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DIY Christmas Decoration Ideas

Bring festive cheer to your home with these playful DIY Christmas decoration ideas!

DIY Paper Christmas Decorations

Learn how to make two easy festive DIY paper crafts — charming bell ornaments and fan rosettes.

DIY Fabric Paper Chains

Make reusable DIY fabric paper chains for a beginner‑friendly, sustainable Christmas craft idea!

Free Crochet Christmas Pudding Pattern

Crochet your own festive treat with this free Christmas pudding amigurumi pattern!

DIY Yarn-Wrapped Star Ornaments

These easy DIY yarn-wrapped star ornaments bring cosy charm to your festive decorations.

The Big Little Christmas Gift Guide

Celebrate the little moments that make a big Christmas with thoughtful gifts, festive fun, and family traditions.

Free Printable Christmas Wish List

Download our free printable Christmas wish list! A fun way to plan gifts, spark joy, and spend meaningful time together this festive season.

10 Best Books to Read on Christmas Eve

Snuggle up with one of these 10 festive books perfect for Christmas Eve. From romance to thrillers, there’s something for every reader.

24 Easy Naughty Elf Ideas

Need quick and creative naughty elf ideas for December? Check out these easy last-minute setups to keep the Christmas magic alive—simple, fun, and stress-free!

Best Christmas Party Games for Families

Make this Christmas unforgettable with the best family party games! From timeless classics to fresh favourites.

The Best Christmas Craft Kits For Adults 2024

The holiday season is the perfect time of year to embrace creativity, and what better way to do that than with some festive crafting?

Fun and Affordable Stocking Fillers for Adults

Stocking fillers are underrated. Yeah, your main gift gets plastered all over your feed and gets all the attention, but what do you turn to when you’re at a loose end in that awkward Betwixmas period?

How to Make a Traditional Christmas Wreath

Create a beautiful DIY traditional Christmas wreath with this step-by-step guide.

How to Crochet a Reindeer Bauble

Learn how to crochet a reindeer bauble with our free pattern and step-by-step guide.

6 Easy Handmade Christmas Card Ideas

If you need inspiration for handmade Christmas cards this year, we have six ideas to get you started.

How To Make Your Own Tree Advent

Create a unique countdown to Christmas with a DIY tree advent calendar! This fun, family-friendly craft allows you to customise each drawer for a festive and personal touch to the holiday season.

How to Crochet Your Own Scarf

Learn how to crochet your own cosy scarf with this step-by-step guide for beginners! From choosing materials to mastering basic stitches, this easy tutorial will help you create a beautiful, handmade accessory.

10 Best Stocking Fillers For Teens

Are your teenagers too cool for Christmas stockings? Yeah, right. Deep down, we reckon they still love them...

Best Jigsaw Puzzles for Young Children

Discover the best jigsaw puzzles for kids by age, designed to boost learning, creativity, and problem-solving skills through fun and engaging play.

What To Put In A Christmas Eve Box

Christmas Eve Boxes have become incredibly popular in the last couple of years. They’ve become a bit of a tradition with parents and partners up and down the country lovingly filling boxes with small gifts to get the big day started early.

The Ultimate Christmas Party Games

Get ready to jingle and mingle this holiday season because we've got The Ultimate Christmas Party Games lined up for you!

Personalised Bauble Ideas For Your Little Ones

Get ready to sprinkle some magic into your festive season with these Personalised Bauble Ideas designed especially for your little ones!

7 Books To Add To Your Christmas Wishlist

Nothing beats getting a good book for Christmas. Something that will have your head buried between the pages so that you won’t even be able to notice those long, dark winter nights outside because you’ll be engrossed in your latest read.

10 Affordable Christmas Stocking Filler Ideas For Kids

Letters to Santa are definitely helpful when it's time to start stock-piling Christmas presents for the kids. But if you're planning to fill a stocking (or a pillowcase), coming up with ideas isn't always so easy.

2023 Christmas Gift Guide For Kids

It’s official, the hunt for the perfect Christmas present is on. And if you’re an aunt, uncle, grandparent or just a family friend, that can mean only one thing… realising you don’t have any clue what they want.

How To Make Your Own Advent Calendar

The build-up to Christmas is half the fun of the holidays, and we all know the best way to track it is with an advent calendar! An advent calendar helps you count down the days and also rewards you with sweet treats and little gifts to get you in the Christmas spirit.

How To Make Your Own Snowman Card

We know that one of the biggest challenges during Christmas is looking for Christmas cards that feel as fun to give as they are to receive. So, this year, instead of choosing generic cards that are shop-bought, stay at home, and have a go at creating your own!

How To Make Your Own Christmas Tree Card

Sending Christmas cards to friends, family, and co-workers has been a classic Christmas tradition for a long time, and all for good reason… it’s the perfect way to show them how much you care about them.

Tips For Making Your Own Christmas Decorations

With the countdown on to the big day already, gather your family and get your creativity hats on – it’s time to get crafting!

Tips For Making Your Own Christmas Cards

Did you know that us Brits send more greetings cards than any other country? We absolutely love to pop season’s greetings in the post or hand out to loved ones, with an average of one billion Christmas cards sold every single year!

Top 10 Classic Christmas Books For Kids

Often a busy time of year, reading to your children this holiday season presents the perfect opportunity to unwind and let yourself and your child be transported into a wintery wonderland full of adventure and love. With so many incredible stories to choose from, finding the perfect read for your little ones can be tricky, so here are our top 10 Classic Christmas books for kids that are sure to have your home bursting with festive cheer.

Top 10 Christmas Books For Kids

A good Christmas book for kids can be a lifesaver. It can keep them occupied while you enjoy a nice mulled wine and make choosing a bedtime story a little bit easier. But more importantly, your kids will love them because they are fun, silly, beautifully illustrated and packed full of Christmas cheer.

Top 10 Best Book Box Sets To Read This Winter

As much as we love Summer, for us book lovers, finding the time during the summer months to entrench ourselves in the pages of a good book can be challenging. But Winter! Now there's the time to dive into a good book.

The Best Family Board Games To Play This Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner which means it’s time to get the board games out for some festive family competition. Let us set the scene: you have unwrapped the presents, enjoyed a huge feast, watched a festive movie and now Nana is falling asleep in the corner, sound familiar?

Top 10 Books For Your Secret Santa

Sometimes Secret Santa can feel like an impossible task. Buying a gift for someone that you don't properly know isn't the easiest thing. So you usually play it a bit safe. But what if you didn't? What if you got them something they really wanted, like a good book?

Top 10 Funny Christmas Books For Kids

You can do hundreds of things with your children to get into the Christmas spirit. But there isn't anything quite as magical as reading Christmas stories. And nothing says Christmas more than filling the house with laughter and joy. That's why we've pulled together a list of the funniest Christmas books for kids. So get yourself curled up on the couch and get ready for a few belly laughs together as a family.

Top 8 Thriller Books For Winter

The upcoming dark evenings call for one thing- an equally dark and eerie thriller to get your heart racing. Prepare to raise your body temperature this wintertime with a thriller book that is sure to have you double-checking whether you remembered to lock your front door. We've compiled a list of the best thrillers to read this Winter so you can discover a few new favourites to read. So grab your blanket, settle and get ready for some twists and turns.

Top 10 Mystery Books For Winter

It's no secret that wintertime is the ideal season to curl up with a blanket, a hot chocolate and a great mystery book. Whilst the rain and snowfall are heavy outside, you can keep your body warm with a heart-pounding, nerve-jangling mystery.

Top 10 Christmas Romance Books

With the cold winter weather just around the corner, it really tis' the season to get cosy around the fire with a steamy romance book. That's why we've created a list of our favourite Christmas Romance books. So if this holiday season you're looking for a bit of passion, sexual tension and the odd kiss under the mistletoe - you'll at least be able to get it from this collection of books.