Marlene at Bo’ness Library has pulled together this list of books to help you put a personal touch to your Christmas gifts and decorations. There’s books for young creatives too.
You can borrow these titles right now from your local library. Click the links and place a request to have the books sent to your library of choice for pickup.
Half Yard Christmas
Debbie Shore
Easy sewing projects using left-over pieces of fabric. Great photos and easy to follow step by step instructions.
Supercraft Christmas : craft your way through more than 40 festive projects
Sophie Pester & Catharina Bruns
More than 40 eco-friendly festive projects, including charming gifts, stunning decorations, and quirky gift wrap ideas.
Craft it up: Christmas around the world
Libby Abadee and Cath Armstrong
35 fun craft projects inspired by travelling adventures. Very quirky ideas, some recipes and templates included with easy to follow instructions
Paper Christmas
Emily Dawe
16 paper crafting projects for the festive season. Great ideas, good instructions and full-size templates.
The Lego Christmas Ornaments book
Chris McVeigh
Perfect for big kids. Step-by-step instructions for 15 models
Christmas crafting in no time
Clare Youngs
50 step-by-step projects and inspirational ideas
10 minute Christmas crafts
Annalees Lim
Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, and are perfect for teachers looking for original ideas as well as time-poor parents.
Kids make Christmas : over 40 kids’ craft projects for Christmas
Pia Deges
From tree decorations and games to pretty gifts and delicious cookies, the projects cover a wide range of different crafts.Everything is simple to make for kids of all ages, with most of the projects requiring no previous skill and clear step by step instructions
Celebrate Christmas : the bumper book of festive food and craft.
A Christmas one-stop-shop!
100 little knitted gifts to make
Monica Russel
A variety of themes from Christmas knits, baby bootees, phone covers, mug hugs, headbands, and scarves.
