Description of Coloring Page: angel ornament, inside a Christmas tree, bell, garland, star, candle, decorate a Christmas tree
Bright and shining on every limb.
But the nicest ornament of all
Is an angel, so dainty and small.''
Description of Coloring Page: angel ornament, inside a Christmas tree, bell, garland, star, candle, decorate a Christmas tree
Description of Coloring Page: child artwork, Christmas Creche, camels, sheep, shepherds and wise men, hammer and nails, backdrop, props, scene, table
Learn more about the babe in a manger throne. |
Phil Wickham sings "Manger Throne"
A Star will come out of Jacob... |
The finished poinsettia quilled ornament covered with glitter. |
The painted ornament before adding the glitter. |
This nostalgic print would look charming on a fireplace mantel or hanging on a tree. You could also tuck it inside of a Christmas card for a special family member or friend. Apply a bit of glue and transparent glitter to it's surface to make the snowy surface come to life...
Gibson's Movie Post Cards "An all around Merry Christmas'' restored for fun and merry making. |
Left, see the yarn covered bauble hanging. Right, here to see the hook detail. |
The key to making these knitting balls for the tree is to limit the amount of yarn used to cover the bauble's surface so that the ornament won't get to heavy for the branches of a Christmas tree. And also, if you are a frugal knitter, you may only want to use the amount of yarn necessary for these festive trims so that there will be enough left-over for the next textile project!
To make winter skies like ours for your Christmas tree you will need the following craft supplies: metal snaps (sewing notions), twine, masking tape, white school glue, hot glue gun and glue, acrylic paints, figurative tissue paper, wooden skewers, fine sandpaper and large Popsicle sticks or tongue depressors.
Above, see two different methods for decorating your skis and ski poles. |
Left, is the sled from underneath. Right is the sled from above. |
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This yarn mountain has yarn snow too. |
Left, cut and wrap a cone from cardboard. Center wrap the yarn mountain. Right, a cotton batting snow cap in this version of the ornament. |
Below is an illustrated model of how a log cabin, made from paper, may be cut and fashioned in such a way as to store it flat until needed. It is "a cabin home'' with pull strings and presto! the walls come together. Make free standing trees too and craft a small frontier display to assemble beneath a table-top tree if you like...
Other types of homes may be made following the above working plan. |
I've added the whiskers here to the mice. |
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Left, standing mouse, wire armature. Center, sitting mice, wire armature. Right, 'fleshed-out' mice before adding painted eyes and dryer lint for colorful fur. |
Above you can see the grey mouse from different angles. |
Above is my spotted mouse from different angles. |
Detailed photos of seated mice posed together. |
See the dryer lint in a bag. I collected multiple greys, black and browns over time. |
Painted wooden squirrel flat. |
This little wooden flat of a squirrel is painted in a very abstract way using a dry brush and sponge technique. You could just as easily choose to paint him by the same methods using grey colors instead.
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A vintage girl shaped using chenille stems and felt scraps. |
You can assemble this adorable little Christmas Miss using felt and tacky fabric glue. I believe she dates back to the 1960s or 70s. Make a whole series in any color to match your tree trimmings...
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The following gift tags have been altered and colorized by kathy grimm for our visitors to print, cut and stick onto gifts for the holiday season! Do not resale or distribute these from any other website they are the freeware property of our belsnickle blog.
Christmas gift tags in red and green for all your wrapping needs this season, 2024. |
The painted cotton batting frog from three angles. |
Longing For Home
They journey over the hills of Palestine to find a baby King in Nazareth... |
Christmas
OVER the hills of Palestine
The silver stars began to shine;
Night drew her shadows softly round
The slumb'ring earth, without a sound.
Among the dewy fields and rocks,
The shepherds kept their quiet flocks,
And looked along the dark'ning land
That waited the divine command.
When lo! through all the opening blue,
Far up the deep, dark heavens withdrew;
And angels in a radiant light
Praised God through all the list'ning night.
Again the sky was deep and dark;
Each star relumed his silver spark;
The dreaming land in silence lay
And waited for the dawning day.
But, in a stable low and rude,
Where white-horned, mild-eyed oxen stood.
The gates of heaven were still displayed
For Christ was in the manger laid.
"Messiah" sung by Francesca Battistelli
Description of Coloring Page: children dressed in costume as Mary, Joseph and an angel with a trumpet, Christmas play for school or church, Nativity, a doll plays baby Jesus, shepherd staff, paper stars, theater curtain
Finished vintage inspired, cone angel figures. |
Left, tiny cone angels hold: holly, bow and snowflake. Center several have bottle brush trees. Right, one has wings cut from a doily... and many have transparent glitter stuck to their wings. |
Left, are miniature angels with tulle skirts playing harps. Right the very same hold lights, seen in catalogue. |
Pattern for making a cone angel and one version of wings. |
More Examples of Vintage Figures from The 1960s:
One of many Christmas spiders that hang on our trees during the holidays. This one is made from wire and cotton batting and a tiny bit of paint. The face is modeled from Sculpey pressed into a factory made mold. I'm not sure whether or not one of these may be found just anywhere... So crafters may need to paint a small wooden bead and attach it to their spider's body for a head.
This cotton batting spider hangs on a white Christmas tree ordinarily, however, this year she has been hung on a woodland themed tree in our study. |
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Left, the spider prior to painting. Right, the painted version. |
The spider get a shower of glitter after painting. |
Give a gift of memories on a Christmas wreath this year! See this collection before it was wired to the wreath. |
The Christmas Holidays by D. M.
The snow lies thick upon the ground,
The leaves have dropped from off the trees;
Of woodland songs we hear no sound,
For ice-cold is the bitter breeze.
The singing birds are silent now,
With mournful look and drooping wing;
Starving of cold and hunger, how
Can they with mirthful music sing?
But winter has its charms for those
Who live in happy homes. Our boys
Our girls, who know nor grief nor woes,
Ah! winter has for them its joys:
Its happy Christmas holidays,
When home, so dear, seems dearer yet;
With mother's kiss and father's praise,
Ah! who such joys can e'er forget?
And then the Christmas visit paid
To Granddad in his country home;
Where many a merry boy and maid
Will cry, 'Granddad, we've come, we've come!'
Dear youthful days, how bright they seem
To happy-hearted girl and boy!
In after years they're but a dream,
But still, a dream of love and joy.
I want to tell you to-night a story which has been told to little children in Germany for many hundreds of years...