Holiday Crafts

Holiday crafts are especially enjoyable for Christmas. A Christmas family photo wreath is an easy craft to do. You can use a pre-decorated wreath if you would prefer or you can make your own. To make this wreath, take a 12 inch wreath and wrap your favorite ribbon around the wreath approximately six times leaving a space between the ribbon wrap. Once you have finished wrapping the ribbon, secure it at the top. Make a bow and add it to the top or bottom of the wreath. Add small photo frames with family pictures in them to the wreath with coordinating pipe cleaners or floral wire. Fill the remaining space with Christmas floral picks of your choice. They could be Christmas flowers or ornaments, packages or holly sprigs. These types of wreaths also make a great gift for other family members. Particularly those family members for whom gifts are hard to buy. About.com has a variety of other instructions for Christmas wreaths to make.

Personalization makes a gift even more special. Making your own Christmas bags is a good way to recycle plain brown or colored bags. There are a variety of ways to decorate these bags. One can use stencils or stamps and paint them. Scrap buttons, lace, felt materials and wrapping papers are just a few items that you can use to create your own beautiful bag. Just let your imagination go. Paint a snowman on the bag and use crazy eyes, scrap yarn and buttons to add pizzazz to your creation. The website eHow.com offers a video demonstrating many different ideas on decorating your gift bags.