12 Days Of Christmas Crafts Day 10: Christmas Bow Pillow

Hi Lovelies!

Today’s craft doesn’t have step by step pictures…they were awful! Haha! You can’t see well enough in pictures so I will explain it as best as I can.

I bought chevron Christmas fabric and the bow is actually made out of an extra white pillow case. I started with a rectangular piece of the chevron fabric and folded it in half, while inside out, to be a square. I then sewed along 2 sides. Sew along the 3rd side most of the way across and then turn the pillowcase the correct side out. Stuff the pillow with either a pillow or stuffing and hand sew the rest of the case shut.

For the bow, I cut a long strip of the white pillow case, using the bottom end of the pillow case (the closed end) and the edge of the pillow case. Turn the fabric inside out and sew down the entire open long side. Pull the fabric right side out and then sew the 2 short ends that are left together. You will now have a loop of fabric. Make another loop, this one much smaller, for the center of the bow. Slide the small loop onto the larger loop as you can see in the picture below and it will make a bow!

You can use fabric glue to attach the bow to the pillow, or you can hand sew it on with a few stitches in each corner! I know it’s a little rough to understand without pictures, but like I said, the ones I took were awful! Have questions? Ask them below and I will do my best to answer them!

Until next time…

xox Megan

Want to see the other 11 days of Christmas crafts? Here they are:

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12

12 Days Of Christmas Crafts Day 9: Candy Cane Snowflake

Hi Lovelies!

Today’s craft is something I found on Pinterest. I then clicked on it and found no link…just a picture! Gah! I hate it when that happens. I have googled “candy cane snowflake” and can’t find instructions anywhere…soooo I had to make it up as I went.

Start with a couple of packages of candy canes. I needed 18, but you will need more or less depending on how big they are. Take 2 candy canes and use packaging tape to stick them together backwards as shown below. I used packaging tape because it is the clearest.

Once you have all of your pairs taped together start taping together the bottoms. It won’t look very pretty with all the tape, but you will cover up the middle anyways so it won’t matter.

Find something circular to tape to the center. I used this glittery snowflake, but you can use any decorative item you would like! Hot glue or tape it into the center and tie a piece of string at the top. You’re done! Isn’t she pretty?!?!

Questions on how to make it? Ask them below!

Until next time…

xox Megan

Want to see the other 11 days of Christmas crafts? Here they are:

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12

12 Days Of Christmas Crafts Day 8: Scrabble Tile Ornaments

Hi Lovelies!

There is officially less than a week until Christmas and I get more and more excited as the days go on! You know what that means…I just get more and more crafty! Haha! I saw today’s craft on another blog through Pinterest the other day, and knew I just had to make it! It’s super easy and I already had all of the materials.

To begin you will need a glue gun, ribbon (I used left overs from the ribbon wreath I made), Scrabble tiles, and a lighter!

Once you have all of your supplies, pick out the words you want to make with the Scrabble letters!

Brush the lighter along the end of the ribbon to stop it from fraying. Then, one by one, hot glue the Scrabble letters on to the ribbon. Before you glue down the last letter, make a loop with the ribbon and hot glue it to itself.

Then place the first letter of the word on top of the looped ribbon.

There you have it, Scrabble Christmas ornaments! Easy, fast, fun, and definitely GREAT for the kiddos! Any questions? Ask them below!

Until next time…

xox Megan

Want to see the other 11 days of Christmas crafts? Here they are:

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12

12 Days Of Christmas Crafts Day 7: Curly Paper Christmas Tree

Hi Lovelies!

Welcome to day 6 of Christmas crafts! It has been SUPER busy this past week and I have been writing 2-3 posts every day, so I am sorry if this is the only post today…the fashion will be back ASAP, I promise:) Today’s craft is really cute though, so I’m sure you will like it anyway! Enjoy!

Start with a foam cone, a pencil, straight pins, and some little scraps of scrapbook paper. I cut mine into equal pieces, but I’m sure it would look really cool if they were all different too….hell, maybe even better!

Twirl each little piece of paper around a pencil so that it curls up. I recommend a mechanical pencil, as the regular pencil I used originally gave them a weird shape with all the ridges.

Now, attach those little curly pieces of paper to the foam with a straight pin. Continue around the base and move upwards. Be sure to cover up the pins with the next layer up.

There you have it! I think this may be my favorite of the paper Christmas trees I have shown….what do you think? Any questions? Ask them below!

Until next time…

xox Megan

Linking up with: Crafty Thursday

Want to see the other 11 days of Christmas crafts? Here they are:

12 Days of Christmas Crafts Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12

12 Days Of Christmas Crafts Day 6: Paper Ornaments

Hi Lovelies!

Today’s Christmas craft is a paper ornament! I found these guys on Pinterest and thought they were absolutely ADORABLE! They make great party decor, or you can actually hang them on your Christmas tree!

To start get a 12×12 piece of card stock. Cut the card stock into 5 even strips, then line them up and staple the ends together.

Take a hole punch and directly below the staple make one hole. Now, take the middle 3 layers of paper and cut them about an inch or two down, depending on how wide you want your ornament to be, keeping in mind that the more you cut off the wider it will be. Then take the middle piece and cut it down an inch or two further.

Paper Ornaments

Take the five ends and join them together, staple in place. Once your ornament is done you will string a piece of ribbon or rope through the hole you punched at the top. You can alternate colors or patterned papers as well if you want to get fancy!