Since I learned how to punch needle this year, I really wanted to incorporate that into this countdown. I played with a couple of different images before settling on this one (inspired by this needle felted image I saw on Pinterest). What says Merry Christmas more than a brussels sprout wearing a crown from a Christmas cracker?
Today's craft is a quick one, a velvet coloring poster. It may not be fancy, but this quirky image amuses me and I have a soft spot for these coloring kits which were fairly popular when I was a kid.
Sometimes, I go to throw something away and am struck by it's possibility as a craft supply. That's what happened with this body wash bottle. Already a cute shape, when I looked at it I could see it's refashioned into a lady gnome.
I have a small collection of decorative plaques in different shapes I've picked up to paint. These round ones are pretty universally useful.
A couple of years ago, my big puppet build was a cranky fruitcake. It remains one of my favorite puppets, though this year's may give it a run for it's money.
From a simple foam tube ....
to a yule log cake.
I'm a fan of atypical decorations. Things you won't see in every house. So when I spotted these fabric jellyfish I was inspired. I started with a circle of Christmas patterned flannel.
I don't consider myself particularly macabre. I'm not super into Halloween. But recently I've found myself rather taken with the plastic animal skeleton decorations you find in stores in the fall. I've collected a trio of them I didn't want to put away when we decorated for Christmas so I've been trying all month to think of a way to incorporate them into our decor. I started by making them a sleigh out of cardboard and construction paper.
