1. Stock full of gifts

Tiny presents will find a cozy home in these personalized stocking.

Materials:    
•    Red flannel
•    White flannel
•    Fabric glue
•    Scissors
•    Fabric markers and embellishments

Step 1: From the red flannel, cut out two stocking shapes. Cut out two cuffs, heels, and toes from the white flannel.

Step 2: Glue all the edges of the stocking together, except the topmost part. Then glue on the white heels, toes, and cuffs on both sides of the stocking. Make sure to leave the top part open.

Step 3: Decorate with fabric markers and other embellishments

2. On a roll

Angels’ sparkly wings and halos brighten the season.

Materials:
•    Toilet paper roll
•    Markers
•    Craft foil
•    Yarn
•    Metallic pipe cleaner
•    Glue
•    Scissors

2.a. On a roll

Step 1: Draw your angel’s dress and face on the TP roll.
Step 2: Cut out wings from a piece of craft foil. Glue this onto the back of the roll.

2.b. On a roll

Step 3: Glue on strands of yarn for your angel’s hair—an extra strand can be used as a hanger. Use a metallic pipe cleaner for a halo.

3. Tag Along

No more anonymous gifts under the tree!

Materials:
•    Colored cardboard
•    Craft punchers
•    Scissors
•    Glue
•    String

Step 1: Draw and cut tag shapes on colored cardboard.
Step 2: Using a Christmas-themed craft puncher, punch out designs on contrasting cardboard. Get creative with gluing on the punched-out designs on your tags.
Step 3: Punch a hole by the narrow end of your tags. Thread through string or thin ribbon.

4. Let it snow

Create your own winter wonderland at home!

Materials:    
•    Empty glass jar with lid
•    Toys
•    Glue
•    Silver or pearl glitter
•    Water

Step 1: Glue toys onto the inside base of the jar’s lid.
Step 2: Fill the jar halfway with water and sprinkle in glitter. You may have to top up the water depending on how much space your toys take up.
Step 3: Screw on the lid onto the jar. You may want to put glue on the jar’s mouth before attaching the lid to provide an extra seal.

5. Stamped, wrapped, delivered of gift wrapper

If you can just make sheets and sheets with what you have at home.

Materials:    
•    Brown paper or newspaper
•    Sponge
•    Scissors
•    Acrylic Paint

5.a. Stamped, wrapped, delivered of gift wrapper

Step 1: Draw a simple shape onto a piece of ordinary kitchen sponge. Using scissors or a cutter, cut out the shape. This will be your stamp.

Step 2: Spread some acrylic paint in a shallow bowl, and dip the sponge into the paint. Stamp designs onto brown paper, either randomly or in a grid pattern.

Step 3: Once dry, use your stamped paper as you would a store-bought gift wrapper.

6. Touchy feely greeting card

Share your holiday sentiments with a card that’ll touch your loved ones’ fingers as much as their hearts.

Materials:
•    Corrugated card sheet
•    Colored cardboard
•    Red and white pipe cleaners
•    Glue
•    Scissors

Step 1: Score the middle of the backside of the corrugated card sheet. Flip over and fold.

Step 2: Twist the two pipe cleaners together to make a candy cane shape.

Step 3: Glue on a smaller piece of coordinating colored card onto the middle of the folded corrugated card sheet. Onto that, glue the pipe cleaner candy cane.

7. Frozen delight

Materials:
•    Empty tin can
•    Markers
•    Strip of cardboard 1x7 inches
•    Fabric scraps
•    Glue

Step 1: Paint the tin can white and allow to dry completely. Draw on eyes, a nose, and a mouth.

Step 2: Glue on the strip of cardboard over the opening of the can. This will be the ear muff’s headband, and your container’s handle.

Step 3: Cut out two round pieces and one long straight piece of scrap fabric. This will be your snowman’s muffs and scarf. Glue one round piece on top of each end of the cardboard strip. Tie the scarf around the base of the can.

8. Glitter Tree

Even a branch picked up from the yard can bring the season’s cheer when sprinkled with sparkly dust.

Materials:    
•    Twig
•    Glue
•    Silver glitter
•    Small flowerpot
•    Cloth and yarn
•    Small ornaments

Step 1: Brush on a solution of three parts glue to one part water onto the branch, then sprinkle glitter. Allow to dry completely, then tap off excess glitter onto a piece of newspaper or a paper plate.

Step 2: Wrap a small flowerpot with a piece of cloth and secure with a piece of yarn or ribbon. Hold the glittered branch in the center of the pot. Secure it in place with sand or glass marbles.

Step 3: Decorate the branches with ornaments.

9. In The Bag

Wrapping awkward gifts is a problem no more.

9.a. In The Bag

Step 1: Wrap a box as a guide, but be sure to keep one end open. With your fingers, make creases on your gift wrapper at the box corners.

9.b. In the Bag

Step 2: Pull out the box and fold inward the two narrower sides of the bag.

9.c. In the Bag

Step 3: Punch holes at the top of the bag and string ribbon through to make handles.

10. High strung

Recyclables find new purpose in this straw and paper garland

Materials:
•    Drinking straws
•    Old Christmas cards
•    Yarn or string
•    Scissors
•    Puncher

Step 1: Cut shapes out of old Christmas cards and scrap paper. Cut straws of various colors into different lengths.

Step 2: Punch holes through the centers of your cutouts.

Step 3: String cutouts and straws alternately until you have the length of garland you want.

11. Card Keeper

So you won’t run out of table space for keeping cards on display.

Materials:    
•    2 paper plates
•    Craft scissors
•    Glue
•    Paint
•    Yarn
•    Old Christmas Card

11.a. Card Keeper

Step 1: Cut one paper plate in half using craft scissors, and then glue the rim of the half onto the whole plate. While waiting for the glue to dry, cut out a design from an old Christmas card.

11.b. Card Keeper

Step 2: Paint the entire basket. Once the paint’s dry, glue your cutout design onto the front half of your basket.

11.c. Card Keeper

Step 3: Punch two holes at the top of your basket and thread through with ribbon or yarn. Collect and display your Christmas cards in your hanging basket.

12. Balls of Fun

Materials:
•    2 domed plastic drink cup lids
•    Scissors
•    2 one-peso-sized pieces of cardboard
•    Sequins Japanese paper and craft foil
•    Ribbon
•    Glue

12.a. Balls of Fun

Step 1: Cut the outer rim on one of the drink cup lids. Seal the bottom by gluing on one of the pieces of round cardboard.

12.b. Balls of Fun

Step 2: Fill each lid with cut up pieces of Japanese paper and craft foil. Sprinkle in sequins and glitter.

12.c. Balls of Fun

Step 3: Snap the two lids together. Punch a hole through the second piece of round cardboard and string the ribbon through. Glue this to the top hole of the lid, sealing the ball’s contents.