Guest Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I need help from you clever people out there. Jules needs to help to make a christmas hat for her school christmas party next week and Harry needs to make a table decoration Any ideas for simple but effective things? I know many of you have probably done this before so tips would be useful Thanking you in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura007 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 candles wrapped around the bottom with holly maybe?? a nice table decoration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 When I was little my Mum used a piece of "oasis" (garden centre?) and we stuck candles, decorations on a stick/wire and plants real/plastic into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 (edited) You could put the candle into Oasis in a terracotta pot - it helps to have some weight. Paint the pot gold or silver and add some ivy to the edge, around the pot. If you put Christmas hats into Google Images, you will find plenty of ideas like this one....... sorry - still trying to get the photo to work Edited December 11, 2006 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Thank you all I will go into Blue Peter mode sometime this week after 4 school plays to attend and cards to write Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Debs, is Jules's outfit themed, or is the hat the only dressing up bit? If it was just a hat and normal clothes, what about a nice big cardboard crown (3 kings?), sprayed gold, quite high with loads of tinsel in the top, and some 'jewels' stuck round the outside, and a bit of tinsel for fur around the base? Or make a big pointy cardboard cone and cover in green tinsel and dress to look like a Christmas tree? Have fun anyway, and don't forget photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 For the table decoration you could make a 3D tree out of cardboard by cutting out 2 identical trees and then doing slots in them. 1 at the top of one and one at the bottom of the other one. You'll need to paint them though. Mum did this when she helped out at Playgroup years ago. Did you watch Blue Peter today though? They were making santa's elves today and you could make a whole group of them. Go to www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter and find the details off the website. They looked fairly easy and quick to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Liz Thank you that's brilliant, love the Blue Peter idea, I think I have most of the things lying around Claire I think I will use your idea for the hat, but try and do an angel (that's what Jules wants) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Oh, good! Glad I could be of some assistance. If you make a whole group of elves you could make a scene out of them on a large white piece of card and make some little pressies for them to pile up in a cardboard sled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
