Martha Stewart Christmas Crafts
When it comes to crafting, Martha Stewart is surely one of the names to come to mind. A successful businesswoman, her talent for crafting and in many other areas like baking, cooking, gardening, and even designing houses, has earned her loyal followers around the world; followers waiting to hear about her next recipe or homemaking tips. Most of us know her from the Martha Stewart Show, an award-winning lifestyle series, which showcases some of her works and creations.
Mothers and homemakers turn to Martha Stewart for advice on a lot of things. Basically, she encourages being practical at all times and making the most of what’s available around you. Martha Stewart Christmas crafts is a concrete example of how the most ordinary things around your household, items you often take for granted, can actually be used and be made into wonderful decorative or gift items for the holidays.
It can never be too early to prepare for the Yuletide season, especially if you want to create handmade gift items or decorations with your kids or friends. Crafting can be an exciting activity and the people who are going to receive your beautifully wrapped presents or artfully made greeting cards are sure to appreciate your thoughtfulness. Martha Stewart Christmas crafts how-to’s can be found easily on MarthaStewart.com.
Here are some top favorites:
Pinecone Elves
Make use of pinecones to create pinecone elves that can be used to decorate a mantel, the Christmas tree, or put on top of presents. Just gather materials like wool felt, pipe cleaners, a glue gun, wooden craft beads, acrylic paint, a needle, and some thread to start creating these charming sprites. Some of the materials are available at WinterWoods.com and MagicCabin.com.
Lump of Coal Gift Boxes
Lumps of coal are all you get in your stockings for Christmas if you have been naughty, according to myth. But Martha offers tips on how to make gift boxes that look like coal on the outside to surprise your recipient. All you need are hexagonal boxes available in shops like DCCCrafts.com, black crepe masking tape, fabric stiffener, and glass glitter. The boxes are great for wrapping ties, earrings, and small gifts.
Chic Tree Skirt
Dress up the base of your Christmas tree with a chic tree skirt made from red cotton fabric and white ribbon. You may put everything together using a fabric stiffener, fabric glue, foam brush, iron, quilting ruler, a hole punch, and some cord.
There is also Martha Stewart Christmas crafts instructions and tips for card making, handmade gifts, wreaths, ornaments, cookies, and recipes. All you need to do is visit the Martha Stewart website, MarthaStewart.com, to get all these helpful information for free. You may also choose to sign up and subscribe to newsletters. Craft and party supplies can be purchased in Michaels or directly from the website. Books by Stewart are also available.
