Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- Making celebrations throughout the winter season - another conversation with mu crafty Mom!

- Learn about lots of winter holidays from other cultures.

- See how my Mom incorporates craft, cooking, and decorating into all these holidays, to create a lovely, festive season.

Linkies!

- Visit Mom's awesome blog, Gingerbread Snowflakes. It's all about wintertime celebrating.

Holidays to Explore:

- The Feast of St. Nicholas is December 6th.

- The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is on December 12.

- St. Lucia Day, is December 13th.

- The Winter Solstice is December 21st.

- The Twelfth Day of Christmas is January 6th.

Other things Mom mentioned:

- Luminarias, or Farolitos, are so beautiful on a cold winter night.

- Wanna try making some Sopapillas?

- Or, you can make an Advent Wreath.

Have a wonderful season!

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- Building great crafty celebrations, with Maura Madden, author of Crafternoon.

- Why craft is good for gatherings of family and friends at holiday time.

- Good ideas for group projects.

Check out Crafternoon:

- Visit the Crafternoon website.

- . . . And check out the Crafternoon book.

Try these good group crafts:

- A big collection of ideas, on Craftideas.info.

- This list is holiday-themed, from AllFreeCrafts.

- . . . And another list, from About.com Teens.

- I even did a little podcast on this subject, way back in the day. (Be kind, I was new at this then.)