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🦌 Whether it’s Dasher or Dancer or our pal Rudolph, dressing up our reindeer printable is loads of simple holiday fun. Find this antlered friend in the shop HERE. Have fun using and repurposing old fabric, sweaters, trimmings, yarn, wool, felt balls and more. Take a look at of what you might already have around …
Meet our littlest paper angels, sweetly singing o’er the plains, or at your craft table, on your tree, adorning gifts to bring good cheer to others and more! These guardian angels are giving me all the Christmas feels and I hope they can bring you some good tidings as well. We’ve fallen for all our …
Merriest of merriest news! So many have asked for a template for our popular reindeer head that has been so beloved over the years. And if you can even believe it (yes, I’m so slow on the up keep sometimes) I have actually, finally added one for you in the shop! Be sure to tag …
So thrilled to be sharing our beautiful collaboration with children’s clothing designer Nellie Quats. We’ve created 4 sweet characters all dressed in mini Nellie Quats outfits which we know you’re going to love. Each are handmade, with hand painted faces and come with an illustrated card with their character story on the back. You can …
Have you ever made paper bag stars? They are so simple and fun to put together. It’s a great craft for a child to do completely independently. I used this sweet video tutorial to make ours. And we’re excited to work more on this master bedroom come the new year. Lots of exciting plans for …
We took our cardboard reindeer idea and ran with it. This time by turning a smaller gift box into a reindeer toy! It’s so easy to create, making it the perfect last-minute way to spruce up your gift giving game. Download the template in our shop to make your own reindeer gift box. Trace and …
The Christmas season came so fast here at the Banister House. With dolls going out to good girls and boys, we’ve barely had time to craft and create in our usual manner. but we did manage to pull together Mr. Reindeer who the kids have grown very fond of.
We made (yes another) set of wings for the nativity this year. I think it definitely has been the year of the wings for us. ;). This time we didn’t do cardboard but instead went for a pair of pillow wings. Perfect for her dress wardrobe gift this year. Merry Christmas friends!
This year we decided to do the three wise men gift tradition (the one where kids receive only three gifts similar to the three wise men bringing three gifts for the Christ child). So we’re doing one from Santa, one from mom and dad that could be from a store and one from mom and …