Round-Up of Christmas Crafts and Decorating Ideas, homemade gifts, and more

I'm putting together links to all my previous posts on things to make and do for Christmas. I'm about half way through, but I thought I'd go ahead and post this now. I'll add more links to the bottom later.

Woven paper heart baskets

Getting organized for the holidays.

Easy craft for children- the paperbag gingerbread man

A plaything that entertained children of the depression and WW2 era.

A toy made with a corncob and chicken feathers.

Projects with a tin can

Origami 'balloons' (scroll to the bottom of the post for the balloons. The rest of the post is easy group games to play, games that require no parts or pieces).

German Papercutting- a craft made easy even to the ten-thumbed, thanks to scanners and copying machines.

Some of our favorite ornaments, two home-made.

A very easy and attractive Christmas ornament- even a toddler can make it! I stole borrowed this idea from Blest with Sons, and I LOVE it. It's really lovely and very easy for even a small child to do.

Frugal Wrapping Paper

Christmas Balls, decorated, and Christmas balls as a small terrarium.

Homemade crackers and cheese-balls

Paperbag Mitten/Christmas card craft

Wax cookie cutter ornaments (simple, attractive, and they smell nice, too!)

Instant hot cocoa mix

Little House on the Prairie baked Christmas hearts

HOlly marshmallow cookies

Felt Mice to go over Candy Canes (cute- we just save the felt mice and use them again each year)

Crafts using Christmas cards.
Another Christmas card craft.

Glue dough ornaments and glue dough paint (I love these)

Some easy Christmas treats (suitable for gifts as well)

Glitter birds (these need a few days to dry, so start now)

Craft suitable for tiny tots- uses Christmas cards and toothpicks.

Easy Monkey Bread

Tiny folded paper lanterns, easy to make from a bit of ribbon and scraps of wrapping paper (or attractive paper of any kind), very pretty over Christmas lights.

Several small home-made ornaments and gifts our young neighbors made for us.

Make your own 'corker' and make a scarf

Easy Origami crafts

Frugal Christmas Cards

A sweet, sort of toffee flavored oatmeal topping, easy, frugal, tasty on apples, ice-cream and other sweet treats.

Frugal and classy Christmas Gift- notebook

Make a Ribbon Bulletin Board

Christmas ornaments (pictured) easy for very young, adaptable for the more grown up. Pierced envelopes for sachets (linked).

Use old Christmas cards to make lovely Christmas balls for the tree (other uses suggested as well). Lovely, easy for a child of about six or over (if a child of six cannot do it, I probably can't, either).

pierced paper ornaments, ornaments using a nail and a juice can lid- the pierced paper designs are suitable for toddlers and preschoolers and look pretty nice when finished.