourite potato candle holder 🤗