Christmas Carol Singer Cones

Create Christmas choir characters with this super simple idea! You will need: Cardboard Cone – scrap Brown Card – scrap Poster Paint Ribbon Jingle Bell Felt Ribbon Instructions: 1. Paint cardboard cone all over with chosen colour. When dry, paint a skin coloured circle near the top of cone. Add 2 pink dots for cheeks. 2. Cut a rectangle of felt for hat and wind around top of tube. Secure with double sided tape/glue and by tucking ends in to top o…

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Christmas Curled Snowflake

Try paper curling to create this simple Christmas decoration! You will need: Double Sided Tape Coloured Card Scissors Ruler Instructions: 1. Cut 8 strips of 2cm x approx 42cm (A3 length). You can make these strips wider/longer to create a larger size snowflake. 2. Fold each strip in half lengthways. Use scissors or a pencil to create a large curl on one half and a small curl on the half of each strip. 3. Use double sided tape to keep the curls in…

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Christmas Closing Dates 2014

…We will be closed from 5pm on Thursday 18th December 2014 and will reopen at 9.30am on Monday 5th January 2015. We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Roll on 2015…….

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BUBBLE CHRISTMAS TREE

…l need: Bubble wrap Scissors Ribbon/tissue etc to fill Instructions Draw a Christmas tree shape on the reverse side of the bubble wrap, following the edges of the bubbles. Cut the Christmas tree shape out using scissors. Carefully pierce a small hole on the reverse of each bubble on the bubble wrap. Stuff each bubble using scrap wool, tissue or ribbon – whatever you like that is colourful! All items (or similar) are available from Play Resource Sh…

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Paper Cone Christmas Tree

…you have your finished height and width. Design your own snowflake topper with pipecleaners. Why not try gluing buttons or gems into the design to give it some Christmas sparkle! All items (or similar) are available from Play Resource Shop & Scrapstore….

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Christmas Pencil Case

…ide of the pencilcase with gold spray paint then carefully remove the card Christmas trees. This will leave the shape of the Christmas trees blank and the surrounding area gold. Outline the trees with silver Tulip fabric paint. Roughly apply gold paint with a dry brush around the trees to brighten up areas of the pencilcase. Add a blob of hot glue to any blank areas and shake over some microfine glitter. Shake off any excess glitter. Finally, add…

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BUTTON CHRISTMAS TREE

…nstructions: 1. Start off by arranging the green buttons in the shape of a Christmas tree –if the outline is rough, that will do for now. 2. Once finished the outline, start to glue them down one by one. 3. After the first set have been glued down, start on the second set, which will have the outline looking fuller and more tree-like. Repeat until you’re happy with how it looks! 4. Follow the same process for the base of the tree. 5. Finally, peel…

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LOLLYSTICK CHRISTMAS TREE

…secure. Cut a small rectangle of black foam/card and glue to the base. Finally, attach a glitter star to the top of the shape and you can now hang it on your Christmas tree! All items (or similar) are available from Play Resource Shop & Scrapstore….

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Christmas Closing Dates

CHRISTMAS CLOSING! Play Resource will close for the holidays at 5.00pm on Wednesday December 16th and re-open at 9.30am on Monday 4th January. We would like to thank everybody for your continued support throughout the year and can’t wait to see you all in 2016! MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR  …

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Christmas Gift Bag

You will need: Coloured Card/Paper Tacky Glue Green Funky Foam Red Glitter Pom Poms Red Ribbon Brass Fasteners Instructions: Lie the sheet of paper down in landscape format, measure the centre point of the paper and draw a line down the middle. Fold the ends of the sheet, from the outside inwards, meeting onto the centre line. The edges should meet in the middle, but with one side folded on top of the other. Glue together so that you have a paper…

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