8 Ways to Craft Christmas Table
Perhaps the most important part of any Christmas day is the communal gathering of family and friends around the Christmas dinner table and what better occasion is there to show off your festive crafting prowess? Take a look at the following 8 projects and find the inspiration you'll need to produce a curated and memorable Christmas dinner table display.
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8 Ways to Craft Christmas Table
The fantastic thing about taking the time to craft a high quality festive table runner is that it can be reused for years to come, and passed down from generation to generation. There are several different ways to create your table runner, each of varying levels of intricacy and impact.
Use a Sewing Machine to quilt some Festive Fat Quarters into neat geometric patterns and add colour and interest to the centre of the dinner table. Take a look at the above tutorial from the Hobbycraft blog for a step-by-step guide. There are several different festive Fat Quarter packs to choose from!
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Centerpieces are the focal point of your festive dinner table that all else moves around. If you have any space left in between the spuds and yorkshire puds, why not try your hand at crafting a warming, wintry scene?
Wooden Cloches are an excellent way to elevate a centerpiece. Take a look at the above post from the Hobbycraft blog and see how you can create a miniature woodland world within yours using these fantastic Bottlebrush Trees ». What festive tales does it conjure?
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Place cards are a nice touch that transform an everyday meal into an occasion. Make everybody feel special with their own personalised name card!
Create a multi-purpose name card and gift combo with these modern, personalised baubles. Use our Fillable Baubles in handy family-sized packs in order to create one for each dinner guest!
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Elevate your finest cutlery and napkins by presenting them in crafted rings and holders. The perfect finishing touch to your crafted Christmas dinner table.
Craft these neat cutlery wraps to match the sewn table runner and present your finest tableware in style! Add some Ric Rac Ribbon as a finishing touch. Take a look at the above tutorial from the Hobbycraft blog to see how it's done.
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It's not a Christmas meal until it's been initiated by a Christmas cracker pulling chain! Why not forgo the tacky crackers this year and craft your own. You'll enjoy complete creative control over the exterior of the crackers, and the gifts held within!
Use these Gold Glitter Chunky Alphabet Stickers to pop your own festive messages on your Christmas crackers. Fill with Colourful Confetti and set your meal off with a bang!
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These minimal Kraft crackers would sit very well alongside the Rustic Linen Table Runner, and Wooden Cloche Centrepiece! To find out how to make this classy cracker using our Decorate Your Own Crackers kit, take a look at the above tutorial from the Hobbycraft blog.
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Have you ever seen a more mouthwatering cake?! Be sure to start the post-dinner party by taking a look at the above tutorial for the recipe and baking instructions. These Gingerbread Man Sugar Pipings add the most jovial finishing touch!
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This cake is so smart and must taste absolutely delicious! Take a look at the above tutorial from the Hobbycraft blog to see the recipe and baking instructions. Why not take the display further by presenting the cake on a Glass Cake Stand?