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Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties

What to do with the ugly Christmas sweaters you may still have?
Quite simple: you make them still more kitschy and then a party where the ugliest will be awarded ;-))

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Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties

Simple Folded Gift Wrap

unikatissima Simple Folded Gift Wrap

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I presented pleated gift wraps before and here is my simple and very fast version of these (which by the way was well received ;-)): I took plain printer paper, folded three pleats of about 1 cm and wrapped the book with it :)

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Here at unikatissima:
Pleated Gift Wrap

Aran Sweater Tea Cozy

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When I’ve seen the Aran sweater tea cozy I’d nearly started knitting – though I never drink tea from a teapot ;-))

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Aran Sweater Tea Cozy

Felted Animals

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I find the idea about how to felt these animals brilliant: they are felted around a foam core that consists of single slices that give together the approximate shape of the animal.
Actually it should be relatively easy to make those slices at home from a cleaning sponge?!
Besides you can surely also felt this way three dimensional flowers and the like :)

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Felted Animals (japanisch)
Google translation of entry to English

Origami Bow

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If you wrap a gift it must look nice. How about such an Origami bow as decoration? They can surely easily be made from coloured adverts, too ;-)

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How-to: Make an Origami/Kirigami Bow

Knitted Christmas Tree

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This Christmas tree really impressed me: a lot of people knitted in total more than 2000 simple green leaves which form the tree.
After Christmas the tree will be dismantled and the leaves will be sewn together to make blankets for elderly people.
That’s what I call recycling ;-)

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Knitted Christmas Tree (Lancashire community knit Christmas tree)
There is the link to Knitting a Happy Christmas in Poulton