Christmas Crafts

Christmas Crafts is on at Hartsholme Country Park on Tuesday 22 December, just a few days before the big day. It's a session for making your own Christmas decorations, and the whole point is that you'll be working with a variety of different materials to put them together. If you've got a few bits and pieces of craft supplies lying around at home, this is the kind of thing that lets you actually use them for something rather than just letting them gather dust in a drawer.

Because you're working with a range of materials, you're not just stuck with one way of doing things. You can mix and match, and you'll walk away with something you've made yourself rather than something bought from a shop. It's a good way to get a few handmade touches around the house for Christmas, and it's as much about the making as it is about the end result. If you're not usually one for crafts, it's a low-pressure way to have a go at it.

It's held at Hartsholme Country Park, 377 Skellingthorpe Rd, Lincoln LN6 0EY, so it's out towards the edge of the city rather than right in the centre. The session runs from 13:00 to 14:30, so it's a ninety-minute slot in the early afternoon. It's a fairly short window, which means you can get in, make your decorations, and be home well before tea. It's on the 22nd, so it's one of those last-minute things you can fit in when the house is already starting to look a bit festive.

Entry is £4.50, which is a small enough sum that it doesn't really matter if you're just popping in for the afternoon. Between the time and the price, it's a straightforward one to slot into a busy run-up to Christmas.