Christmas decorating tips: Make a stable

You will need:

- 14-16 ice-cream sticks,

- A4 piece of white cardboard

- Paints brown, gold, green and yellow,

- Craft knife,

- Cutting board,

- Old Christmas card with a suitable stable scene,

- Glue,

- Glitter to match paints,

- Thin fridge magnets or sticky stuff,

- Already made ice-cream stick star or cross,

- Scissors, ruler, pencil and eraser.

Method:

Stick down the ice-cream sticks in number order as suggested by the diagram numbers.

Ice-cream stick house

You will need:

- 14-16 ice-cream sticks,

- A4 piece of white cardboard

- Paints brown, gold, green and yellow,

- Craft knife,

- Cutting board,

- Old Christmas card with a suitable fireplace scene, -Glue,

- Glitter to match paints,

- Thin fridge magnets or sticky stuff,

- Already made ice-cream Christmas trees,

- Scissors, ruler, pencil and eraser.

Method:

Stick down the ice-cream stick in number order as suggested by the diagram numbers. When the glue is dry, cut with a craft knife round the outside of the ice-cream sticks. Paint the top of the ice-cream sticks with light coloured paint such as white or gold.

Optional: Paint the two extra ice-cream sticks for the door frame as well as the two trees. Cut the old Christmas card scene of a fireplace and the message in the card in such a way that they fit in the correct spaces. Use the ruler to measure the open spaces. Glue all the pieces down as well as the fridge magnets. Return to christmas decorating tips