Salt Dough Decorations

So Christmas is coming, and decorations are expensive. Plus I need something to do.

Well these are perfect.

Salt dough is cheap and easy to make and you can decorate it however you like.

You Will Need:

• 2 cups of plain flour
• 1 1/4 cups of water
• 1 cup of salt

All you need to do is mix together the flour and the salt and then slowly mix in the water until it becomes a dough. Kneed it, roll it, cut it, and pop it on a baking tray.  Use the blunt end of a square to pock some holes so they can be hung up. Bake in an oven at about 170 degrees c for about 30 mins. Take them out and allow them to cool.

Now is the fun part, decorating.

You can paint them, use permanent makers and draw on them, you could glue on glitter.... The possibilities are endless. Really use your imaginations and create something amazing!

I hope you have fun making these. Thank you for reading!

Christmas Table Decoration

Last year I had family come to stay so we (me and my mum) put a lot of effort in to decorating the table.

We went on the hunt for a really nice table cloth and eventually we found a really nice one in John Lewis.
Then we went to the pound shop to buy some more stuff. The pound shop has a huge range of Christmas stuff plus it was all really cheap. We found some red table mats that had really nice snowflake patterns on. We also found matching drink mat things. There were also things like table confetti but be careful because it can stain if you dont remove it from the table after a while.

Now all good tables need a table center. I used a branch which I put in a plant pot filled with gravel. You could spray the branch but I didn't. Then I decorated the branch with some posh ball balls. If you lay them out really well your table will look amazing!

You could mix up the colours or stick to a theme like I did.

Christmas Ideas

Hi everyone! I am very sorry we have not been posting much recently but I am going to give you a few ideas for Christmas presents, so get making!

Do you ever feel like your stocking could do with an update? Well why don't you add a few stitched extras?

Maybe you have a family member that could do with a new scarf? Well why don't you get a knitting book out of the library and knit them one.

You could make a wallet like in our Fathers Day Post. Use your imagination and turn it into a practical purse to give as a present.

Now this is not strictly needle craft but it is creative. You could have a go at recreating a favourite Christmas song in a different medium like trying to draw out your favourite lyrics in a cool arty style.

So have fun and give it a go!