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Cornflour dough tealight holders for Solstice 3

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We live in Northern England and during this time of year it is dark and we love to light up our home with candles and decided to make some cornflour dough tealight holders for Solstice.  Maxi decided to make them in the shape of the sun to celebrate the shortest day and welcome the lengthening of the hours of sun we would receive. We used our white clay recipe, which is really easy to make, so much so that Maxi made it himself and once the dough had cooled down we used cookie cutters to shape our tealight holders.

Perfect Gifts for Grandparents and In-Laws 6

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Perfect Gifts for Grandparents and In-Laws has been updated for 2023. I always want to get the perfect gifts for the boys’ grandparents. One of the hardest people to buy for is the in-laws who are now the boys’ Grandparents, well they are in my opinion and even though I have been married over 25 years I still have difficulties in choosing what to gift them. I want it to be meaningful and tailored towards their likes.

Simply Clay House Christmas Tree Decoration 1

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This Simply Clay House Christmas Tree Decoration is the perfect way to memorialise a year – the year we stayed home. It is a super simple way to use air dry clay to make a permanent reminder to bring our year after year and place it on our family Christmas tree.

Festive and Beautiful Christmas Clay Crafts. Be inspired with this superb selection of festive clay ornaments and decorations. Perfect for DIY clay, salt dough, polymer or air drying clay.

Festive and Beautiful Christmas Clay Crafts 1

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One of the best things about Christmas is getting out our Christmas decorations and the things we have made over the previous years.  This is why I love making things with clay as they last for years and years.  We have selected some festive and beautiful Christmas Clay Crafts for you.  Whether they are made out of polymer clay, salt dough or air drying clay they will stand the test of time and look amazing.

DIY Clay Star Candle Holders 6

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These DIY Clay Star Cadle Holders were inspired by some we saw when we were on holiday in Holland.  I knew then that we could recreate them using our FIMO Air Light (microwavable) clay or any other clay and finally got around to making them this week. They are perfect advent or Christmas decorations and you can find our tutorial below to make your own DIY candle holders.

DIY Clay Star Candle Holders
Winter Snowflake Jar Luminary

Winter Snowflake Jar Luminary 13

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If you have been following our blog for any length of time then you will know that we LOVE recycling glass jars and turning them into tealight holders.  I love being able to bring them out each season and use them to decorate our home and the boys love giving them as gifts.  Now that Halloween is over and we haven’t yet decorated for Christmas we had a need for something to fill the gap and we came up with a winter snowflake jar luminary.