Home-made Christmas presents and decorations are those we remember best. The sites listed here contain a single Christmas project that appear on a site that would otherwise appear in a different category. A wide variety of Christmas crafty projects can be found here.
All the website owners have also included their favorite Christmas crafty tips.
These snowmen are a great Christmas craft project that would be great for kids to make. Simple instructions, no fussy cutting, and simple basic sewing make this a great last minute Christmas gift option as well.
More detailed instructions are also available on the Craftster.org forum they are listed under Stuffed Snowmen.
Put some rice or beans in a zip-lock baggie to weight your snowman and to help it to stand on it's own. The baggie will help to keep the rice/beans in place and prevent them from working their way through the sock.
Chocolate covered cherries are always yummy, but this creative Christmas suggestion turns them into mice. A terrific holiday party hostess gift or serve them at your own Christmas party.
When melting chocolate chips in a microwave, make sure you don't get any water in the bowl, otherwise the chocolate will sieze and you will have to start over.
This soft tree could be used as a ornament for your Christmas tree or a table decoration. Free patterns and instructions in PDF form. There's also a link to a group on Flicker that includes a gallery of other crafter's trees.
Along with a number of other free paper piecing quilting patterns, Wendy offers a cute quilted Santa Claus ornament. A great last minute project for package ties, gift giving, or stocking stuffer.
Editor's Note: The website is in both Dutch and English, but the Santa pattern instructions are in Dutch. Anyone who has done paper pieced quilting before should be able to follow the pattern.
Consider fabric choices carefully. When making smaller paper-pieced projects, fabrics with large patterns may not look as good as fabrics with smaller patterns.