{"id":14943,"date":"2013-12-19T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T10:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=14943"},"modified":"2016-12-31T21:23:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T20:23:27","slug":"day-21-shepherd-and-twelve-days-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2013\/12\/19\/day-21-shepherd-and-twelve-days-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 21: Shepherd and Twelve Days of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

For day twenty-one we decided to\u00a0revisit the nativity, as I think a few gentle reminders about why people celebrate Christmas are important.\u00a0\u00a0We started to make this shepherd as Joseph but there was just something about him that did not look right. I think it was the quality of the material I used being too rich. \u00a0I think Joseph could be made by using brown material instead. I cheated and simply secured the material with a safety-pin at the back, but you could use hot glue, or even sew it together. Using material to make clothes for people was inspired by\u00a0Maggy, at RedTedArt<\/a>. \u00a0It is such a great idea and I just used some scraps I had lying around (in fact this piece was from Tewkesbury Sewing School. If you have a clothes sort out, especially if say a top has a stain, then pieces can be cut out and not wasted.<\/p>\n

Then I used a string from a paper gift bag to secure his head-piece around the top. I’m loving the crepe paper at the moment, and used it for his hair and beard. I just used a felt tip pen for the features. Then I got a bit of twig outside for the shepherd’s crook.<\/p>\n

\"shepherd<\/a><\/p>\n

A lot of my Christmas toilet roll holder inspiration and influence comes from\u00a0by Maggy from\u00a0RedTedArt<\/a>. She has the great idea of giving the gift of a craft hamper for Christmas, along with her fantastic book. It has lots of amazing ideas that are good all year around.<\/p>\n

\"Craft<\/a><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Christmas Sticker & Activity Book The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s nothing quite like a book with stickers, and now that the children have broken up from school I thought that they would appreciate an activity book with a Christmas theme.<\/p>\n

The book is packed with fun-filled activities and over 60 stickers and press-outs. It starts with the traditional 12 days of Christmas song, gives instructions on how to make a dove, has matching games, memory tests, dot-to-dots, making Christmas decorations spot the difference and much more – all based around the song.<\/p>\n

\"12<\/a><\/p>\n

I love how this book keeps the children entertained without having to go off and organise lots of things before hand – it is just there, ready for them.<\/p>\n

Also in the series is The Night Before Christmas, Santa’s Sleigh and Chilly the Snowman.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-0-85734-145-7<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a34.99<\/p>\n

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