Miss Shelly’s make your own gingerbread man bauble kit, for example, costs £12.95 on. Now the boys want me to make them each one of her ninjabreadmen.
She’d done the boring bit by sourcing the eyes, buttons, bow tie, stuffing and embroidery thread, along with the felt, which she’d cut to the right shape.
I completed her gingerbread man Christmas decoration kit in an hour. If, like me, you like the idea of sewing but have a house filled with projects you haven’t even started, I can recommend Miss Shelly. Now, I’m cutting corners with one of Mapp’s kits, which contains a papier maché bauble and 60 shiny leather (or vegan leather) rounds plus a set of instructions (£19.50, mappoflondon.uk). Plain cardboard baubles are available at .uk I have previously decorated them with overlapping shreds of shiny Christmas wrapping paper but you can also use strips of fabric – you just need a glue gun or strong PVA. Best Christmas family craft ideas Design a disco bauble for the treeĮmma Mapp’s classy Christmas baubles, which she makes by sticking shiny rounds of leather left over from her camera bag business on to papier maché balls, are proof that you can make beautiful decorations from leftovers.
There’s no shame in cheating, I decide, when you’re supporting a small business – and learning a new skill at the same time.Īfter a weekend of creativity and upskilling at our home in London, here are 20 handmade Christmas decoration, gift and wrapping ideas to try right now that will hopefully bring a smile to your loved ones. “Craft supplies can be quite kitsch I wanted to learn how to make the nice stuff you see on Instagram,” explains founder, Sophie Rochester. Another revelation is, a website featuring online workshops and kits from a curated selection of artists and craftspeople, designed to help people like me release their inner maker.
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