Everyone loves a celebration! Follow our instructions to make your own great gifts to give to friends and family, and create decorations for all occasions.
7. Special occasions
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Christmas
Tree decorations
Make fun paper bunting for your house using cupcake patties.
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Shortbread biscuits
Beautiful biscuits you can hang as decorations too.
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Handprint wreath
Little painted hands make wonderful door wreaths
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Wrapping paper
Sponge shapes make great handmade wrapping paper.
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Christmas shapes
Create cards and decorations with a range of classic christmas shapes.
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Make your Christmas decorations
Make your own cards, gift tags and decorations.
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Make your own Christmas cards
Give these Victorian cards to family and friends this season
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Orange pomander
Make a sweet-smelling pomander to scent your wardrobe and keep the moths away.
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Gift Boxes
Make your own decorative gift boxes.
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Fathers Day
Pop-up card
Follow our easy instructions to make a pop-up card.
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Rocky Road
A delicious recipe for Rocky Road.
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Bookmarks
3 funky bookmarks to make for dad.
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Make Father's Day cards
Colourful templates to help create cards for your Dad.
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Mothers Day
Mother's Day gift boxes
Gifts are always more special when you make the box yourself. Pop your gift in and decorate with a bow!
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Mother's Day cards
Use these images from our Victorian scrapbook to create original cards for your mum.
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Orange pomander
Make a sweet-smelling pomander to scent Mum's wardrobe and keep the moths away.
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Felt jewellery
Make Mum a bobbly bracelet or a novel necklace with colourful woollen felt balls you've made yourself.
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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year Lanterns
Make these paper lanterns decorations to celebrate the year of the dragon.
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2012 is the year of the dragon
Make a paper dragon mask and dress up to celebrate this Chinese new year.
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Chinese New Year Cards
A New Year card to make for friends & family.
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Cogs and his dragon friend
Write a story about Cogs and his friendly dragon then colour the drawing.
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Cogs and the dragon cutting page
Mix and match to make your own story of Cogs and his dragon.
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Halloween
Halloween Lolly Bags
Fill these bags with scary goodies.
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Cupcake Spiders
Chocolate cupcake spiders with liquorice legs.
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Marshmellow Eyeballs
Marshmallow eyes with Smartie pupils.
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Witch and Wizard robes
A costume in 15 minutes.
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Wizard’s Hat
A magically quick Wizard hat.
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Green Slime
Slippery slimy goo for you!
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Witches Hat
A magical hat for budding Witches.
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Easter
Origami Easter baskets
A quick and easy paper basket to fill with chocolate egg this Easter.
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Bunnikens colouring page
A Bunnikens colouring and puzzle page.
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Easy Easter Bunny ears
A perfect set of ears for the Easter hat parade!
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Painted Easter eggs
Make your own traditional Easter decorations.
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Easter Shapes
Make your own unique Easter cards and decorations with these shapes.
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Easter gift baskets
Carry your Easter eggs in these festive baskets.
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A Victorian Easter
Use beautiful Victorian images to decorate cards for Easter.
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