Challenge Christmas trees-tree skirt
House ravenclaw
Project- a decorative and functional pouch. I am trying to make something every day in Jan. This is today’s make. It is for a friend who is going away for a few weeks. This is my first time trying tabs at the end of the zip. My friend loves grey, I couldn’t resist a tiny pop of colour at the tabs- scraps of caramel corn fabric.
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Challenge: Hagrid’s trees—tinsel
House: Slytherin
Project Name: Owl Christmas painting
Project description: I took a pre printed canvas I found at Michaels and painted it up for the holidays. The last step included putting glitter on all of the snow! It’s hard to see in the picture but there is glitter on all of the snow and some glitter on the stars as well.
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Class or Challenge Title: Hagrid’s Christmas Tree - Icicles
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Ritz Rolo Combo
Brief Description: It was the first day of the spring semester this week, so I wanted to make some treats for our student employees to help ease the transition. I made my usual Ritz-Rolo combos - super easy and super quick. Just lay a bunch of ritz crackers down on a cookie sheet with an unwrapped rolo on top. Heat in a warm oven (around 250 degrees) for about 5 minutes, then remove and smoosh another ritz cracker on top. If it’s hard to smoosh your chocolate/caramel, put it back in the oven for a few more minutes until it gets to the right temperature to be gooey but not too melty. If I had a larger lipped cookie sheet (that lip is very important) it probably wouldn’t even make the time mark to count as a project. But it is the perfect intersection of good taste for minimal effort.
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Class or Challenge Title: Detention - Stash
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Pumpkaboo Amigurumi
Brief Description: I inherited a ton of acrylic yarn a couple of years ago, and I am slowly using it to make various amigurumi. We love Pokemon, but they’re so recognizable that sometimes good patterns are hard to find. I was pretty impressed with the picture on this Pumpkaboo one, so I gave it a shot. It’s not perfect, but it’s serviceable. 
Picture is next to a purchased stuffie of the same 'mon, so you get the idea.
Project Picture:
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Class or Challenge Title: Hagrid’s Christmas Tree - Garland
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Raindrops Doll Dress
Brief Description: So far the local winter weather has been mostly rain (we had a surprise snow, but it didn’t last). It’s not the picturesque raindrops featured in this fabric, mostly just oppressively gray and damp, but who wants to craft with those adjectives in mind?
Class or Challenge Title: Apparition
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: 12 coin envelopes
Brief Description: Made for the Good Little Things Swap through the very scientific method of carefully pulling apart an old envelope and tracing it onto scrapbook paper
Class or Challenge Title: House Pride
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Bumblebee Dress
Brief Description: Black and yellow, that ever popular color combination among bees, Pittsburgh sports teams, and Hufflepuffs.
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Class or Challenge Title: Potions
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Popcorn Project Pouch
Brief Description: I made this pouch for the Little Good Things swap using Amista Baker’s Popcorn Pouch pattern. The basic idea with these pouches is that they lie flat for storage but can puff up like a bag of popcorn in the microwave when you put stuff into them.
Trillian, you are busy, busy!! Love the little pouch.
I’m just gonna leave this here…whistles and walks away
- panic at the yule ball *
NEWT Proposal
House: Slytherin
Project Name: Happy Birthday from Teddy Book
Project description: I wanna write and illustrate a children’s book featuring my original character, Teddy Cuddlestuff. I’m thinking it’ll take 12 to 14 illustrations. If I can do two to three paintings a week I think I can have it done between four and six weeks. I must write the story first. The I have to sketch everything out. After that I’ll paint all the paintings. I don’t know how I’ll make it into a book yet. But I’ll think about that later.
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Class or Challenge Title: Astronomy
House: Ravenclaw
Project Name & Page Link: Tateronis
Brief Description: This is something that the family loves and that uses things we usually have on hand. Tateroni is a baked potato (scrubbed but not skinned) that is sliced crossways, then stuffed with pepperoni in the slices. We added a slice of black olives into some, and a slice of mushroom into others. Add your favorite marinara sauce, top with mozzarella, and bake until the sauce is bubbly and the cheese melts. Some folks prefer to broil and get the browned cheese but my family likes the softer baked version. With the onset of a winter ice storm, this is our tastebuds’ battle against climate change from warmer to subarctic weather.
There is no official recipe that we follow.
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Um…I need to try this!
Let me know what you think! I love the versatility
@Jeanne - those sound delicious and easy enough to be right up my alley, cooking wise. I’ll have to give them a try!
Class or Challenge Title: Hagrid’s Christmas Tree - Ribbons
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Replacement Pencil Pouch
Brief Description: I used this tutorial to replace my old pencil ouch that had been used to death. The process involves quilting regular old fabric to felt to create a nice, stiff whole to work with. For once I managed to find a thread and zipper in the same green as the main fabric to really tie the whole thing together.
Class or Challenge Title: Muggle Studies
House: Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Cheery Floral Doll Dress
Brief Description: I needed to make something cheery to drive away the winter blues, and this doll dress fit the bill.
I hope you like them! Please let me know how you make yours.
Happiest of Birthdays to our very own Advanced Studies Examiner, the Chairwoman of Iron Chef Hogwarts, and the very best GryffinMaus there ever was, @Abbeeroad!
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Happy YOU day, Abbee!!
Oh man. My name actually fits pretty perfect on that cake! 
thank you friends!
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