On the second day of Christmas my true love made for me two types of reindeer treats, and a veggie tree.
Christmas
Crafting through the holidays
I started this blog years ago under the title Crafting Through the Holidays and each day during the 12 days of Christmas I would post a new craft. The last few years I have continued the tradition and this is the 4th anniversary of the 12 days of Christmas crafting. It also happens to be smack in the middle of my graduate school exams. So I am going to share some of my past favourites and a few new crafts over the next 12 days. Enjoy!
On the first day of Christmas…it’s not a partridge in a pear tree but a veggie tree.
On the first day of Christmas…my true love made me a Veggie Tree
On the tenth day of Christmas…Elf Shoes
A couple of weeks ago before I had decorated the house for Christmas the kids found our stockings lying around and proceeded to wear them as shoes. They were giggling away as they showed me their elf shoes. This inspired me to make them some felt elf shoes. Sasha helped to pick out the colours and worked with me on the design. Here is the Elf Shoe Pattern that fits toddler shoe sizes 8-12.
Instructions (Can be hand sewn or machine sewn)
- Cut out the number of felt pieces required based on the pattern
- Pin the soles and sides together, and sew
- sew the zig zag trim onto the top of the shoes
- Sew on the pom poms
- put dots or lines of puff paint on the bottom to stop the little ones from wiping out
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