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Welcome to Mumsnet's very own Christmas workshop.
Now I don't know about you, but I absolutely love Christmas.
It's probably my favourite time of year--
the mince pies, the Christmas trees, the Christmas jumpers,
snuggling up on the sofa watching
loads of Christmas movies.
But what I don't quite love so much is the Christmas shopping,
trawling through those overcrowded shops and panic
buying on Christmas Eve because, let's be honest,
we've all been there.
The solution?
Why not make your own Christmas gifts?
Today I'm going to be showing you how to make some
of my favourite homemade Christmas gifts.
These are all quick and easy to make, fairly low cost,
and they're also ideal for an afternoon
of crafting with the kids.
So let's get started.
[MUSIC, "JOY TO THE WORLD"]
This homemade gift is perfect for any music
lover in your family.
I'm going to show you how to make a homemade clock which
features a lovely vinyl record.
I actually picked this one up for less than 45 p
from a charity shop and lots of other little bits
that probably cost less than three pounds in total.
If you have a vinyl record with a hole that's
not quite big enough, what you can do
is you can get a chopstick and wrap a little bit of sandpaper
around the edge so that you can actually widen the hole.
And all you need to do is pop this sandpaper piece
through the hole here and use this kind of action
to just widen the hole a tiny little bit
so that the clock mechanism fits as it should.
So next, we're going to stick the numbers on.
And what I've done, just to make sure
that I get the hours exactly where I want them,
I've got an old bit of recycled paper.
And what I've done is folded it this way into quarters.
And then I've folded that again into thirds.
And that gives you 12 creases for the 12 hours
that need to go on your clock.
And just pop it on the top here of my template.
I'm wanting to make sure that all the hours are lined up
as I want them.
Let's start with number 12, finally 9 here.
So next, we're going to add the actual clock mechanism.
Get your clock mechanism face and just pop that
into the hole.
But make sure you ease it in gently just so that you
don't crack the record, which I definitely did on my first try.
And next, we're going to add the nut.
And then you want to add to the hour hand.
Then adding on top of that is my minute hand.
And then lastly, you've got the second hand.
And the last thing that I'm going to do now
is place this little hook onto the back.
Pop in your battery.
That's it.
You're done.
Perfect for that music obsessed person in your life.
But you don't have to use a vinyl record.
You can use anything from a biscuit tin to a CD to a drum,
even to a teddy bear.
The possibilities are endless.
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If you've got a friend or family member who
wants to go eco-friendly, then this
is a great homemade gift that you
can give them this Christmas.
So I'm going to be showing you how to make face scrubbies.
Now these are usually used for cleansing or to take
any bits of makeup off.
But the great thing about them is
that they're actually reusable.
So you can chuck them straight in the washing machine,
and it means you don't have to buy
cotton wool or any other disposable beauty
products that usually come in lots of plastic packaging.
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If you're a dab hand at sewing, I'd
actually recommend sewing it, maybe using a little sewing
kit like this or a pop-up sewing machine,
just because they'll last a little bit longer.
However, if you do decide to do what I'm doing today and iron,
that'll also go through the washer for a times as well.
So what I've done is I've cut three circles, already
prepared, one for the flannel, which
will go at the bottom, one for the adhesive paper, which
will go in the middle.
And then one that's the patterned fabric, which
will sit nicely on the top.
And then what you need to do is you
need to get your damp cloth, place it over the top.
And then you're going to take your iron,
and you're going to just, in circular motions,
just go over the top here, only for about 10 seconds.
And like magic, the perfect little face scrubby
that will make a great stocking filler this Christmas.
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So this homemade gift is what I like to call Sweet Heart.
And the reason I like it so much is because it
takes about 10 minutes to make.
And also, you can be as creative as you like with it.
So you can do a simple pattern, or you
can do a full-blown portrait, depending how
inspired you are on the day.
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So first up.
I'm going to take card, and I'm going
to measure a border around the edge.
And this should probably just be a few centimetres wide.
And now the fun really begins.
So I'm going to take my sweets, and I'm
going to actually create a sort of grid pattern.
So I'm using hearts and also the classic eggs.
And I'm going to place these down within my little pencil
markings I made earlier.
And then you can keep going until you've
filled up your square with a few rows of lovely-looking sweets.
Now we're going to start some glueing.
So you want to take your glue gun and your first sweets.
Just be careful with these, because they can get really
hot, especially on the end.
And then you want to pop that down into place.
Last egg down.
Let's take a look at one I made earlier.
I've actually done five rows on this one.
I actually five on there, and now
we just need to get it into the frame.
And that's it, a perfect bit of sweet art.
And now I get to eat all the leftovers.
Plenty of quick and easy gift ideas
that are sure to impress your family and friends.
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