10 Projects to Button Up Your Christmas Tree
Get out the button box and get your Christmas tree craft on! You can make button ornaments, button garlands or little button trees that are super cute and super easy....
Christmas
Gifts made by hand come from the heart. Make your DIY Christmas special with decorations, ornaments and other craft ideas you can make at home. Unique handmade ornaments and homemade Christmas cards become future keepsakes. Treasured homemade gift ideas can be simple, yet meaningful. Personalize DIY Christmas stockings for each family member and hang them where Santa can find them!
Browse our Christmas crafts to make for a wonderful holiday!
Deck the Halls! DIY Christmas Decorations
DIY Tree Skirts (and Alternatives) for Everyone!
Many of the functional Christmas tree (or Hanukkah bush) stands I've tried over the years do a great job of supporting the tree. But it's hard to find one that...
Handmade Holidays
Handmade Gift Guide
Handmade gifts - and gifts for hand makers - come from the heart. It's lovely to think about the recipient when putting our own hands to work on a unique...
Quilt Gift Guide
We've rounded up some of our favorite quilt gift ideas -- whether you quilt the projects to give as gifts, or give a little joy to the favorite quilters in...
Embroidery Gift Guide
Stitchers love to stitch, and they love to receive handmade gifts. We have put together an embroidery gift guide with projects, tools and supplies that are good for the embroiderers...
Gift Ideas for Makers
Quick Beaded Gifts
If you have beads and some basic tools, you can be ready with a unique and personal gift in minutes. I made all of these projects with beginner-level beading skills...
Gift Guide for Makers
Is there an artist on your gift list? Are you a maker looking for suggestions for your own Santa list? Out of ideas for gifts to make yourself? Sometimes it’s...
Cute Christmas Gifts for Teachers
Your kids’ teachers create a love for learning while giving every day. Shouldn’t gifts for them show how much you appreciate creativity? Here are some handmade for the holidays gift...
DIY Gift Wrap Ideas
Creative Gift Wrap Ideas
I put a lot of thought and effort into making a gift. I like to find a creative way to present it, too. (“Present” it? Get it? Ha!) These fun...
How to Make a Furoshiki Bag with Kraft-Tex
I love look of furoshiki wraps that take a simple square of fabric, then wrap and tie it creatively to turn any object into a pretty package. But most often,...
Handmade Tree Ornaments
How to Make an EPP Wreath Ornament with Hexies
A large English Paper Piecing (EPP) project can seem daunting. But a small project, such as an ornament, lets you try the technique on something easy. And it's something that...
Handmade Bird Ornaments
There is something about little handmade bird ornaments that suggest spring, but also are great for a Christmas ornament. I have a year-round tree, and now have a variety of...
How to Make Sashiko Ornaments
Making Sashiko ornaments is a great way to see what the slow-stitch movement is all about. It's slow stitch, to be sure, but the projects are so small you can...
More Christmas
DIY Tree Skirts (and Alternatives) for Everyone!
Many of the functional Christmas tree (or Hanukkah bush) stands I've tried over the years do a great job of supporting the tree. But it's hard to find one that…
Creative Gift Wrap Ideas
Make use of non-traditional wrapping materials or use what you already have in your closet in a whole new way to package a gift creatively.
10 Projects to Button Up Your Christmas Tree
For Christmas, you can make button ornaments, button garlands or little button trees that are super cute and super easy. Kid-friendly, too! Cute Christmas Gifts for Teachers
Your kids' teachers create a love for learning. Here are some easy handmade holiday gift ideas that give a little of yourself to the person who gives so much.
Let It Snow! 10 Snowflakes to Make
Snowflakes are a timeless Christmas and winter theme. How-tos for cut paper, origami, glitter, icing, crochet, beading. quilling and more are here. 10 projects.
Easy Bags to Sew
A bag has simple seams, can be made from just one or two fabrics, and is achievable in a relatively short period of time - if you select the right…
Quilted Heart Ornament
I cut a heart out of an old quilt, sewed some buttons on it and then did a blanket stitch around the edge of the heart. It is a fun…
Wise Men Outfits and Hat
It was fun making costumes for 3 Wise Men at a Christmas program. They wanted the costumes to be shiny and bright, they were with sequins, beads and trim!