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Cinema Saturdays: 11 Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids to Make

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Jingle bells, Christmas cookies, glittering snow, colorful lights…the holiday season is such a magical time, especially for the little ones! The best way to make meaningful Christmas memories that your kids will cherish for years to come is by engaging in fun and festive holiday activities with them. From creating your own handmade Christmas decorations to baking tasty holiday treats, there are so many ways you and your little angels can get crafty this Christmas season.

In need of holiday inspiration? Here at AllFreeKidsCrafts.com, we’ve just created a brand new, downloadable eBook collection full of craft projects and activities to keep you and your kids creating all Christmas season long. In the 11 Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids to Make eBook, you’ll find full, step-by-step tutorials for homemade ornaments kids can make, Christmas arts and crafts for kids, edible kids’ Christmas crafts, and more! Check out the video below for a sneak peek at what’s in store when you download your free copy of our kids’ Christmas crafts eBook.

 

 

Download your free copy of 11 Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids to Make from AllFreeKidsCrafts.com and make this holiday season one to remember!

 

 

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AllFreeHolidayCrafts Giveaway: Christmas Chipboard Albums

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Commemorate your Christmas festivities with holiday chipboard albums that are so adorable they can do double duty as decorations. Christmas Chipboard Albums from FabScraps are made in your favorite holiday designs, so you can frame your photos in cheerful Christmas shapes. Preserve your holiday memories in the Music Album, the Star Album, or the Christmas Holiday Album.

With FabScraps Christmas Chipboard Albums, you have everything you need to get creative with your holiday albums. Plain chipboard die-cuts give you a blank canvas to add your own paint, printed papers, and other embellishments.

AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com is giving away a set of three Christmas Chipboard Albums to each of three  lucky winners. You could win!

Learn more and enter to win here.

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Contest ends October 23, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

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Trim Your Tree with Help from the New Homemade Christmas Ornaments eBook

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Homemade Christmas Ornaments: 9 Easy Ornament TutorialsYou’ll be singing “Joy to the World” when you see the new eBook from AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com. Homemade Christmas Ornaments: 9 Easy Ornament Tutorials is a collection of some of our favorite Christmas ornaments that you can make yourself. Between fabric ornaments, Santa ornaments, painted ornaments, and more, you’ll find the most adorable ornaments for your tree in this book of ideas and inspiration.

The projects in the Homemade Christmas Ornaments eBook are gathered from some of your favorite craft bloggers who have designed these ornaments with instructions and materials lists so you can make them just as cute as they look in the photos. Each ornament tutorial includes step-by-step directions with full-color photos, so there’s no guesswork involved in making these ornaments. You can print out the entire eBook, or just selected projects, to keep by your side while you are crafting.

While all of the projects in the Homemade Christmas Ornaments eBook are doable for any crafter, some of them are easy as pie. These are great ornaments to make if you don’t have a lot of time to spend on Christmas decorations. They are also good projects to do with your children. The kid’s Christmas ornament ideas in this eBook will get your children involved in crafting and decorating for the holidays. Making ornaments together is an especially lovely way to spend quality time with your kids during the Christmas season.

No matter your decorating style, you’ll find an idea in the Homemade Christmas Ornaments eBook to suit your tastes. We have instructions for making rustic Santa Claus ornaments and country bird ornaments made from scraps of old fabric. We’ve got glittery ornaments for those of us who love a little sparkle, and sewing projects for crafters who can’t tear themselves away from the sewing machine. Make one of each of these ornaments to give your tree trimming some variety, or make a whole bunch of the same ornament to give away as gifts.

 

Download Homemade Christmas Ornaments: 9 Easy Ornament Tutorials for free today, and start crafting for Christmas!

 

 

 

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AllFreeChristmasCrafts Giveaway: 100 Fresh and Fun Handmade Cards

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Many of us crafters like to make homemade Christmas cards every year to make sure our friends and family know how much we love and miss them. If you’re like me, then you’ve probably found yourself running out of ideas for unique DIY Christmas cards that no one else would ever think to make. Fortunately, there’s a silver lining for us with Kimber McGray’s 100 Fresh and Fun Handmade Cards. This is the holiday card book to end all holiday card books, it’s that amazing. On every page, you’ll find informative tutorials with colorful pictures and step-by-step guidance. This is perfect for crafters of all kinds, whether you’re looking to use some old leftover supplies to add some flair or create a 3D pop-up effect to spice up your holiday cards.

This book is essential for anyone planning on making their own cards in the future, no matter what the occasion is. You’ll be able to put your own creative spin on classic pictures for cards that look even better than anything you’d buy in a store. For all of you Christmas crafters out there, you are going to love the way Kimber McGray works her magic to design festive, yet original Christmas cards that range from fun to simply stunning. There are even projects for dressing up gift cards! As you can tell, this is one craft book that you cannot miss out on.

Don’t let your chances of getting a copy of 100 Fresh and Fun Handmade Cards slip away! AllFreeChristmasCrafts.com is hosting a giveaway from September 25th to October 5th, and one lucky winner will receive all of the valuable tips and tricks from 100 Fresh and Fun Handmade Cards. Check out our giveaway page to find out all of the ways you can enter to win.

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Special Announcement: AllFreeHolidayCrafts Giveaways!

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We are very excited to announce our very first giveaway on AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com! Starting this week, AllFreeHolidayCrafts is giving away a new craft product or book every week. Each giveaway runs for two weeks at a time, and you can enter once a day, so you’ll have plenty of chances to enter our giveaways. You can also get extra entries for posting about the giveaway on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or your blog. We want everyone to have a chance at winning one of our awesome prizes!

If you want to be informed of new AllFreeHolidayCrafts giveaways as soon as they begin, make sure to subscribe to the Create and Celebrate e-mail newsletter. We’ll deliver it to your inbox every Wednesday with news about our latest giveaway. You can also visit the Reviews & Giveaways page through the AllFreeHolidayCrafts homepage to see all of our current and upcoming giveaways. We also review each product and book we give away, so make sure you take a look at our Holiday Craft Reviews to read about all your favorite craft products!

Here’s our very first giveaway: Heart-Felt Holidays!

You’ll never celebrate another holiday without adorable, handmade felt decorations when you have Heart-Felt Holidays: 40 Festive Felt Projects to Celebrate the Seasons by Kathy Sheldon and Amanda Carestio. This book includes easy felt craft projects for every holiday and celebration. From felt New Year’s Eve buntings to interactive felt kinara wall hangings for Kwanzaa, Heart-Felt Holidays has tutorials for parties and events from January to December.

Heart-Felt Holidays begins with a discussion about the different kinds of felt you can use in your felt projects, as well as a few other materials you will need to embellish your decorations. It also provides a short overview of different decorative embroidery stitches that you can use when sewing your felt projects. You will also find information on a few other craft techniques you can use when working with felt. In addition to helpful tutorials, this book also provides templates for each felt project at the back of the book, so you don’t have to do any drawing or guesswork.

AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com is giving away a copy of Heart-Felt Holidays to two lucky winners. You could win!

Learn more and enter to win here.

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Contest ends September 18, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

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AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com is Now Featuring Birthday Crafts

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Surprise! AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com has exciting news for all of you readers. We love featuring crafts for holidays that come around once a year, but there’s one day that we get to celebrate during any time of the year. Birthdays are a special part of all of our lives, and what better way to wish someone well on their big day than with crafts?

For those of you looking for ideas for a unique birthday gift or a stand-out party decoration, start your search below with these free festive birthday crafts.

Bright Balloon Wreath – This top birthday craft shows that you can get your party popping with birthday leftovers. The creative rainbow pattern is a surefire way for your guests to know where the party is, and the materials save money on party supplies. This is one of our many recycled wreath projects, so be sure to check out our birthday page for even more.

Birthday Princess Bracelet – If you’re throwing a party for your little one, you’re going to need a craft that will keep everyone busy and having fun. Try our popular bracelet craft; it’s made of recycled cardboard tubes and can be decorated with anything your birthday girl can imagine. This easy DIY bracelet allows all your little party guests to use their own ideas to look just like royalty.

Sports Ball Party Ornaments – Not only are our birthday crafts for little princesses, but also for future sports stars. One of my personal favorites is this group of ornaments because they look realistic and only require styrofoam and paint. You can create anything from a baseball to a tennis ball with plenty of time to spare.

Quilled Birthday Candles – Safety is one of the most important elements of party planning, and this little craft provides an elegant alternative to wax candles. They’re made entirely of paper and wire, which means there’s no mess and no risk of fire. These quilled candles look intricate, but are very easy to make, and can be reused for future birthdays to come.

Hidden Message Thank You Cards – No party can be complete without thanking all of your guests. I know I would be touched if I received a personalized thank you card like this; the colorful flaps each reveal their own secret message that you can customize as little or as much as you want to. Forget store-bought cards and really show your heartfelt thanks after your next party.


All of us at AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com are so excited to be able to share these new birthday craft ideas with you. Be sure to check out our page if you’re interested in putting your own twist on birthday crafting.

What’s the best birthday present you’ve ever received? Homemade or store-bought, we want to know, so comment below!

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Meet the Editor: Jessica

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Hello FaveCrafts readers! I’m Jessica, and I’m the editor of FaveQuilts.com and AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com. Although this misleading picture of me was taken in gorgeous Sedona, I have actually spent the majority of my life in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I studied World Literature and German at the University of Illinois, but since I spent most of my lectures knitting and crocheting, I would appreciate it if the U of I would please award me a minor in Crafting.

I grew up with a mother and grandmother who were DIY superheroes, so crafting has always been second nature to me. Why buy a Halloween costume when you can sew one? Why throw away that coffee table when you can refinish it? I enjoy all crafts, but my true loves are knitting and crocheting. Since becoming the editor of FaveQuilts, I have developed a passionate love-hate relationship with quilting (I can write about it and appreciate it; I just can’t do it).

When I’m not crafting, I fill my hours by reading the TIME magazine cover-to-cover, “biking” on a rusty hunk of metal with wheels, and begging my boyfriend to watch marathons of films all made by the same director.

Now check out some of my favorite projects from our crafty websites! (Seriously read them; I only picked good ones).

Craft Tutorials

Crochet Patterns

Lapa Lace Top

Knitting Patterns

Aidez Fitted Cardigan

Sewing Tutorials

 

Quilt Patterns:

Crochet Afghan Patterns:

August Moon

Christmas Crafts:

Kids’ Crafts

Jewelry Projects:

Holiday Crafts

 

 

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Cinema Saturday: How to Make a Christmas Easel Card

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The holidays are all about love and celebrating the Christmas spirit, so why not celebrate by making your very own Christmas Easel Card? With some cardstock, glue and a few other simple materials, you will be set to make this really cool-looking Christmas card this year. This is such a great idea for anyone who wants to send out original Christmas cards!

Now, since these Christmas cards take a few minutes each to make, think about sending these special Christmas cards to the ones you truly love. Your friends and family will truly feel special with this personalized, thoughtful and cheerful holiday card! Use your creativity to make these original Christmas cards with ribbon, satin, beads and more embellishments! You are already spending a few minutes on each one to please your loved one this holiday season, so spend another minute decorating even more!

How to Make a Christmas Easel Card:

Would you rather buy your annual Christmas card or make it yourself?

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Download the New Free July 4th Crafts eBook from AllFreeHolidayCrafts!

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I’m someone who loves to craft all throughout the year, which means that by the time summer comes around, I’ve got more leftover materials than I have ideas in my head! With July 4th coming up, I’m sure many of you are also wondering how you can make patriotic decorations that will sparkle and pop at your parties with the craft items you already have at home.

You’re in luck, because the editors at AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com have been hard at work creating a free eBook filled with colorful and creative 4th of July crafts. When you look inside the pages of How to Make July 4th Decorations: 8 Patriotic Craft Tutorials eBook, you’ll find easy instructions and ideas to inspire your homemade 4th of July decoration crafts. There are crafts for people of all ages, so everyone in your home can be included in the festivities.

Free Patriotic Decorations Tutorials

I’d like to give you a sneak peek with one of my personal favorites. These Fourth of July Luminaries show just how versatile this eBook encourages your crafting to be. With objects like jars and paint that you can find in your own home, you can make a beautiful recycled 4th of July craft like this that can be used as a patriotic outdoor decoration or a 4th of July table decoration.

Free 4th of July Kids Crafts

You don’t want to be the only one having fun with your holiday crafts. The How to Make July 4th Decorations: 8 Patriotic Craft Tutorials eBook also includes 4th of July crafts for kids that are always safe and easy. The Patriotic Pinwheel, for example, is a fabric craft that you can do along with them, and that they can show off proudly to everyone as something they helped to make. These crafts also work as free easy summer crafts; if you find your kids enjoying these patriotic crafts, be sure to bring them back once school’s out.

After downloading this new free eBook from AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com, you’ll be ready to bring a patriotic twist to your next Fourth of July party. These fifteen 4th of July crafts will provide you with everything you need to decorate and celebrate the summer holidays.
Download your free copy of How to Make July 4th Decorations: 8 Patriotic Craft Tutorials now!

We’re interested to hear from you; What’s your favorite 4th of July memory? Let us know below.

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Last Minute Fourth of July Crafts: Patriotic Holiday Sewing Patterns

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With the Fourth of July quickly approaching, it’s time to break out the red, white and blue fabric and get to sewing patriotic projects. If you love holiday sewing patterns, check out these simple holiday craft ideas and celebrate Independence Day in style. From outdoor party decorations to adorable patriotic clothing for the kids, we’ve rounded up tons of fun ideas for you try out.

If you thought you had missed crafting for 4th of July this year, rest assured; these ideas are not only easy to follow, they’re quick!

Sneak Peek: At the bottom of this page you’ll find a special giveaway. We’re giving away an awesome prize simply for leaving a comment below this post. Check it out!

 

Kid’s Holiday Craft Ideas

Dress the kids up in these fun, patriotic outfits. Each of these kid’s holiday craft ideas make for cute and comfy garments that are perfect for backyard barbeques or block parties. Not to mention, grab a few snapshots of the whole family in red, white and blue attire for an adorable family photo.
         

4th of July Halter: For an adventurous little girl, whip up this kid’s holiday craft idea. Fill her closet with a few in a different colors.

4th of July T-Shirt: So easy and quick to make! If you want the whole family to match, grab a cheap bag of white tees and gather up your red, white and blue fabric scraps.

Patriotic Pillowcase Dresses: Use our holiday craft ideas to make your own clothes. How cute is this little number for that neighborhood party?

 

Patriotic Decorations: Free, Easy Holiday Crafts

Now that you have the kids dressed up in adorable DIY patriotic pieces, it’s time to turn your attention to the home and yard. If you’re hosting the BBQ this year, get ready to impress your family and friends. Nothing says the Fourth of July like handmade decorations (and a hotdog or two).

         

4th of July Outdoor Pillows: Honor our founding fathers with these festive outdoor pillows. Line all the benches with them for comfort and decoration.

Patriotic Ric Rac Flowers: With these fabric flowers patterns, you can wear them, use them as napkin rings, and much more.

Patriotic Star Coasters: Have your guests rest their drinks on these Americana fabric coasters. It’s the little details of a party that give it character.

Everything You Need for the Celebration

We’ve covered attire and decorations, now it’s time to get to the real necessities. Whether you’re attending a party or heading out for a picnic, here are the things you’ll need to ensure that this is one special Fourth of July celebration.

          

4th of July Apron Pattern: Are you the one flipping the burgers this holiday? Even if you’re just participating in the eating part, someone’s gotta take charge of the grill. Make that special chef this festive apron and you’ll probably get served first!

Picnic Basket Liner: If this Fourth of July finds you dining alfresco, make the outing even more special with this pretty picnic basket liner. Then fill with sandwiches, wine and other treats for a perfect holiday meal.

Picnic Flatware Rolls: Don’t forget the eating utensils! And while you’re at, make some quick fabric napkins as a nice DIY touch.

 

For full project instructions and other patriotic ideas, make sure to download our 6 Free Holiday Ideas: Celebrate a DIY 4th of July eBook.

 

We love celebrating holidays and you can reap the benefits. We’re giving away a copy of Sewing Made Simple –  because it’s an awesome book and holidays (not only Christmas) put us in the giving mood.

Leave a comment below this post and tell us how you’re spending this Fourth of July. Leave a comment below and one lucky winner will win the book Sewing Made Simple! Winner will be chosen at random on July 3rd, 2012.

 

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