A Handmade Christmas - Drop In Holiday Craft Workshops for Families

During the weekend of December 12 and 13^th, I will be opening my studio to offer families an opportunity to make holiday crafts together.

Parents and children will be able to choose from a number of different craft activities to make handmade gifts, holiday decorations and ornaments, cards, gift tags and package toppers.

There will be projects suitable for all ages – toddlers, children, teens and adults. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

The workshops will be held each day from 11 am - 4 pm. You may come for an hour or stay all day.

The cost of attending is $3 per person, plus each project will have a materials cost associated with it.I decided to offer this workshop to provide busy families with a venue where they could come together to create. “Many families don’t have the time, the craft supplies or the creative confidence to make things by hand. By offering a drop-in workshop with a variety of projects, all the necessary materials, and lots of instruction and support, I’ve tried to eliminate these obstacles.” For those unable to stay, carry-out kits for several projects will also be available.For younger folks, projects will include beaded candy canes, beaded snowflakes, printed wrapping paper and gift tags, paper garlands.For older kids and adults, projects will include record album bowls, bottle cap pendants and magnets, personalized printed notepads, metal foil embossed gift tags, felted acorns, gods eyes, topiary kissing balls and more...

Here are several pictures of projects. I'll continue to post more as I make up the samples.

Come have fun and make it a handmade Christmas!

Embossed Heavy Foil Gift Tag - I have a very heavy aluminum foil that I've embossed a Xmas tree design on. Then I've colored it with permanent markers and glued to several pieces of paper. I actually just used this as a gift tag for a present I mailed out yesterday. These little foil designs would also be great for tree ornaments or on the front of a card. $1

Paper Strip Ornaments - These are so easy to make. I've cut strips of paper. Used a hole punch to punch holes at either end and in the middle and used brads to hold them in place. The strips will already be cut and I'll have templates to show you exactly where to punch out the holes. $1

3D Paper Circle Ornament - Another great easy paper ornament. All you have to do is take 6 circles of decorative paper (I'll already have tons cut), fold them in half and then glue them together with a ribbon in the middle. This is the easy version. I'll also have a more difficult version for those more comfortable with the concept. $1

Directions to Studio:

From Manchester: Follow Route 7A South for about 2 miles past the Equinox Hotel. Turn left on Muddy Lane (just after Equinox Valley Nursery). Take First Right onto Hard Farm Rd. Take first left into driveway - #93 Hard Farm Rd. The studio door is the one that sticks out into the driveway turnaround.