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Christmas Activity Book

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Wooden Star Characters

Materials:

Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787 Paint your star with brightly coloured paint. Allow to dry.

Cotton Balls - 11252 Pull apart cotton balls to decorate Santa’s cuffs and beard. Attach with glue.

Felt Bundles - 10783 Cut ears and a nose for your reindeer from felt. Attach with glue.

PVA Glue, Scissors, Pencil, Paint Brush

Chenille Stems - 10825 Create antlers for your reindeer by twisting chenille stems together. Attach with glue.

Satin Ribbon - 12727X Cut a length of ribbon, fold it in half and glue the loose ends to the back of your star for hanging.

Wooden Stars - 14645N Use a star for the base of your artwork.

Glitter Shakers - 11442 Highlight areas of your elf with glitter. Paint lines of glue and sprinkle glitter over the glue while it is still wet.

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How To:Materials:

1. Gather 4 short driftwood sticks. If there is a lack of short sticks, break up some longer ones.

2. Glue 4 sticks to a branch stump to create legs. Allow to dry.

3. Glue 3 branch chips together to create a neck. Glue the neck to another branch stump to create a head. Allow to dry.

4. Glue the neck and head to the body of your reindeer. Allow to dry.

5. Cut a chenille stem in half. Twist both halves into antlers and attach to the back of your reindeer’s head with glue.

6. Cut a short piece of chenille stem and glue it to the back of your reindeer’s body to create a tail.

7. Finish your reindeer by giving it wiggle eyes and a pom pom nose. Attach with glue.

• Branch Chips - 14713N

• Small Driftwood - 14678N

• Branch Stumps - 14714N

• Christmas Pom Poms - 11498X

• Chenille Stems - 10825

• Wiggle Eyes - 11406

• Scissors

• PVA Glue

Natural Wooden Reindeer


How To:Materials:

Baubles:

1. Push an ornament cap into the top of a paper ball. If the hole in the ball is too small, make the hole larger using a skewer.

2. Cut a length of yarn. Thread the yarn through the ornament cap and tie the loose ends together.

3. Make a mixture of liquid watercolour and water in separate cups for each colour you plan to use. Fill the cups with a mixture of 70% water, 30% paint.

4. Dip the balls into the paint and hang them to dry. Do not soak the balls in the paint/water mixture too long as they will fall apart.

5. Usecottonfilterstopaintcoloureddotsontotheballs.Allowtodry.

6. Decorate the balls with glitter. Attach with glue.

Garland:

1. Paint the paper balls with bright colours. Allow to dry.

2. Cut a long length of yarn and thread a needle. Thread the balls onto the yarn. If the hole in the middle of the ball is too tight, pre-push a hole through the ball with a skewer.

3. Usecottonfilterstopaintcoloureddotsontheballs.Allowtodry.

4. Decorate the balls with glitter. Attach with glue.

• Assorted Paper Balls - 14041N

• Assorted Watercolor Magic® Liquid Watercolour - 13123

• Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787

• Silver Ornament Caps - 11190

• Cotton Filters - 10217

• Soft Yarn - 12257

• Glitter Shakers - 11442

• Scissors

• PVA Glue

• Cups

• Skewer

• Needle

Paper Ball Decorations


Papier Mache Christmas Hotel

Materials:

Christmas Craft Paper - 11793X Cut paper into strips and shapes to add colour and pattern to your hotel.

Glitter Bumper Pack - 10803X To add sparkle coat with PVA glue and sprinkle with glitter.

Christmas Cup Sequins - 11579X Add sparkle to your hotel with sequins. Attach with glue.

Watercolor Magic® Glitter Liquid Watercolour 13122X - Apply a coat of glitter paint to add a touch of sparkle.

Cotton Balls 11252X Fluff up the cotton balls to create smoke for the chimney.

Paper Christmas Twine - 14829X Cut lengths of twine to create trimmings on your hotel.

Chenille Stems -10825 & Tinsel Chenille Stems - 10826 - Use chenille stems to create decorations and trimmings.

Tissue Paper 10933X - Decorate the roof, windows and door with tissue paper. Attach with glue.

Papier Mache Hotel 14895X - Decorate with a range of collage materials to create your Christmas hotel.


Materials:

• Giant Wooden Display Tree - 14412


• Giant Pattern Rollers - 14307

• Leaf Shapes - 14590

• Christmas Craft Paper - 11793

• Christmas Scrapbooking Craft Paper - 13201X

• Foil Crepe Paper - 10071

• Christmas Wooden Shapes Bumper Pack - 13240X

• Wooden Stars - 14645N

• Soft Yarn - 12257


• Glitter Pom Poms - 10829


• Multi Cup Sequins - 11126

• Paint Brush

• PVA Glue

• Scissors

Giant Wooden Christmas Tree


Giant Wooden Christmas Tree

Paint your tree with paint rollers to create a textured

effect. Allow to dry.

Thread pom poms onto a long length of yarn. Tie

a loop at each end of the yarn and hang your

garland in the branches of your tree.

Cover your leaves in glue then decorate with paper

or glitter. Alternatively, paint them with brightly coloured

paint. Allow to dry.

Decorate your wooden shapes with assorted collage materials. For more information refer to our Christmas activity sheet ‘Wooden

Christmas Shapes’.

Paint your star with gold paint. Allow to dry. Decorate with sequins. Attach with glue.

Use blu-tack to attach your tree, leaves and decorations to the wall of your classroom

for a brightly coloured Christmas mural!


Materials:

Christmas Collage Artwork

Branch Chips 14713N Write a festive word using branch chips to form letters.

Wooden Buttons 14902 Further decorate your canvas with buttons, adding interest.

Christmas Material 14885X Cut out shapes to become elements of your artwork.

PVA Glue, Scissors

Felt Bundles - 10783 Cut out shapes to become elements of your artwork. We made baubles.

Christmas Cup Sequins - 11579X Further decorate your canvas with sequins, adding sparkle.

Bumper Rhinestone Pack - 10805 Further decorate your canvas with rhinestones, adding sparkle.

Satin Ribbon 12727X - Frame the canvas to add a nice finish to your collage artwork.

Canvas Panel Art Board - 14600 Use as the base for your artwork.

For a fun class activity place collage materials in the centre of

your craft table and let your class create their own Christmas collage artworks!


How To:Materials:

1. Use the larger holly leaf template to cut out a dark green holly leaf from felt.

2. Use the smaller holly leaf template to cut out a light green holly leaf from felt.

3. Cut a length of ribbon, fold it in half and sew the loose ends to the back of your large holly leaf.

4. Use embroidery thread to sew your holly leaf shapes together.

5. Place 3 pom poms at the top of your joined holly leaves to create berries. Attach with glue.

• Felt Bundles - 10783

• Embroidery Thread - 13732


• Satin Ribbon - 12727X

• Wadding - 11111

• Needle

• Scissors

• PVA Glue

Holly Ornaments

Holly Leaf Template


How To:Materials:

• Give your elf a coat of skin coloured paint. Allow to dry.

• Paint stripey socks on the legs of your elf. Cover your elf’s shoes with glue and sprinkle with glitter. Allow to dry.

To decorate a boy:

1. To create a shirt and shorts cut rectangular pieces of craft paper, fabric or felt to cover the body. Attach with glue.

2. Cut smaller rectangular pieces of paper, fabric or felt to cover the arms and legs to create sleeves and pant legs. Attach with glue.

3. Cut out small triangles of felt to create a collar. Attach with glue.

To decorate a girl:

1. Tocreateasinglettopcutapieceofpaper,fabricorfelttofitonthebody (don’t forget to cut some little strap. Attach with glue.

2. Cut a rectangular piece of tissue paper and gather one edge to create a puffy skirt. Use Christmas tape to attach the skirt at the waist of your elf and create a belt.

• Attach the arms and legs to the body using paper fasteners.

• Cut out a head from a photo of yourself and attach it to the head of your elf with glue.

• Cutahatshapefromfoamtofitontheheadofyourelf. Attach with glue.

• Further decorate your elf with glitter, sequins & pom poms. Attach with glue.

• Whentheclasshasfinishedeachoftheirelves,joinalltheelveshandstogether with paper fasteners creating a long chain.

• Dancing Elves - 14897X

• Paper Fasteners - 11243


• Christmas Craft Paper - 11793

• Christmas Scrapbooking Craft Paper - 13201X

• Felt Bundles - 10783

• Tissue Paper - 10933

• Foam Sheets - 12282

• Christmas Cup Sequins - 11579X



• Paint Brush

• PVA Glue

• Scissors

Classroom Dancing Elves Chain

Mix white paint with a touch of brown to create

a skin tone colour.


How to decorate:

Ceramic & Terracotta marker tips:

Materials:

Ceramic Star Ornament

1. Shake your markers well before use.

2. Think about what you want to draw on your star. If you are unsure, try drawing a designonpaperfirst,thencopyontoyourceramicstarwithyourmarkers.

3. Allow your design to dry for a minimum of 24 hours.

• Ceramic Stars - 14876X

• CleverPatch™ Ceramic and Terracotta Markers - 14578X

• Storeceramic&terracottamarkershorizontally(flat).

• Always replace the cap immediately after using, even if you are just taking a short break. This will stop the ink from drying out.

• Shake ceramic & terracotta markers well before use.

• Pressthetipofyourmarkergently&repeatedlytostarttheinkflow.Dothisonsomescrap paper, you may need to repeat this step each time you use your markers to gettheinkflowing!

• Apply your design to a clean dry surface.


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paint lines of glue

cotton balls

assorted paper balls

coloured paint

paint brushchenille

glitter shakers

n branch stumps

branch chips