Homemade Christmas and Festive Decorations: 25 Home Craft Projects

Homemade Christmas and Festive Decorations: 25 Home Craft Projects
Ros Badger

Thompson Thompson

Add a touch of personality and creativity to your home with projects for Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine’s and birthdays.Complete with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photography, learn to make extra special festive decorations – such as a birthday pinata, knitted angels, fragrant rose petal stuffed hearts or an Easter tree. Shop-bought decorations just can’t compare!25 fun and simple projects to make, perfect for beginners.Complete with patterns, and knitting, sewing and craft basics.Includes a directory of suppliers and resourcesThe content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson, first published by Collins in 2009.

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This ebook edition published in 2012 by Collins includes some material first published in Homemade, first published in 2009.

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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2012

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Text © Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson 2009, Ros Badger 2012

Photography © Benjamin J Murphy 2009, 2012

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Photography Benjamin J Murphy

Editors Emma Callery and Sarah Tomley

Packager Tracy Killick Art Direction and Design

Source ISBN: 9780007489558

Ebook edition © October 2012 ISBN: 9780007489565

Version 2016-11-29

Contents

Title Page (#ub1d90e48-9607-5c27-a61c-96fb196d7663)

Copyright

Introduction

Christmas

Dressing the Christmas tree

Felt decorations

Knitted angel

Floating baubles

Festive mantelpiece

Christmas wreath

Cranberry Christmas decorations

Christmas card garland

Hand-painted Christmas plate

Advent calendar

Christmas stocking

Valentine’s day

Rose-scented Valentine heart

Valentine paper cut-out

Valentine bed garland

Easter

Easter tree

Easter egg bunting

Easter bird decorations

Pin the egg on the chicken

Halloween

Pumpkin lanterns

Halloween goodie bags

Spooky silhouettes

Birthdays