Two-Hour Christmas Crafts: 200 Inspirational Decorating Ideas to Celebrate the Season [Paperback]

Michele Thompson (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Everyone runs short of time at the holidays, but busy crafters can easily squeeze in dozens of extra projects with the quick and easy ideas in Michele Thompson's Two-Hour Christmas Crafts. The slightly overcrowded but well-photographed pages are crammed with ornaments, stockings, candlesticks, topiaries, wreaths, decorative boxes and bottles, picture frames, centerpieces, card holders, lamp shades, guest towels, and more--some nicely glitzy, some quaintly country, some romantically Victorian.

Directions are quite brief and occasionally too superficial, but most are adequate for these fairly simple projects, and patterns are included where necessary. Beginners can seek further help from the general instructions section, which helps clarify the basics of decoupage, fabric painting, wirework, polymer clay, and other common techniques. More advanced crafters will appreciate the quantity of pretty projects they can whip up--often in far less than two hours. --Amy Handy

Product Description

Two hours is all you need to craft any of these more than 200 holiday projects. Includes a Paper Angel Garland, Snowman Clay Pin, Chenille Christmas Stocking, and more. “Complete instructions, patterns, and material lists for each project....Inexpensive, easy-to-make designs.... Will provide a holiday season to remember.”—Country.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; illustrated edition edition (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806996420
• ISBN-13: 978-0806996424
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,183,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not great, September 8, 2010

By	Bettie J. Rogers "country home body" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Two-Hour Christmas Crafts: 200 Inspirational Decorating Ideas to Celebrate the Season (Paperback)

I have many craft books and this one has a few things I might make but I wasn't at all impressed with the ideas or the book.

4.0 out of 5 stars two hour christmas crafts, July 23, 2004

By	Kelly (Edgerton, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two-Hour Christmas Crafts: 200 Inspirational Decorating Ideas to Celebrate the Season (Paperback)

Oodles and oodles of christmas projects is styles from country to victorian and on to asian and modern. The full page, full color photos of the finished items are great. There are even more ideas in the general instruction section. Great book!