Step-by-step illustrations and clear instructions for creating a bright Easter sweatshirt, a spooky Halloween mobile, or other holiday crafts.

Helpful step-by-step illustrations will show kids how to make delightful projects in an hour or less.

Provides instructions for a variety of handicrafts in one hour.

Join Martha Stewart for a celebration of handcrafted holidays all year-round! New Year’s – Valentine’s Day – Easter – Mother’s Day – Father’s Day – Fourth of July – Halloween – Thanksgiving – Hanukkah – Christmas Let Martha inspire your creativity with the most beautiful crafts. The 225 handmade projects include cards and greetings, decorations, gifts and gift wrapping, tabletop accents, party favors, and kids’ crafts, as well as more holiday-specific activities, such as egg-dyeing, pumpkin carving, and tree trimming. Each idea is sure to make the holidays more festive—and memorable.

Christmas can be made even more fun with lovely decorations and homemade gifts. For readers who love crafting, this book of fantastic, easy projects with a Christmas theme is perfect. With just a few basic craft supplies and even recycled materials from around the house, readers can create special crafts such as Christmas tree decorations, a homemade Advent calendar, and even snowmen made from socks. Each project includes detailed step-by-step instructions and lots of opportunities for readers to use their own creativity to make truly unique designs.

Let craft gurus Alan Gear and Barry Freestone be your crafting hosts as you plan and prepare for the holidays. This book contains everything you need to know to create a range of wonderful items as gifts, and to decorate the tree, table and home to welcome your guests. Using seasonal materials and simple techniques, create great presents for family and friends, exciting cards, seasonal wreaths, garlands, tree decorations, table items and mouthwatering candies. Packed with festive and creative ideas, The Ultimate Handcrafted Christmas is the definitive guide to creating the perfect Christmas.

Christmas is the perfect time for kids to get creative - so let them craft and bake their way to the most magical of Christmases. Catherine Woram's craft projects put busy little hands to work on perfect gifts to give, as well as great ideas for wrapping them and greetings cards to make. Kids can deck the halls with colourful garlands and make a stocking to hang up for Santa! Annie Rigg's tasty Christmas treats - from Marshmallow Snowmen to Coconut Ice - are perfect for giving as gifts, if they last that long! Irresistible edible decorations include snowflake cookies to hang on the tree and an adorable gingerbread house, while party foods will help get the festivities underway. Including over 60 exciting festive projects, which are suitable for children from ages 3 up to 11, this is the perfect guide to introducing kids to a world of exciting homemade Christmas crafts. Catherine Woram studied fashion at St Martins School of Art in London, followed by a masters in fashion at the Royal College of Art. She writes for many publications, including the Telegraph magazine, Ideal Home and Prima. Annie Rigg is an experienced freelance food stylist and writer. She has worked on numerous books and best-selling magazines, such as Sainsbury's Magazine, Olive, Delicious, Country Living and Good Food Magazine. She has worked with a number of top chefs, and used to cook for world-famous singers and bands on tour, including Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones.