If the holiday season brings out your crafty side and you’re in need of ideas, look no further than your Library! We have books for just about every handmade craft you can imagine. Whether you’re looking for inspiration for wreath-making, woodworking, painting, fiber arts, or baking, you’ll find countless ideas in our huge collection of craft books.
Below are just a few of the books we have. Click the titles to place holds, and search our catalog for even more options.
Artful Christmas: 30 Elegant Craft Projects
Crafters will feel the joy as they use Susan Wasinger’s Artful Christmas: 30 Elegant Craft Projects to make 30 elegant yet incredibly easy projects out of the most affordable and accessible materials. Deck the halls with a lacy air-dried clay wreath, a stamped muslin bag Advent calendar, festive felt stockings, sparkling paper ornaments, a glittered garland, and other items beautiful and bright.
Origami for Christmas: Origami & Paper Craft Christmas Decoration Projects
Your very own handmade paper Christmas decorations can be produced with just some origami paper, scissors, a little glue, and some ribbon. Use them to adorn your gifts, hang them from the tree, make a garland out of them, or lay them on the fireplace for support. Origami for Christmas: Origami & Paper Craft Christmas Decoration Projects by Stephen Jordan gives you all the information you need.
Big Book of Christmas Ornaments and Decorations
Big Book of Christmas Ornaments and Decorations , a collection from Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, features fretwork, compound-cuts, intarsia, and inlay projects for ornaments, wreaths, Santas, portraits, candleholders, and more. The book also features a stunning gallery of work. With step-by-step instructions and color photos, readers are guaranteed a very merry scrolling experience.
100 Little Christmas Gifts to Make
Sue Stratford’s 100 Little Christmas Gifts to Make contains projects from some of Search Press’s best-selling authors. They cover a wide variety of crafts including papercraft, sewing, knitting, crochet, sugarcraft, felt decorations, jewelry making, cross stitch, mosaic making, decoupage, polymer clay decorations, and needlepoint. Projects are simple enough for experienced beginners, but will also appeal to seasoned crafters.
DIY Watercolor Christmas: Easy Painting Ideas and Techniques for Cards, Gifts, and Decor
DIY Watercolor Christmas: Easy Painting Ideas and Techniques for Cards, Gifts, and Decor by Ingrid Sanchez covers the materials and equipment you need for watercolor painting—from paints and brushes to paper and other materials such as masking fluid and watercolor ground. Twelve creative projects follow, with easy-to-follow step-by-step tutorials so even beginners can jump right in.
Christmas Crafting in No Time: 50 Step-by-Step Projects and Inspirational Ideas
Take the stress out of the festive season with Clare Youngs’ Christmas Crafting in No Time: 50 Step-by-Step Projects and Inspirational Ideas, where you will find projects that have maximum impact but take little time to make. Every project comes with clear step-by-step instructions and beautiful illustrations, meaning anyone can have a go at making something elegant.
Classic Christmas Crochet: Traditional Danish Holiday Decorations and Gifts
Heidi B. Johannesen’s selection of holiday designs, Classic Christmas Crochet: Traditional Danish Holiday Decorations and Gifts, evokes the spirit of the season with compelling simplicity: red and green, black and white, plus a touch of gold and glitter to bring the magic of Christmas to life. From bells and hearts to elves and stockings, everything you need to crochet yourself a quintessential Christmas is right here at the end of your hook.
Fa La La La Felt!: 45 Handmade Holiday Decorations
The festive Christmas projects in Amanda Carestio’s Fa La La La Felt!: 45 Handmade Holiday Decorations will bring joy to crafters everywhere. Created by successful online designers from around the world, the adorable items range from a sweet garland of little birds to super-cute matryoshka doll ornaments. All can be made with simple sewing techniques, and there are both no-sew and eco-smart options.
Knitters of all skill levels will love Mini Knitted Christmas by Sue Stratford, which is full of charming, fun Christmas projects. The projects are made with small amounts of readily available yarn. They are easy to knit, and follow one of two basic sewing-up techniques, both of which are clearly shown using step-by-step photography.
Joyce Klynstra’s Christmas Baking: Festive Cookies, Candies, Cakes, Breads, and Snacks to Bring Comfort and Joy to Your Holiday brings together more than 100 Christmas-inspired recipes, each beautifully photographed with easy-to-follow instructions. Recipes include everything from holiday classics like Dark Chocolate Crinkles and Decorated Sugar Cookies, to international treats like Krakelingen, Linzer Cookies, and Alfajores.
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