Making a decoration

To make flat for cards or tags you will need:

• card to make head and feet

• eyes (draw or purchase)

• a little wool to make hair

Glitter and a Large Ground sheet.

•  1 pretty doily

• glue

Instructions:

Fold the doily as per the illustration and glue feet under the

doily. Draw or attach features and hair to the head. Glue the

head in place and use to decorate Christmas cards, gift tags

and so on.

To make as a decoration you will need:

• small pompom for the head

•  eyes (draw or purchase)

• cardboard rolled into a tube narrower at the top than the bottom

•  1 pretty doily

• gold thread Instructions:

Roll an oblong of card into a tube shape which is a little narrower than the head pompom at the top but wider at the bottom. Experiment with the size of doily you are using—the tube should be 2cm shorter than the bottom edge of the doily. Fix the edges of the tube in place with sticky tape. Fold the doily in half and then fold it around the tube as per illustration, gluing the 'wing' folds together at the back so the tube cannot be seen. Glue the features to the head then glue the head in place. Attach a hanging loop made from the gold thread. Optional for both versions: spray with gold paint when all glue is dry.

Sleeping bags

The basic Sleeping bag

Firstly you will need a sleeping bag. There are basically two types of sleeping bags -ones filled with down or feathers and ones filled with synthetic material.

Down-filled ones are generally lighter, less bulky and warmer but they are mere expensive and harder to dry if they get wet.

Bags come in all sorts of shapes and thicknesses. Bags with a hood and drawstring around the neck will keep you warmer than those without. The warmest shape is called a "mummy" bag.

Choose a bag that has an insulated flap along the zip so that you don't get cold along the zip line and one that can be unzipped from the inside and outside of the bag.

Most sleeping bags come with a cover or stuff bag. Down sleeping bags are simply 'stuffed', feet end first into this bag. Synthetic sleeping bags are generally rolled up and slipped into their cover. If you don't have a cover for your sleeping bag you could make one or make a couple of strong bands of elastic to hold it together.