Craft Your Own Cosy Scandi Christmas Review

Get that hyggeelig feeling! Craft Your Own Cosy Scandi Christmas: Gift Ideas, Craft Projects and Recipes for Festive Hygge by Becci Coombes. As a child, this UK author spent her winter holidays in Denmark. She grew up learning Danish Christmas traditions passed down from her grandmother. Now she shares fifty of her family's favorite recipes, handicrafts, and activities for you to celebrate the season. Find inspiration for your own Scandinavian Christmas - whether you have some Nordic blood in you or not. In five chapters she covers Christmas decorating, edible gifts, crafts, comfort food, and family fun. Deck the halls with ten handmade ideas for Christmas decorating. The birch wreath is spectacular! I love the easier wreath chandelier, woven paper stars, and hearts. Make twelve seasonal treats for perfect gifting - sugar-roasted almonds packed into paper cones and a crunchie hokey-pokey honeycomb. Get creative with ten quick and easy Christmas crafts. I want the finger-knit infinity scarf. The macrame key tassels look fun to make. For the table is a collection of fifteen traditional holiday recipes - from delicious-looking cinnamon buns and pancake balls to roast pork and meatballs. Gather the family for three fun indoor games to play! They include variations of Secret Santa I've not come across before. Treat your loved ones to a little Nordic festive feel whether you are curious about the Nordic way of celebrating Christmas, want to reconnect with your Danish heritage, or are looking for new traditions. Project templates are at the back of the book. See excerpts below. White Owl Books released this 168-page paperback on September 21, 2022. Get your copy below!

C O N T E N T S

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS

Large rustic silver birch wreath

Decoupage Advent candle

Julestjerner chandelier (woven paper stars)

White clay ornaments

Julehjerter (woven paper hearts)

Walnut pixies

Upcycled sock nisser (gnomes)

Mini nisser ornaments

Mossed candle wreath

Nordic winter village

CHAPTER TWO

EDIBLE GIFTS

Chocolate salami

Marzipan

Marzipan chocolates

Braende mandler (sugar roasted almonds)

Romkugler (rum balls)

Hokey-pokey honeycomb

Fudgy brownie jar

Brunkager (brown cookies)

Christmas tea with orange peel hearts

Grandma's apple chutney

Fruit vinegar

Coffee liqueur

CHAPTER THREE 

QUICK AND EASY CRAFTS

Cosy crochet infinity scarf

Upcycled Nordic cushion cover

Recycled bottle bangles

Wonderful wrist warmers

Felt ball coasters

Dip-dyed key tassels

Christmas tree body scrub

Lavender and bergamot bath soak

Lavender lotion candle

Mini lotion melts

CHAPTER FOUR

CHRISTMAS COMFORT FOOD

Overnight kanelsnegle (cinnamon snails)

Overnight rye bread

Agurkesalat (cucumber salad)

Remoulade

Smorrebrod (open sandwiches)

Frikadeller (meatballs)

Rodkal (red cabbage)

Brunede kartofler (caramelised potatoes)

Flaesk (roast pork)

Brun sovs (brown sauce)

Risalamande (rice pudding with warm cherry sauce)

Aebleskiver (pancake balls)

Glogg (mulled wine)

Homemade akvavit

Wolf's best ever hot chocolate

CHAPTER FIVE

FAMILY FUN

Pakkeleg (The Christmas Present Game)

Gradid (Greedy dice)

The Candy Cane Game

TEMPLATES

Kravlenisser (paper gnomes)

Julehjerter templates

Suppliers

 

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - Large rustic silver birch wreath.

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - Decoupage Advent candle.

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - Julestjerner chandelier (woven paper stars).

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - Paper scraps turned into ornaments.

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - White clay ornaments. "God Jul" means Merry Christmas.

Some excellent candle tips.

QUICK AND EASY CRAFTS - Christmas tree body scrub.

QUICK AND EASY CRAFTS - Dip-dyed key tassels.

CHRISTMAS COMFORT FOOD - Overnight kanelsnegle (cinnamon snails).

QUICK AND EASY CRAFTS - Lavender lotion candle.

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - White clay ornaments.

CHRISTMAS COMFORT FOOD - Glogg (mulled wine).

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS - Mossed candle wreath.

Craft Your Own Cosy Scandi Christmas ISBN 978-1399093842 is available in Canada and the USA at Casemate IPM and in the UK and Europe at Pen and Sword Books. It is published by White Owl an imprint of Pen & Sword Books, publishers based in England.