Month: December 2017

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – DIY Snowflakes

These are some cute little Christmas decorations which are so simple to make!

Your will need:

  • Scissors
  • Plain Paper

Method:

  • Fold a piece of paper in half
  • On the folded side, cut in anything you want:

  • Unfold the paper and….

SNOWFLAKES!

Sparkle Girl xx

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Shortbread Snowflakes

These are very fun to bake and , of course, eat!

Ingredients:

  • 125g Unsalted Butter
  • 55g Caster Sugar
  • 180g Plain Flour
  • White/White Chocolate Icing

Method:

  • Heat up the over to 190C
  • Beat the butter and the sugar together until it looks a bit like buttercream
  • Mix the flour into the butter and sugar until it looks like a paste
  • Chill them in the oven for 20 minutes then roll them out on a flat surface
  • Using a circular cutter, cut out the paste then bake for 10-15 minutes until they are a light golden brown
  • Put them on a cooling rack for 10 minutes
  • Copy the icing design  on the picture above

I hope you enjoy using this recipe!

Sparkle Girl xx

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Pretty Pinecones

These are great decorations and look really nice on a mantle piece or with a fruit bowl.

Equipment:

  • Pine cones (you  can buy these in wilkinsons for £1)
  • Glue
  • Green glitter

Method:

  • Mix the green glitter with the glue until it has a soup-like consistency
  • Using a small paintbrush, dab a little bit of the glitter glue onto each section of the pine cone

This was a really easy quick decoration to make.

Make sure you see tomorrow’s post!

Sparkle Girl xx

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Places to Put Your Christmas Lights!

Although most people put their lights on their tree… If you want some extra sparkle around your entire house, here are a few ideas:

  • If you have a fireplace, hang them from the mantelpiece
  • On your banisters or handrail of any stairs
  • On bookshelves or even just shelves
  • Round window frames
  • Along the curtain rail
  • At the top of the bed’s headboard!

Basically any flat surface would work!

Sparkle Girl xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same rules apply to tinsel!

 

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – How to Make Marshmallow Snowmen in 3 Steps!

These are cute little Christmas snacks which, can get a bit messy!

Ingredients:

  • Big white marshmallows
  • Black or chocolate icing

Extra:

  • Some cocktail sticks

Method:

  • Put 3 marshmallows on one cocktail stick
  • Using the icing draw a face and buttons onto the marshmallows
  • Poke another cocktail stick horizontally across the middle marshmallow

I hope you enjoy making these tasty treats!

Sparkle Girl,

Back tomorrow!

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Fun Santa Picture!

This is a fun creative thing to do with younger children!

You will need:

  • Gold or silver glitter paint (or both!)
  • A coloured in picture/drawing of Santa and his reindeer
  • A small paintbrush
  • Plain black (a4) piece of paper
  • A glue stick

Steps:

  • Print out (or draw your own) picture of Santa and reindeer.
  • Cut it out and colour it in.
  • Squeeze a little bit of paint onto a plate and fill up a glass of water.
  • Dot all of the paper with little bits of paint to look like stars, I have made a trail of stars to follow the sleigh
  • Using a glue stick, stick the Santa cut-out onto the black starry paper.

Now you have finished, maybe you could stick it on your wall or something!

Back for another post tomorrow,

Sparkle Girl x

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – DIY Holly and Leaves

I will show you how to make this fabulous Christmas vase using only a few things! This looks great on a mantelpiece, bookshelf or many more places…

You will need:

  • A pre-lit holly garland (from wilkinsons for £8)
  • A medium-sized vase
  • A golden leaf/stick (also from wilkinsons)
  • A sharp pair pf scissors

Steps:

  • First place your holly garland in the vase, making sure the wire and switch is behind the vase.
  • Cut around 2-4cm off the bottom of the golden sticks, be careful as the golden sticks may scratch you.
  • Put the golden sticks to the back of your vase, making sure you don’t poke through one of the lights!

Now you have done, switch on the lights and enjoy!

Sparkle Girl x

 

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Best Yankee Candle Scents for Christmas!

Everyone… Well almost everyone LOVES Yankee Candles, so I thought I would help everyone out by listing the best ones to buy this month!

  SPARKLING SNOW:

This candle smells like when you wake up on a cold winter morning, you walk outside and hear the snow crunching under your feet; that is what it smells like!

SNOWFLAKE COOKIE:

If you love the smell of the oven baking tasty treats then this is the candle for you.

ALL IS BRIGHT:

This simply just smells nice!

FESTIVE COCKTAIL:

This is the ultimate Christmas party scent, it would be a great kitchen smell!

If you have a fake Christmas tree, try this candle to make your house smell of luscious green trees!

 

Back tomorrow,

Sparkle Girl x