At Home with Lisa

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Christmas cookies Blog hop

Thanks for stopping by today. Today our spotlight crafts is all about cookies cutters

This is a quick craft with kids. Use a collection of Christmas papers and pictures as the background of these ornaments. With some clear glue and string you have an ornament.

Directions

Trace the INSIDE of the cookie cutter onto your photo and cut it out carefully.Carefully insert the photo inside the cookie cutter, taking care to put it in there flat. Secure on the back side with hot glue, it’s ok if it looks messy.

Cut a 5 inch piece of ribbon and glue it inside the top of the cookie cutter to make a hanging loop.
Trace the OUTSIDE of the cookie cutter on your cute scrapbook paper and cut out carefully. Make sure your cuts are nice, the edges will be visible. Secure the scrapbook paper on the back of the cookie cutter with small amounts of glue along the cookie cutter edge. This time, glue carefully!

Plastic bead crafts

I found some old cookie cutters and lined them up on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Pour some pony beads into each cookie cutter. Use a toothpick to stand all of the beads upright and completely fill the cookie cutter. Remove any extra beads.
Take your toaster oven outside (or use your barbecue). Place the pan into a cold toaster oven then bake at 450F for 8 to 12 minutes. (Mine took 11 minutes, but it was a cold day)
Remove the pan from the toaster oven when the beads have completely melted together, but before they start to bubble.
Place the pan in the freezer for 10 minutes to cool.
Gently pull the edges of the cookie cutter away from the plastic and push out each shape.
Using a 1/8 inch drill bit, drill a hole through each of the ornaments.
Tie a short piece of fishing line onto each of the ornaments and hang on the Christmas tree or on suction cup hooks in the window

Our little town has its decorations out already......

Christmas cookies Blog hop

Thanks for joining me today for the start of my Christmas cookies Blog hop . Posted every Thursday’s until 12/24. With a Sunday update….

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DIY Garden pot Scarecrows

Today Im sharing a fun scarecrow project

Directions :

 two 4" dia. clay pots

 two 3" dia. clay pots

 acrylic paint (orange, peach, yellow, green, blue, red, brown, white, & black)

 two 3/4“ dia. unfinished wood buttons

 raffia

 orange felt

 small silk sunflower

 bandanna

 12” length of ¹/₄“ dia. wood dowel

 paintbrushes (flat & liner)

 E-6000® craft adhesive

Paint one 4” pot yellow and one blue. Paint one 3" pot peach and one orange. Paint the buttons red. Allow the paint to dry.

Turn the yellow pot upside down and use the liner brush to paint the green plaid shirt design. Use the liner brush to add black detail lines to the blue pot “jeans”.

Use the liner brush to paint the face (orange nose and black mouth and eyes); add white highlights to the eyes.

Turn the orange pot upside down and use the liner brush to paint hat detail lines. Allow the paint to dry.

For the arms, cut several 13" lengths of raffia; with the dowel in the middle, tie the raffia to the dowel with short raffia lengths. For the hat brim, cut two 5¹/₂“ orange felt circles; glue them together. For the hair, cut several 5” raffia lengths.

Glue the yellow pot to the blue pot; glue the buttons to the yellow pot.

Folding the ends to the inside, glue the raffia hair to the peach pot. Glue the hat brim to the peach pot; glue the orange pot to the hat brim.

With the arms sandwiched between, glue the peach pot to the yellow pot (if the peach pot is wobbly, add some small felt pieces between the pots). Trim the bandanna to 10" square; roll and tie on the scarecrow. Glue the flower to the hat.

Single Pot ....

Paint or paint pens

Terra cot pots

Flowers or accessories

Modge podge for sealer

You can buy new pots at any local craft. Hobby or big.box store. I like the small ones. For decorating. With paint paint the face and top band for hat. Glue on Flowers or other decorations. You can seal with modge podge to seal the paint.

How to display:

I like making a collection of the small ones for decorating on table. But one large painted pot filled with Mums is a perfect Fall touch.

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