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Merry makings

Children will love giving as well as receiving as they get their hands on these Christmas craft ideas from Hilary White Christmas brings more possibilities for making things than perhaps any other time of year. Try the following ideas with the children in your care and channel their excitement into creative production as they count down to the big day.

Christmas brings more possibilities for making things than perhaps any other time of year. Try the following ideas with the children in your care and channel their excitement into creative production as they count down to the big day.

Father Christmas table decoration

This model of Father Christmas is simple to make and deserves pride of place as the centrepiece of the dinner table.

You will need:

Cardboard tube; red crepe paper; red, black and brown card; pink tissue; newspaper; cotton wool; egg box; brown paint; oval of stiff card; glue; scissors; hole puncher

What to do

The body: glue a rectangle of red crepe paper around the cardboard tube.

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