Festive Christmas activities

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Letter to Cub LeadersThis special edition Christmas activity packincludes three festive Christmas activities, tohelp Cubs work towards their Artist ActivityBadge. We’ve also included additional creative activitiesperfect for keeping your Group busy over thefestive season. Don’t forget to visit the Hobbycraft Ideas Library at www.hobbycraft.co.uk for a whole range of Christmas card making, wrapping and decorating ideas.

Crafty tip! Safety first ArtDid you know?

Get crafty!

ActivitiesThings to make and do1. Design and make a Christmas card.2. Make a poster advertising a Cub Scout event.3. Design and build a model. Festive Christmas makes1. Christmas tree decorations2. Advent calendars3. Festive baking Hobbycraft stores near you

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Did you know...

The names of Santa’s reindeer are

Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and

Vixen, Comet and Cupid,

and Donner and Blitzen .

Sending a handmade, Christmas card to your family or friends is the perfect way to let them know you are thinking of them this Christmas.

What you need:• Card blanks and paper in your choice of colours

(red, white, green, silver or gold)• Pom poms• Felt / fabric• Wobbly eyes• Craft glue• Scissors• Felt markers Instructions1. Decide on your design. This could be a Christmas tree,

reindeer, stocking or snowman.2. Choose your colour theme. You might you want to

work with traditional red, white and green or you could go for something more glitzy such as pink and gold.

3. Using your felt, poms, coloured paper and wobbly eyes, design your card. It is a good idea to lay out your design before sticking anything down.

4. Stick your design to your card using craft glue.5. Leave your design to dry.

Things to make and do

Design

and make

a greeting

card

Safety first!

This project requires

the use of scissors.

Make sure you get

help from an adult.

What you need:• Large piece of card (A1, A3, A4)• Poster paints• Ruler• Markers• Pencil• Eraser

Instructions:1. Find out the details of your event. When is it? What time will it start and end? Where is it being held?2. What additional information needs to be included? Is there a dress code? Do guests need to bring anything?3. Decide on your design. It is a good idea to sketch the design on a separate piece of paper before you get started. 4. Once you are happy with the design and layout of your poster, use a pencil to mark out the areas on the poster where you want the various elements to sit. 5. This is especially important for the areas where you will be adding details; you want to make sure everything fits in before you start painting and decorating.6. Using your poster paints and markers start to fill in your design. Outlining words with a black

marker helps make them stand out more.7. Wait for your paint to dry.

Things to make and doThrowing a Christmas party? Why not design a poster to help promote your event?

Get crafty tip!

Looking for inspiration?

There are posters all

around you, why not go

for a walk in your local

area and town centres

and snap a few pictures

of your favourites? Think

about why you like them.

Do they catch your

attention, why?

Make a poster advertising a Cub Scout event

Date:Time:

Venue:Bring your friends and family!

Use ice-cream sticks to design and build a model castle!

Things to make and do

What you need:1. Ice-cream sticks (plain or coloured)2. Craft glue3. Toothpicks4. Paper, paint, ribbon, beads, pom poms, sequins

and glitter

Instructions:Floor:1. Lay two large ice-cream sticks down flat, parallel to one another, about three inches apart. (Sticks 1 and 2 on diagram)2. Place a line of glue along the top of sticks 1 and 2.3. Place a number of large sticks horizontally on top of

sticks 1 and 2. Leave to dry.

Castle Walls:1. Lay two small ice-cream sticks down flat parallel to one another about 3 inches apart. 2. Place a line of glue along the two small sticks.3. Place alternative large and small sticks horizontally on top of the two small sticks. 4. Repeat steps 1-4 until you have four walls.5. Glue the walls to the floor and allow to dry.

Design and build a model

Get crafty tip!

To give your tower walls a

jagged look as shown in

the picture, make sure you

line up each stick so they

sit flush at the bottom.

1 2

Get crafty tip! Ice-cream sticks can be used to make all sorts of fun and interesting models. From festive Christmas trees and tiaras to boats and bicycles.

Festive Christmas MakesLooking for more festive makes? We’ve pulled together a few of our favourite Christmas projects, perfect for Group or individual activity.

Mache decoration

What you need:

• Mache tree

• Acrylic paint–green, red and

white

• Cotton buds

Instructions:

1. Paint the mache tree green and

leave to dry before repeating with

another coat.

2. Using cotton buds, paint dotty

‘baubles’ all over the tree with red

and white paint.

Candy cone decorationWhat you need:• A4 Card• Patterned/plain felt or fabric• Ribbon• Ric rac• Small gold bells• Double sided tape • Needle and thread• Scissors

Instructions:1. Using a plate or other round object (measuring

roughly 30cm) in diameter, draw a semi circle on a piece of card. Cut out.

2. Stick the semi-circle to a piece of fabric or felt and trim off the excess.

3. Measure and mark a central point on the base of the semi circle and roll into a cone, then secure in place with double-sided tape.

4. Cut a 15cm length of ribbon. Stick each end to the top edge of the outside of the cone at opposite points.

5. Trim the cone with a piece of ric rac, covering the ends of the ribbon handle.

6. Finally, sew a small bell to the cone’s point and fill it with sweets.

Christmas pudding decorationWhat you need:• Styrofoam, ceramic or plastic bauble• Acrylic paint–brown and white• Paint brush• Red and green stick–on felt

Instructions:1. Draw a wiggly line around the bauble about a

third of the way down.2. Paint the top white and the bottom brown, then

leave to dry before repeating coats.3. Cut out small green felt holly leaves and red felt

berries then stick to the top of the bauble.

Tree

Decorations

What you need:• Mini buckets or plastic cups –white, silver and red• Cardboard numbers• Acrylic paint–green, red and white• Red gingham ribbon–9mm and 6mm• Glue

Instructions:1. Paint the card numbers with acrylic paints, starting with 1-red, 2-green and 3-white.

2. Glue the red numbers to the silver buckets, green numbers to the white numbers and white to the red.3. Tie each bucket to a length of ribbon, starting from number one.4. Once all the buckets are strung, fill with goodies and hang along a mantel piece or on the wall.

Why not tie some of these buckets to your Christmas tree or hide them around the house?

Festive Christmas Make

Mini buckets

advent

decoration

Did you know... If you had to receive all the gifts from the Christmas song ’12 Days of Christmas’, you would receive 364 in total!

What you need:• One batch of cupcakes*• Icing sugar*• 6 tbsp edible glitter*• White sugar paste block• Orange food colouring• Writing icing tube–black• Rice paper*• Food colouring pensInstructions:1. Make a batch of cupcakes using your favourite recipe and allow to cool. Don’t forget to check for allergies.2. Draw patterns onto the rice paper and cut into short strips to make snowman scarves.3. Roll 1cm blocks of sugar paste into balls (one for each cake) and press a cocktail stick into the ball to make a hole in which the carrot nose will sit. 4. Mix a small amount of orange colouring paste into a piece of sugar paste until it is a consistent shade. Use this to make carrot noses

and push each into the snowman head shapes.5. Mix the icing sugar with a little cold water until

it resembles double cream. Concentrating on one cake at a time, spoon the icing onto the cake and then sprinkle on a tiny amount of glitter. While the icing is still wet add the two scarf pieces and a head, pushing it gently into the white icing. 6. Finally add black dots of writing icing for the eyes and mouth.

Why not spoil your family and friends by making them these gorgeous snowman cupcakes?

Festive Christmas make

Festive

bakes

*Not sold at Hobbycraft

Safety first!

Ask an adult for help

when working with

a hot oven. Don’t

forget your apron

and oven gloves!

Don’t forget to

check for allergies.

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xxx

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