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This past summer
I moved to the big city (a.k.a Toronto) from my sleepy small town.
It's been a huge change. Since moving here I've also begun working in
the amazing industry that is publishing and additionally I work a
part-time job in a bookstore. Between the two jobs, my writing and my
blog it's been a whirlwind. It also means that I'll be up here, away
from my family for most of the holiday season.
This is my first
time that I won't be home (or withing a 45 minute drive from home)
for the holidays and I wasn't really prepared. I have no decorations.
No tree. There are people up here for me to celebrate with but I had
no idea where to start.
So I figured
since I'm starting Christmas fresh I might as well do it my way and
the idea of a Very Star Wars Christmas was born. As you may have noticed
looking around this blog I love speculative fiction and science
fiction in particular. I remember the first time I
saw Return of the Jedi and I remember skipping school and driving an
hour to see the new movies when they were released (no movie theatre
in my home town!). For all instensive purposes Star Wars has been as
much a part of my life as Christmas so why not combine them?
Intrigued? Here
are three of my favourite ways you can incorporate Star Wars into your Christmas!
1) Star Wars Snowflakes!
I'm sure you all remember making paper cut out snowflakes when you were little. They were super easy and it was fun to see what different patterns you could come up with. These aren't quite as easy as the one's you made as a child but they're actually a lot easier than I thought they would be. Patterns for Vader, Storm Troopers, Bobba Fett, Yoda, C3P-0 and Admiral Ackbar are available here
2) Star Wars Cookies
What is Christmas without cookies? If you want there are some really cute Star Wars cookie cutters from William Sanoma. But if you just want to use ones you already have that's totally doable as well!! The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle put together a how-to, using regular cookie cutters! Check it out here.
So go wild! Santa needs cookies to keep his strength up.
3) Star Wars Tree Ornament
Last but not least, for a proper Star Wars Christmas, you need at least one ornament for your tree. I recently took up knitting so I scoured the internet for an ornament I could knit and I came up with this.
A knitted Death Star!! I definitely jumped up in down with excitement when I saw this! This pattern is available as a free download from Ravelry. I haven't attempted it myself (YET!) but it seems pretty straight forward. If you've got basic knitting skills I think you could pull it off.
So those are my top 3 Star Wars Christmas projects!! I hope you incorporate a few Star Wars elements into your holiday season!!!
Happy Holidays!!
Okay, I LOVE those Star Wars snowflakes. the original star wars is the first movie I went to see in the theatres when I was five and I loved it. The first three films are definitely cultural touchstones in my life. not so much the more recent ones, which I found oddly disappointing and unsatisfying.
ReplyDeleteOh my god! I want that Christmas ornament... I think it is the coolest thing I have ever seen!!
ReplyDeleteNo movie theatre in your town?! Wow, that is small! Sorry to hear you won't be home for Christmas, but at least you'll have these awesome Christmas-sy trinkets. I can't believe you made these... they all look very complicated. I've always wanted to learn to knit myself (if only just to be able to knit myself a Hogwarts scarf), but I can't imagine knitting that ornament after only recently taking up knitting! Very impressive.
ReplyDeleteI used to be such a Star Wars nerd. :) I still have a whole bunch of Star Wars novel sitting on my bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteThose snowflakes look soooo cool!!
really cool
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