Decorating and how-to How to decorate your home for Christmas, room by room
A room-by-room plan for decorating the house for Christmas, from the front door to the bedrooms, with the sizes that matter for…
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Gift ideas Stocking filler ideas for everyone: 60 small gifts under £10
Sixty small presents of the kind that usually cost under £10, sorted by who they are for, with a simple way to…
Decorating and how-to How to use an advent wreath: candles, colours and meaning
Four candles, four Sundays and an optional fifth for Christmas: what the ring, the evergreens and each colour stand for, and how…
Gift ideas Christmas gifts for teachers: thank-you ideas under £10
The present a teacher keeps is usually the card your child wrote. What teachers say they want, gift ideas under £5 and…
Elf on the Shelf Elf on the Shelf arrival ideas and welcome letters to copy
Thirty ways for the elf to turn up, from a North Pole parcel to a box of doughnuts, with an arrival box…
DIY and crafts DIY advent calendar ideas (and what to put in each day)
Seven homemade advent calendars you can make from things already in the house, what to put behind each of the 24 doors,…
DIY and crafts How to make paper snowflakes: folds, patterns and templates
Real snowflakes have six points, and so should paper ones. Here is the fold that gets you there from a sheet of…
Traditions and questions Letter to Santa: template, address and how to send it
Fill-in letter to Santa templates for three age groups, Royal Mail’s Reindeerland address, the 2026 closing date for a reply and other…
DIY and crafts DIY Christmas decorations: 20 easy ideas to make at home
Twenty decorations to make at home, from paper chains and dried orange slices to a Froebel star, each with a rough time,…
Decorating and how-to Christmas table setting ideas for dinner, from simple to formal
Three ways to lay the Christmas table, from a quick family lunch to a formal dinner, with where every knife and glass…
