Christmas Balls

     These Christmas balls are made out of coloured card and are very easy to make.  By Betty

Santa's Sleigh

     I made this sleigh from a cardboard box and magazines, then decorated it, the skis are newspapers.  I made the seat with a cushion for Santa to sit on.  I also made the Santa sack and put a couple of presents in.  Then I bought two reindeer to finish it off.  I also made the tree, the stem is magazines with pipe cleaners wrapped round it and the branches are pipe cleaners with snow on them.  Then I put some lights on.
By Betty

Christmas Wreath

     This is the wreath I made.  It is made out of toilet paper and silver paint.  Put a few decorations on and spray glitter.  So easy to make.  By Betty

Chloe And Harrys Christmas Cake

Jonathans Christmas Cookies

     As Sam's Christmas cookies are carefully counted out for presents, Jonathan decided to make his own batch of Peanut Butter Blossoms.  He did an excellent job!

Sams Christmas Cookies

 Sugar Cookie

 Peanut Butter Blossoms

 Sugar Cookie

 Sugar Cookie

 Gingerbread Cookie

 Sugar Cookie

 Swedish Spritz Cookies

     Sam has been very busy the past two days baking her famous Christmas cookies. 

Christmas Cookies

For the past two days Sam has been cookie baking up a storm, the result, a kitchen full of delicious temptations.

Girl Guides Christmas Decorations

"My Christmas Angel I made at Guides"

"Chloe made a Humpty Dumpty Santa Christmas decoration"

"Others in the making from other Girl Guides"

By

Chloe and Tracy Waller

Christmas Door Hanging

I made this door hanging with bits and pieces and a branch off the Christmas tree. It didn't cost me a penny!

By Rose Ann Hayman

Holly Jolly Memories

For the holiday season I am asking my blog friends what is their favorite Christmas memory...this is Amanda Smith's memory.

"To this date I have had 19 Christmases. I can't remember a majority of them, just bits and pieces of different ones. The one Christmas I think I will always remember is the one of 2008, and not just because it is the most recent one, either. It was a notable one because it was the first Christmas in my new rebuilt house. We had no Christmas decorations anymore, the fire had claimed them all. Because of that, my mom decided to give me her Christmas village--which she had been collecting pieces for for years. I always admired it, she always set it up so nicely every year. Along with the village she also handed down some of her ornaments that she had had for years. I now think that all of those things will be family heir items. They were very special to her and are just as special to me. Also during this Christmas...my cousin Jeffrey, who is like a brother to me now, had moved into the house as well and loves decorating as much as I do. So we went out and bought as much stuff as we could with what little amount we had to spend. We were up all night decorating all of the living room, outside, and a little upstairs. What really made this Christmas memorable, at least for me, was that every Christmas I could remember, we had a fake tree. Since my dad knew how much I had wanted a real one, he went out and got one. The smell of fresh pine illuminated the whole Christmas aura of the house. Luckily this year, we have continued the new tradition of having a real tree."

Holly Jolly Memories

For the holiday season I am asking my blog friends their favorite Christmas memory...this is Scott Bremner's memory.

"My first Christmas memory is hearing Santa on the roof of the house after he dropped pajamas through our loft hatch. I was seven years old and my little brother Paul was three. It was when I lived on Isle of Arran. My favorite Christmas song is Last Christmas by Wham."

Holly Jolly Memories

For the holiday season I am asking my blog friends what is their favorite Christmas memory...this is John Neary's memory.

"One of my youngest Christmas memories is when I was six or seven years old. We were lucky to have a TV at home, a black and white one of course, it was 1959ish, and there was a lot of cowboy movies from America on TV, and I, like all of the boys I knew, wanted to be cowboys. That Christmas, my parents got me a cowboy outfit, it had everything, two six guns, a rifle, chaps, a cowboy hat and a vest with fringes. I remember getting dressed up in my new cowboy outfit, with the help of my dad and I remember him telling me not to stand the rifle against the wall barrel down, he said it would fall over and I might accidentally shoot someone. I was reluctant to go out of the house all dressed up but I soon figured out that a pillow tied over the foot board of my bed, like a saddle, made a great horse. I fought many Indians that winter, rode across many prairies and my trusty steed never let me down. Happy memories."

Holly Jolly Memories

For the holiday season I am asking my blog friends what is their favorite memory of Christmas...this is Christine's memory.

"I would have to say one (or many) of my favorite Christmas memories was when I lived in Glasgow. I may have been about 6 or 7 years old the year I received my cot for my new doll. I remember writing out my list for Santa on Christmas eve and my Mum took the wee letter and my sister Kathleen's too. We watched as she put it up the chimney (we called it the lum) so Santa would get it and read our list. We then went to bed. I was very excited because that was when I believed in Santa. I imagined him squeezing down our chimney and not giving any thought to the fire below and drinking the milk and biscuits my Mum had put out for him. When I went to bed every noise I heard I thought it must be Santa and I was afraid to move in case he heard me. When I woke up in the morning I looked at the bottom of my bed to see if I had a stocking with goodies in it and there was an orange, some sweeties and a wee toy, that was exciting enough. Then I ran into the sitting room with my sister and there was my new life sized blue cot with a new doll. There was a knitted blanket in it which I think my Mum knitted. I remember putting my new doll in the cot to go to sleep, it was a great feeling to know that Santa knew what I wanted and I got it. I believed in Santa for quite a few years."

Holly Jolly Memories

For the holiday season I am asking my blog friends what is their favorite memory of Christmas...this is Suzy's memory.

"I have many childhood memories of toys and surprises but the one I remember fondly was as an adult in the mid 1990's on the night of Christmas eve it began to snow. I went outside into our field that was surrounded by woods and just roamed around enjoying the peaceful feeling the snowfall gave. It was the first time we had a white Christmas. Though it was not a dramatic moment it affected me even after all these years."

Christmas Crafting By Betty