Every year no matter how much we exclaim the Christmas before, we always make the same old mistake, buying too much for one member of the family OR not enough for a certain member of the clan. This is where stocking filler gifts prove to be indispensable,  so today we?ve trailed the web looking for great inspirational ideas to suit pretty much any and every member of the family. So check it out.

Granddad
Not so boring 5 socks in a tin by Tommy Hilfiger

Little Brother

Crocodile print lunch bag and lunch box by Joules

Dad

To mark the company?s 100th anniversary, Sir Paul Smith has created 10 unique colours of the Caran d?Ache 849 ballpoint pen.

Little Sister

Barbour Girls Faux Fur Trapper Hat

Cool Gran

Aveda?s A GIFT OF RENEWAL FOR YOUR JOURNEY.  $1 goes to Nepal earthquake relief with the purchase of this gift set .

Teenage Sister

Little Mix Gold Magic 50ml Eau de Parfum Gift Set.

Mum

Surprise her with this Estée Lauder Small Wonders Gift Set in one treasured collection. A gift she`ll love, during the holidays and all year long. This Limited-time collection includes five mini Eau de Parfum Sprays, including Modern Muse, Beautiful and Youth-Dew.

Teenage Brother

STAR WARS Heat Changing Mug Gift Set

Fashionista Sister

Structured Make Up Pouch By Whistles

Family Pet

PEANUTS (As in Charlie Brown & Snoopy) DOG COLLAR by the Camridge Satchel Company

A gift for anyone

Errr who doesn?t love Chocolate, especially at Christmas,  Charbonnel et Walker Milk Orange Thins

Lots of brands this year?s have gone Christmas a Cracker Crazy this year and who need wrapping paper. This one is a great example from Molton Brown 

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This beautiful Chinatown piece is called ?Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? by Philippe Poirier.

36? X 24? Screen prints. 9 colour regular edition of 60, 4 colour variant edition of 30 and 5 colour sepia variant edition of 30. All feature metallic inks.

Sadly it was a private commission so we won?t be able to get hold of it.

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Oh man.. here is a bit of SUPER DUPER CUTE FUn for you JUST in the run up to Christmas!! Check out these ADORABLE Christmas Cootie Catchers (aka Fortune Tellers), by the amazing EASY PEASY AND FUN. Yes, she has done it again, created some fabulous Christmas Printables for you to download and enjoy FOR FREE.

As with a number of my printables.. you can get TWO SETS here, and the other two over on Easy Peasy and Fun! We do like to share!

Sooo if you after the darling ELF & PRESENT COOKIE CATCHER:

?> Click HERE TO GET your Elf & Present Fortune Teller <?-

How to assemble a Cootie Catcher

Or check out these step by step images

And if you after SANTA & RUDOLPH Cootie Catchers:

?> VISIT & GET your Santa & Rudolph Fortune Teller  HERE <?-

Aren?t they all simply ADORABLE! I am sure the kids will love love love to make them and play with them all, this Christmas. Now go and have lots of fun!!

If you are looking for more Christmas Printables, take a look at these:

Oh Christmas Tree:

Check out these beautiful 3D Christmas Trees for Printing:

We also have this adorable 3D Angel Printable ? my kids go nuts over this one!:

And some Santa Coloring Pages/ Greeting Card Printables:

Finally, take a peak at these wonderful colouring pages for grown ups all in one place!

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I just wanted to share a very quick photo with you from a lovely reader (thank you Hannah!). She had great fun making some of our TP Roll Snowmen (great for a game of Snowman Bowling too) and adapted the TP Roll Snowman for Treat Jars at school fair! Genius. I don?t know about you, but OUR school has an annual Jar Decorating competition ? where the kids have to decorate a jar and fill it with treats ? that are then sold off at the Sweetie Jar tombola. I confess, that each year, we totally forget about it in the mad Christmas rush? but NEXT year, Hannah, we are so doing your idea..! Funny how inspiration works, no? Hannah was inspired by us? and now we are inspired by her. Why thank you!

Like with our TP Roll Snowmen, Hanna used some old socks to make the hats and scarves. Added pom poms, buttons and googly eyes! Job well done!

Enjoy your Christmas everyone!!

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A few weeks ago, I spotted this rather ADORABLE Santa Candy Sleigh idea on Ellyn?s Place.. now my kids have put ?chocolate and sweets? on their Christmas wishlist.. so when I saw these DIY Chocolate Sleighs, I knew this was the perfect way to ?fulfill? their sweeet tooth wishes. I contacted Ellyn asked if was allowed to create a YouTube video of her fab idea and she said yes. In the end, I made my sleighs a bit differently to hers, so do check out Ellyn?s Candy Sleigh method versus mine and see which suits you best!

I think these Candy Sleighs are perfect for Stocking Fillers (as per my kids), but also a fab Secret Santa Gift Idea or a great fun raiser at the School Fair!

To make these Santa Candy Sleighs, you will need:

• Candy Canes
• Chocolate bars of various sizes
• Tape
• Ribbon
• *other extras* such a choco Santa and choc coins (but not essential!)

DIY Santa Candy Sleighs how to:

What do you think?! Aren?t they ADORABLE?! Do check out the rest of the videos in this very special Christmas Crafts video series!

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And so we?ve reached not only our last official post of 2015, but also our last post of our 12 Posts of Christmas with House of Fraser. It?s been a blast and I hope you?ve enjoyed it as much as we have. To send us off on our Merry way to enjoy all what the Festivities have in store for us over the coming weeks we thought we?d speak to a couple of our friends and ask their learned opinion about taking the stress out of Christmas so we can enjoy it for all its worth 24/7 and eat, drink and make merriment over the Yuletide. Enjoy these lil pearls of wisdom and see you back here on 4th January 2016 for all you need to know to keep you ahead in the style stakes.

Take Care, Thank you and Merry Christmas

A.M.

Olympian, Tom Daley
My big tip would be to write lists way in advance of what you need to get. For example a present list of the people you need to buy for and what you get them and check it off as you go. Same for Xmas dinner.

Designer and raconteur Sir Paul Smith

?Keep it simple and don?t try to be too ambitious. A single thoughtful gift is better than a sack-load of things that someone doesn?t want. And if it all gets too much, escape to a desert island on your own to escape any drama!?

Actor Phillip Rhys, who over the Yuletide can be caught on the Doctor Who Christmas Special and new E4 show called ?Tripped?
?Keep travel to a minimum. Surround yourself with your favorite people, a good bottle of wine and The Doctor Who Christmas Special.?

Presenter and Sportsman Freddie Flintoff
?A tip on having a stress free Christmas is going away! Go away for Christmas, or book a restaurant. I know everyone likes Christmas at home, but you can open up your presents, spend time at home and play around with all the presents, go out and get something to eat and come back home, or else you?ll be washing up all afternoon.?

The First Lady of Breakfast Television ? Lorraine Kelly
?Think of Christmas as simply as Sunday lunchthat?s grown a bit big for its boots. Also delegate as much as you can. If friends and family are coming over then assign them tasks.
Someone can bring the starter, another can make the trifle and others can supply Christmas crackers, games to play, DVDs to watch and sweeties to eat. X?

Rapper, MC & Prsenter of Lip Sync Battle in 2016 ? Professor Green
?Go on holiday, alone.?

DJ, Presenter and Funhouse Master of Ceremonies ? Pat Sharp

?For a relatively stress-free time on Christmas Day. Wrap some spare presents with no labels and then when unexpected guests turn up over the festive period, hey presto, you have that gift you had always planned to give them !?

Chef, TV Host and all round good guy ? Dean Edwards 

?My biggest stress busting tip would be to share the load at Christmas lunch. Coming from a large family we all bring something to the table, this year I?m roasting off a beautiful rib of beef, some fresh cranberry sauce and a lovely cider gravy. If everyone chips in it lessens the load on one person having to shop and cook for everyone.?

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I have already featured a closer look at the Batman and Superman figures from Hot Toys.

These new images from Hot Toys? booth at ToySoul 2015 give us another look at them along with a few other figures, the Batman v Superman Batmobile and a life-size Batman statue!

It is also quite interesting that the Batman in the desert outfit is called the Apocalypse version. Will the denizens of Apokolips be appearing in the film? It did look like Parademons in one of the recent trailers.

One of the most attention-grabbing collectibles is none other than the most spectacular and movie-accurate 1/6th scale Batmobile! Measuring at 110cm (43?) long, the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Batmobile is shown in full glory with its highly detailed exterior and interior design, and incredible paint applications!

A highly detailed life-size statue of the imposing Armored Batman by Hot Toys is also at the event and is a big photo attraction point for any visitors!

In addition to the newly unveiled 1/6th scale Armored Batman and Batman (Apocalypse Version) collectible figures, the latest prototypes of the recently announced 1/6th scale Batman and Superman collectible figures are also making theirs first exhibition appearance worldwide! The prototypes will continue to be updated and be the most movie-accurate that many fans love to see in Hot Toys? collectibles!

Batman fans should not miss this great chance to see all the remarkable Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice collectibles by Hot Toys at the event!

ToySoul 2015

Event Date: Dec 18-20, 2015
Venue: Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre
Opening Hours: 10:00-21:00 (Dec 20 10:00-18:00)
Booth Number: Star Hall F01-16, Rotunda Hall C05-C08

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I would like to begin this post with a little bit of Christmas Cheer!!!! The kids and I have been having some FUN with Sprout animations and send you our Season?s Greetings!

Say aaaaah.

Anyway, as you know we are a GREAT fan of LOO ROLL crafts and have made many many things over the years. Normally, we sit down and get lots of different materials out and start snip snipping away and seeing how things COULD look and COULD fit together.  But as we have had the Sprout on loan to play with, I thought I would try something a little different and do some creative planning with this special desktop! (If you are interested in reading about the key features of the Sprout, check out this article of here that I wrote.. Sprout has also been helpful in creating some cool collages for a rather large Ornaments Crafts post I did!)

Sprout has many fun features.. but the Capture and then the Create Feature for particularly fun for this project?

1. First we captured a number of items in one go:

Step 1 ? Capture Feature

2. We tidied up our items in the Create Setting

Step 2 tidying up items

3. Create some additional shapes out of your fabrics and ribbons ? using the stampers in create:

This is great fun for different fabrics and textures. It is also a great way for thinking about whether you need to get any  more materials in ? you may only have one piece of blue felt, but you may need lots more of it!

4 Finally.. the really fun bit.. use the Create feature to play and experiment seeing what sort of Loo Roll creations you can come up with:

We had a go at different characters.. look what faces looked good ? whether we wanted pom pom noses or drawn on noses.. exchanging fabrics and ribbons to look and design.

And then the kids were so inspired that they wanted to create an animation that reflect our creation process ? sharing again the animation from above:

We really had fun exploring and creating and seeing what we can make! If you would like to find out more about the Sprout, please do read my earlier articles ?

Key Features of the Sprout and our 49 Ornaments Crafts, where I used the sprout to create some fun collages!

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