The plain-Jane basis for each of these handmade Christmas wreaths is an ordinary ready-made wreath of white pine or balsam. We asked a talented designer-florist for some decorating ideas, and these are the lovely easy-to-copy results.
Get colorful classic Christmas cookies for treats like stained glass cookies, Merry Maker cookies, peppermint pinwheels, Christmas bell and tree cookies, ribbon Christmas cookies, pastel pretties & more recipes.
Star cookie tree (edible Christmas tree with star-shaped cookies) Ingredients & supplies Cookie dough Decorating frosting Colored candies Styrofoam [covered with foil on cookie side]
Here’s a cute little vintage Christmas tree craft from 1950. You can cut the tree and decorations out of paper, then and you can use it as a table centerpiece or a mantel decoration, hang it up, or just play with it.
Here’s how you can make vintage stained-glass style Christmas ornaments from hard candy! This crafty project is probably easier than you’d think.
Aren’t they fabulous – these pouf-wrapped gifts with tissue paper from the 1960s? We’ve never seen a more exciting gift-wrap idea, or a more impressive one.
Make some retro ornaments for your Christmas tree with these crafts from the ’60s: they’re fanciful birds and butterflies in inexpensive, easy-to-sew felt.
Get inspired with these creative, crafty ideas for making some of your own homemade ’60s-style Christmas decor to match the style of your home!
For the merriest of holidays, here is a collection of classic gingerbread houses! See a half-timbered country gingerbread house, a church with twin towers, a marvelous Victorian manse — take your pick.
Looking for some authentic retro holiday decor? Here, find out how to make some vintage Christmas crafts from 1964! There’s a green burlap holiday wreath, some tabletop crown Christmas trees, a starburst craft and more.
What a happy, colorful Christmas tree you’ll have this season if it’s gaily trimmed with these old-style wood ornaments you paint yourself!
This fairyland gumdrop Christmas tree is made from gummy candy, toothpicks and a Styrofoam cone. At 24 inches high, it makes a magnificent centerpiece for a Christmas buffet table. Here’s how to make it!
The welcoming wreath It invites all callers to come inside and share the Christmas spirit with you The traditional symbol of welcome and hospitality is
Here’s some beautiful Christmas decor and crafty holiday gifts that you can make – they’re creative and affordable, and all in an authentic ’60s-style.
For a ’60s-style Christmas, give something out of this world! On the launching pad and ready to go in Santa’s space capsule are a collection of vintage creative holiday gifts for the home.
A pretty wrapping makes a gift special. But when you suddenly realize that some of your Christmas presents are costing almost as much to wrap as they did to buy, then it’s high time for ingenuity and originality!
Start your holiday decorating now by making dazzling, jewel-like Christmas ornaments shaped like balloons, or enchanting holiday decor to hang in your home!
Make these ornaments in minutes for dazzling centerpieces or decorations. It’s so easy! You simply use straight pins to attach sequins and beads to Styrofoam forms.
Christmas claybake In that magical and ever-quickening flurry of days and weeks before Christmas, when lists are drawn up, gifts cached away, parties and visits
Every home has room for a Christmas tree, even if it’s only the tabletop variety. See the festive joy a small tree Christmas tree can bring to your home!
For sheer imagination and warmth, Christmas cannot be compared with any other holiday. People of all ages will love these cute Christmas cookie houses, which can be made easily and inexpensively. See examples and get directions here!
So pretty, such fun to do! One of the nicest Christmas customs we know is having both young and old make ornaments for the tree!
Get crafty and decorate L’eggs eggs for the holidays – they come in gold, silver, red, blue, green, so you can give brighter Christmas presents.
Make your own gay trimmings, advises clever El Paso decorator by Bessie Simpson Remember the days when Christmas trimmings were not to be found in
Here are some crafty Christmas tree ornaments you can sew yourself, using scraps of fabric! There are four different designs using an inexpensive patchwork design.
Remember when Christmas was homemade ornaments and handmade gifts? Maybe this is the year for Christmas past. All it takes is a batch of dough
You can fashion angels for yule out of paper You can fashion beautiful Christmas angels from papier-mache. You needs lots of newspapers and wallpaper paste.
Holiday bake-fest For years beyond telling, a favorite holiday craft project for parents and children has been making charming tree ornaments and centerpiece figures from
Make your own gift wrapping bags They’re gifts themselves with many “after” uses Have you ever gone through wrapping gymnastics trying to make a pretty
The best way to gift-wrap a bulky or odd-shaped kitchen appliance or utensil is — don’t! Give it a fanciful shape, instead — with Christmas paper, ribbons, gay ornaments, and such.
How to make fragrant pomander balls Craft your own clove-studded oranges Pomander balls — they have a delightful spicy aroma everyone will enjoy. Wrap firm
Creative gift wrapping ideas by Mrs CS Stone Skillet Lollipop. Tape lid inverted to skillet and cover with cardboard circle. Pad feet with extra tissue
Festive ribbons for your curtains Carry a decorated-for-Christmas look to a window treatment with colorful satin-tone gift-wrapping ribbon. Loop the ribbons over the draperies and
When we receive Christmas gifts nicely wrapped with tissue paper and decorated with pretty festive stickers, there is an added pleasure.
True Value Hardware Stores: Santa’s Preview Toys & dolls shown: Happy Holidays ’72 record album, Horsman Tammy Tears doll, Uneeda Jennifer doll, Talk to “Hi Dottie,”
The real death of a cheerleader story (1985) 
30 vintage TV dinners: Fried chicken, turkey, pot roast & other fab frozen food, retro-style 
20 vintage pink bathrooms: See some wild bubblegum-era midcentury home decor of the 1950s & 1960s 
US Army shoulder insignia (1945) 
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