Here’s a video showing how to make your own Christmas village buildings using wood or cardboard and some paper mache. The video is labeled as “Part One” and the series promises to continue with more information on how to finish the buildings with paint and embellishments.

Has a cute idea of using a home stamp kit to date the building “Built in 1890″ into the paper mache before it dries.

This is a great video showing how to securely attach a big bow to a Christmas wreath. Very decorative and nice job!

For instructions on how to make the large bow, check out this video: How To Make A Large Bow

Here’s a sweet twist to the traditional Christmas wreath–a wreath made from lots of candies! Quite a cute project, and one that the kids would love to help with I’m sure .

A couple tips to note: Buy your candy right after Halloween when the candy is on sale. Also make a few to give as gifts, can be an economical homemade gift if you get your candy at the best price possible.

Here’s a cute project to make for yourself or give as a gift, a Christmas Keepsake Board. If you make this with a Christmas or holiday fabric, you can hang these on the wall to hold various Christmas cards, notes and pictures you’ve received during the holidays.

Here’s a video showing how to make a Christmas wreath using a ready-made greenery wreath, but shows how to bulk it up by adding extra greens (different kinds and shades for a more interesting look). Suggests placing the decorations around the wreath first and once you decide how it looks, glue them on.

Tip: Save money by gathering & preparing your own pinecones. You’ll also want to check out this video if you need help attaching a bow to your wreath: How To Attach A Bow To A Christmas Wreath and this video for making the big bow: How To Make A Large Bow.

This is a great video showing how to make a gingerbread house. Provides a recipe for gingerbread, a recipe for the “glue” (royal icing) and shows how to cut out the pieces of your gingerbread house using templates. Then shows simple & easy ideas for decorating the piece. Nice job!

Here’s another video where you can get some candy decorating ideas:

If you would like to try a different recipe for gingerbread, check out this one posted on Tipnut: Laura Ingalls Wilder Gingerbread Recipe.

Here are instructions for making a large 6 yard bow, perfect for using on Christmas wreaths.

Here is the complete series of videos for how to make beautiful family genealogy wreaths. The details provided for this project is amazing, and the wreaths are quite the lovely (and special) holiday decoration!

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If you’re gift wrapping impaired, here’s a very basic (but great!) video on how to wrap your Christmas presents. Nothing fancy for wrapping ideas, but you’ll have perfectly wrapped gifts to place under the tree.