Anyone else making things for Christmas fairs?

BAFFLED! Sorry for shouting but how on earth an a thread about makes for Christmas have two reportable comments? Anyway lots of great ideas. I am going to use some for our fundraiser, so thank you for lots of lovely ideas.

I like that idea Mabel, might have a go myself.

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At the church I go to we are busy knitting Christmas angels. I think it was started by a church a couple of years ago and sometimes the angels are left around the town for people to find. We are not dong this but making the angels to give away at a Christmas coffee morning. However they are quite quick to make and could easily be made for a Christmas sale. Just google ‘knitted angels’ for the pattern.

I got some plain canvas bags, I wrote the first lines of the night before Christmas poem ending with a felt mouse's head instead of the word mouse. I cut out the felt and glued it on giving the mouse some googly eyes. On the reverse I put the child's name.

As do material frogs in bright patterns filled with rice, dried beans or even a fluffy filling.

A group I help with are making dried catmint ( nepeta) small toys for cats to play with for a craft fair, they always sell very well.

BTW, happysexagenarian, your toy soldier is brilliant!

Many thanks for suggestions!
As Sod's Law would have it, I actually gave a mini artificial tree to a charity shop a couple of years ago - it was one I'd bought for my mother when she had dementia and really hadn't a clue it was Christmas any more, but I felt the need to have some sort of tree at her house on the day!

Witzend Last year I displayed the tree decorations I made on a large white Twig Tree, bought from Amazon. It looked great on the stall. You could try using some branches from your garden, sprayed white and fixed into oasis foam in a plant pot. Four pots with three decorations each could look very nice and be affordable to make and buy. Just a suggestion

Witzend - have a look in the Charity shops for a cheap mini Christmas tree, that's where I found mine, people tend to have a clearout round about now, to make room for more (clutter), buying new Christmas stuff etc.

I'm planning to make at least half a dozen of the mini snowmen/Father Christmases at the end of the Jean Greenhowe book, as Chr. tree decorations, for Gdd's pre-school fair fundraiser - they do want offerings.
Was just thinking it'd be nice to find a cheap mini artificial Chr. tree to hang them on, and give them like that. What does anyone with experience of school fairs think? It's ages since I helped at one.

What about making home made dog treats in a bone shape? Grandchildren could help ...

Basic dog biscuits

Ingredients

2 ½ cups whole wheat flour (substitute regular flour or oats if your dog is sensitive to wheat)
1 tsp. salt (or less)
1 egg
1 tsp. Beef or chicken Bouillon granules (can substitute beef or chicken broth/stock)
½ cup hot water

Optional: Add eggs, oats, wheat germ, shredded cheese.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Dissolve bouillon in hot water
Add remaining ingredients
Knead dough until it forms a ball (approximately 3 minutes)
Roll dough until ½ inch thick
Cut into slices or bone shapes
Place dough pieces on lightly greased cookie sheet
Cook for 30 minutes

I refuse to talk about Christmas until at least the beginning of November.
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Cepheus aaaah speedy!

Children will have pocket money to spend. What about Pom Pom novelty animal/characters - lots free ideas and use up (or scrounge) scraps. Pom-poms maker is very Cepheus and only costs pennies online and you can go at almost industrial speed. Maybe do the making with a friend. Have a fun afternoon or evening.

These knitted-across wrist warmers/fingerless gloves are quick and easy and very popular - in my family anyway - make them more exciting by knitting in variegated wool. I knitted them one year in sparkly wool for the teenage girls in our family:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvNWmpW9DOw

Thank you Happysexagenarian! I have seen the lavender farm on the internet ( trying to source dried lavender flowers) but unfortunately it is miles from where I live. Had to resort to buying it online. I do agree that needle cases are hard to find, but wonder if that's because people don't use them much. Anyway, we will see!

Just found a knitting pattern via google for a mug cosy, think I will give that a go.

Antonia We live a few miles from a lavender farm and their lavender bags are one of their most popular lines with visitors.

I also made needle cases for a fair a couple of years ago and a number of people pounced on them, saying that they are hard to find. I made them with holders for a small pair of scissors and needle threader as well as they are things that I would need to use with needles. Good luck with your fair.

I am working every day to produce items for a Christmas fair I am taking part in, in November. At the moment I am working on lavender bags, and I want to make little needle cases. (DH says these things are too old fashioned and no-one will want them, but I'm making them anyway).

For anyone interested in making Peg Doll characters I found a simple tutorial for Fairies/Angels here:
www.redtedart.com/pom-pom-dolly-peg-fairies/?cn-reloaded=1
It could easily adapt to other characters.

Billybob Thank you very much I always seem to be making something! I'm not doing the village fair this year, but currently making 3-dimensional Christmas stockings for GC. I hope to finish five of them but may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew!