This simple craft is based on Matthew 7 verse 14 which says "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Jesus can show us the way down the narrow road, if we use him as our compass in life. Materials Required 1. Printer and A4 Card (One piece...

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Try these yourself...make chalk-board easter eggs for your kids to decorate...and they can re-decorate them time after time and year after year! Materials Required 1. Eggs - I used small hollow plastic eggs. I looked at polystyrene eggs, but they were too rough and soft and the plastic lo...

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Try making this dancing cat. The simple mechanism at the back allows the head, arms and body to move... ...

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If you'd like to give your handmade ornament away as a gift, why not package it so it looks professional... Use the template below to create your own packaging. Insert it into an A4 word document, fit to size and print it out. Fold into quarters and trim edges to match. Tape the hangin...

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Try these easy Ribbon Ornaments... ...

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Try this Christmas Card from the Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial collection - it's called the "Folded Christmas Tree" and this is my version... It uses a simple semi-circle to create the tree. Their tutorial even has a video to watch. The tutorial from Splitcoaststampers can be found here For...

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Here is another version of the Christmas Advent Calendar, My friend and I worked together to create this one... We used -KaiserCraft "Twig amp Berry Yuletide" Scrapbooking paper -Canvas painting board (158x227mm) - Pkt of two from Daiso -KaiserColour "Olive" paint. To paint the ...

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I found an Advent Countdown on Pinterest that I absolutely loved, and I have created my own version of it, with it's own whiteboard for writing how many days left till Christmas... The original calendar is worth looking at too, you can find it here It's on a blog called "Eighteen 25"... ...

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This year the kids and I had great fun decorating a gingerbread house. The actual pieces of gingerbread we got in a pack from IKEA - easy and very yummy! No special cooking pans or recipes required! We "glued" the house together using toffee - much easier and firmer than trying to use icing ...

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Craft yourself a Halloween "Witches" Goodies box ...

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I found these small orange buckets at the local supermarket, and they reminded me of pumpkins. I cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth from thin black cardboard and then stuck them onto the bucket. (I used my xyron sticker maker to make them sticky). They were great for trick or treating. ...

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See my previous post for egg dying instructions Egg Dying Instructions Here I have basically followed the same instructions, but used white eggs and coloured the eggs with contrasting coloured crayons prior to putting them into the dye. Have fun... ...

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Easy and bright, dying hard boiled eggs is good easter fun... and healthier than chocolate Firstly hard boil some eggs. I recommend white shelled eggs, but if you only have brown eggs (as we did) they will work too. To hard boil eggs taken from the fridge 1. Heat water in a pot ti...

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Create a cute washing line filled with baby clothes using the template below. Either print the template out directly onto the reverse of your chosen papers, or print it out once onto a plain piece of paper and use tracing paper to transfer the design onto your chosen papers. Save the te...

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For each step you can click on the image to get a larger view. There are two templates to choose from The first has three tabs on the one, the second has only one tab. You can either open the template picture and save it onto you computer before using it. Or you can print ...

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