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With Christmas upon us everyone is starting to think of festive food, Secret Santas or Kris Kringles, pressies and decorations. Before you join the crowds at *whichever* shopping mall, have you thought of having a DIY Christmas? This year you could make it even more meaningful as well as sustainable by making and customising your gifts.

Handcrafting your gifts not only shows the extra consideration and care, but can be as personal as you wish. We are sure the recipients will be thrilled!

We have prepared a myriad of fun classes so you can DIY pretty much everything! From making your own wreaths and decorations, to designing your own bon bons (think about all the dad jokes you could use in those handmade Christmas crackers!), wrapping gifts with a bit of pizzazz or making all sorts of great things to give to friends and family…

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Glass and Paper Jewellery

What's it all about? So simple to create yet stunning to wear, glass and paper can be made into wonderful pieces of jewellery; who would have thought? With the limitless bounds of print media (think books, old maps, sheet music, photographs, etc. ) you can take almost anything flat and make it into your very…

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Make Your Own Hula-Hoop!

What's it all about? Ever wanted to hoop in your own unique way? Come along and create your own sparkletastic hula-hoop for yourself or as a gift. Get in on the spin of this fun-fuelled craft. What will we cover? The class will cover: Explanation on how to make base hoops (note: all base hoops…

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Glass and Paper Jewellery

What's it all about? So simple to create yet stunning to wear, glass and paper can be made into wonderful pieces of jewellery; who would have thought? With the limitless bounds of print media (think books, old maps, sheet music, photographs, etc. ) you can take almost anything flat and make it into your very…

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Origami Christmas Gift Wrapping

What's it all about? Gift wrapping: a joy for some and a nightmare for others. Join us as we learn a technique of 'origami wrapping' that will catapult you into the realm of gift-wrapping pro! With Christmas just around the corner, be sure to bring down all your presents so you can decorate them in…

The featured image above is borrowed and edited, with thanks, from ProFlowers under a Creative Commons licence.