cheap and easy Christmas crafts?

[olmue]

I got roped into helping put in a Christmas in August event, and I'm supposed to help come up with cheap and easy Christmas gifts/crafts. I don't have to teach a class, just come up with some examples and directions to put on a display table. I draw, yes--but that is NOT the same thing as crafts! I uh, need to have it all ready by Thursday. Look, it's been Dentist City around here, plus I'm critiquing (that's not the right word, because I am not knowledgeable enough--more like reading and commenting) on DH's scholarly book about Print and Prognostica, and it has big words. (It's interesting, though, especially comparing publishing Back Then in 1488 to Now.) One idea I had, though, was sock dolls. We call them Grandmadolls in our house because my grandma made them for us. I think I could make one of them by Thursday. It's not particularly Christmas, but it's something you could make for someone, I guess.

Um. Anyone have any fantastically fast, easy, and cheap ideas?

Comments

[robinellen.livejournal.com]

If you ever buy frozen juice, keep the round lids (or just make a round circle about that size out of stiff paper or matting material). Then cut out pictures from old Christmas cards (we keep all of ours), glue them to the round lid, glue on some bric-brac and a string to hang it, and voila! You have a Christmas tree ornament ;) (We used this at D's school last year).

[olmue.livejournal.com]

Cool idea! Maybe I'll print up a list of crafts like that that people can take home with them.