Featuring novelty knitting that is both fun and informative, this book teaches you how to create cute Christmas mini-knits. Great for gifts, they’re also ideal for the penny-pinched while providing plenty of inspiration for a small outlay.

Buy ‘Mini Christmas Knits’ by Sue Stratford (Search Press, £4.99)

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Christmassy projects include a fabric holly wreath, Christmas stockings and star-shaped Christmas tree decorations. There are 15 festive activities using simple sewing techniques illustrated with step-by-step instructions, making them suitable for beginners and children. The book includes tips on adding glittering sequins and shiny beads to make decorations, cards and gifts extra special.

‘Christmas Things to Stitch and Sew’ (Search Press, £4.99)

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Create gorgeous gifts and delightful decorations with over 35 beautiful beaded designs guaranteed to bring a sparkle to your home this Christmas. Discover the versatility of beads with colours and designs ranging from the classic to the contemporary. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions cover a range of beading techniques from bead loom weaving to embroidery and stitching.

Buy 'Simply Sparkling Christmas Beading’ by Dorothy Wood (David & Charles, £12.99)

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'Tis the season to make felt crafts! These 45 festive projects will bring joy to crafters everywhere. Created by designers from around the world, the adorable items range from a garland of little birds to charming matryoshka doll ornaments. All can be made with simple sewing techniques, and there are both no-sew and eco-smart options too.

Buy 'Fa la la la Felt’ by Amanda Carestio (Lark, £6.99)

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This is a fun all-round craft book, not just for this time of year but for general easy-peasy family crafting. You don't need any particular experience to make any of the 50 projects here - a bit of glue and paper will make you a Scandinavian garland; and with clay, a paintbrush and a rolling pin you can emboss a ceramic folk heart to hang from your Christmas tree. From rubber-stamped cards to your own fabric advent calendar, from twig reindeer to homemade Christmas crackers, this is the ultimate guide to festive crafting.

Christmas Crafting in No Time by Clare Youngs (£14.99, Cico) is available from Waterstones

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Make paper Christmas tealight lanterns
Make quilled paper Christmas card clips
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Make an embroidered table runner

A collection of projects for creating Christmas decorations including garlands, table decorations and centrepieces, vine-leaf-covered candles and table name places. All the equipment needed, such as fruit, spices and flowers, can be found in the garden, hedgerow and kitchen.

‘Natural Ideas for Christmas’ by Josie Cameron-Ashcroft and Carol Cox (Guild of Master Craftsman publications, £13.88)

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In this inventive book, Val Pierce has designed 20 quick and easy seasonal crochet projects, including mini Christmas stockings, holly leaves, reindeer, a snowman, a robin, a Christmas pudding and much more. There’s even a Christmas cracker you could make for everyone at the dinner table. Perfect for using up odds and ends of yarn, full instructions are provided, and each project is beautifully photographed.

Buy Mini Christmas Crochet by Val Pierce (Search Press, £4.99)

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With 35 easy-to-make projects from tree decorations to table settings, advent calendars to door wreaths, Home-made Christmas helps you add a wonderful personal touch to your home this festive season. Most of the projects in this book require only the most basic skills, so everyone can have a go with guaranteed success and there are full-colour step-by-step instructions and helpful techniques too.

Buy 'Home-made Christmas’ by Tessa Evelegh (Search Press, £14.99)

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Knit a Rudolph reindeer tree decoration
Make a sequined bauble
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With this collection of classic and contemporary paper crafting ideas you can celebrate the festive season in style. Discover over 40 designs for colourful cards and tags, gorgeous garlands and wrapping. Experiment with versatile techniques, a range of papers and an array of eye-catching embellishments, including beads, wire, ribbon, stitching and more.

‘Christmas Paper Crafts’ by Corinne Bradd (David & Charles, £12.99)

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From festive wreaths to garlands for mantles or swags for banisters, master florist Paula Pryke covers all the details of decorating with flowers. She discusses both foam and wire-based wreaths and gives ideas for centrepieces as well as small posies for table settings.

Buy 'Wreaths & Bouquets’ by Paula Pryke (Rizzoli International Publications, £8.57)

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If you love crafts and haven't discovered Mollie Makes magazine yet, we can highly recommend it. Published monthly, it's full of gorgeous makes and 'granny chic' inspiration. This book features 20 new projects from the magazine's favourite designers to deck your halls this Christmas. Make your own heirloom Christmas stockings, fashion festive stationery and papercut ornaments, or sew a funky felted door wreath - whether you want to crochet, felt or papercraft, there's something for everyone.

Buy 'Mollie Makes Christmas' (£7.49, Collins & Brown) from Waterstones

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Making your own ornaments to hang from the Christmas tree couldn't be easier with this simple felt craft kit in a book. There are 12 miniature Cath Kidston designs to make here, from a Christmas angel to a frosty snowman  to a reindeer. The felt and thread you need is all included, plus a selection of tiny pompoms. A lovely gift for a girl who likes to make things.

Make Your Own Christmas Decorations by Cath Kidston (£15.00, Quadrille), available from www.cathkidston.com

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In this woolly winter wonderland you'll learn to make the popular knitted characters from the Knit and Purl greetings cards all dressed up for Christmas - from a pea skiing in his Santa hat to smiley little snowballs to a 'Mistle-toad and wine'. These sublimely silly gifts and decorations are quick and easy to make - guaranteed to spread good cheer.

We Knit You a Merry Christmas by Debbie Harrold (£3.99, Collins & Brown) is available from www.stitchcraftcreate.co.uk

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