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00:00Look a lot like Christmas, but not nearly enough for my liking.
00:05I am totally Little Miss Christmas.
00:08I'm Sarah Davies and crafting is my passion, especially at Christmas.
00:13That looks right.
00:14Thank you, Mama Craft.
00:15Lovely.
00:17So I'm on a mission to spread a bit of homemade festive magic.
00:21One, two, three.
00:26Each week I'll be joined by two celebrity crafters,
00:30going head-to-head to make the best decorations.
00:36Oh, it's a contest.
00:38Oh, that is fabulous.
00:41I mean, I'm supposed to pick a winner, aren't I?
00:43Together, we'll be sprucing up our trees.
00:46Up to perfection.
00:47I think I've gone a bit rogue.
00:49Yes.
00:51And sparkling up our centerpieces.
00:53Nice little golden pipe.
00:55Wow.
00:55I've just seen how much you've got.
00:58It was a really bad idea.
01:00So grab your glue guns and let's get Christmas crafting.
01:05Let the festive fun begin.
01:20What do you think?
01:22It's like the place, isn't it?
01:23I think so.
01:24You don't want to get done for breaking and entering.
01:27I've rested on my first date.
01:28Exactly.
01:29That's before a sherry.
01:30Today, I'm joined by actor, podcaster and comedy matriarch Hillary Whitehall
01:37and Corrie legend Tony Maudsley, ready to try their hands on some Christmas creativity.
01:44I love a bit of crafting.
01:44Is this up your street?
01:45Yeah.
01:46I have to say that I feel I'm slightly more in the gifted amateur.
01:50I'm excited, actually, because I love a bit of crafting.
01:53I won't say I'm an expert.
01:55When my son, Jack, did art projects at school, I did get involved.
02:00No teacher actually ever said, well done, Mrs Whitehall, but I know they thought it.
02:05Well, that's ten steps ahead of me.
02:08I think the last time I made something, I must have been about five and I made a mess of it then.
02:11I'm excited, but I'm also nervous because I don't want to make a mess of things.
02:15Who knows how I'm going to fare today?
02:17Fingers crossed.
02:18I'm going to let you do the honour.
02:19Oh, thank you.
02:23Hello.
02:26Hello.
02:26I'm not in the mood for Christmas at all.
02:31That's how Christmassy I'm feeling.
02:34Oh.
02:35Sparkling.
02:37Are you excited?
02:38Yeah.
02:38Yeah, let's do it.
02:40Everything my celebrity guests make over the next few weeks is to transform this beautiful
02:50house into a magical Christmas party venue for some very deserving people.
02:55So let's crack on.
02:57So are you excited?
02:58Very excited.
02:59Yes?
03:00Yes.
03:00So have you done much crafting before?
03:02A fair bit with the children and then there was a big break and now I've got grandchildren.
03:06So I'm needing to hone these skills up now.
03:08Right, I can work on that, I can work on that.
03:10Yeah.
03:10How about you, Tony?
03:11Big crafter?
03:12I think probably the last time I crafted it was two years ago.
03:16I decided to make my own front door wreath.
03:17Oh, wow.
03:19Yeah.
03:19Oh, yeah.
03:19I mean, it started off this big and it finished off this big.
03:22You nearly pulled the front door off its hinges.
03:24Oh, a more is more kind of guy.
03:26Yeah, yeah.
03:26So I'm going after my own party.
03:27I hope you can teach me some refinement today.
03:29Right, okay.
03:30So we're going to do some Christmas stars.
03:33Right.
03:33Two, three, four, five.
03:34You need five straws for this.
03:37However big you want your star is how big we're going to cut these down to.
03:40He's definitely going to want a big one because we already know he goes large.
03:44I'm going to be keeping a close eye on you both over the course of the day to see who does the best.
03:48We're in competition here, Hillary.
03:51Allegedly, I'm a bad loser.
03:53Choose your weapon.
03:56You two look dangerous with those glue guns.
03:58So I'm going to go, I think, about half the size here.
04:02Okay.
04:02So, and all you're going to do is you're going to cut all five of your straws down.
04:07Okay.
04:08There we go.
04:08Right.
04:09Okay, a little bit of twine, everyone, yeah?
04:11This will be a brilliant one you could do with the grandkids, Hillary.
04:15Right.
04:15What we're going to do, then, is you're just going to thread your twine through your straws.
04:20As we lick important.
04:21Oh, yes.
04:22Very, very essential.
04:23We're putting all of them through.
04:25You're going to thread all five of these.
04:28Onto a chain.
04:29Yes.
04:30Do you know what's happening here?
04:31What's happening here?
04:33Remember when you were five years old and you would be concentrating at school and your tongue would go...
04:36I've just noticed myself doing it.
04:41Right.
04:42So once you've got your little necklace of paper straws, all we're going to do is tie them together at the top.
04:49And we're going to just pull them tight.
04:51Right.
04:52Once we get to there, you just take any two of them together.
04:55Yeah.
04:55And once you've got the two together, just twist them.
04:57Yeah.
04:58And once they're twisted, it goes underneath at the top.
05:01Yeah.
05:01And once it's underneath, you could untwist the twist.
05:07Oh, yeah.
05:07Got it.
05:08Got it.
05:08I'm back to where I started.
05:10Did that happen?
05:11Yeah.
05:11Let me do that again.
05:12Twist two of them together.
05:13I had a bit of a problem with the paper straws.
05:15It's my fat fingers, you see.
05:17That just...
05:18I mean, Hillary was like in and out.
05:19And then she whipped up her star.
05:21Help, Hillary.
05:21Twist.
05:22Yeah.
05:23Then up underneath.
05:25Yeah.
05:25And then you just pull them apart.
05:27Pull them at the bottom.
05:28That's pulling the wrong one apart.
05:29Oh, yes.
05:30I love it.
05:31That looks good.
05:32Thank you for your help.
05:33Yes.
05:34That is so simple.
05:35Hillary's nailed that.
05:36I've done two now.
05:38I'm on a roll.
05:39I'm on a roll.
05:39She's on a roll.
05:40She is on a roll.
05:41Oh, these will look great on the Christmas tree, won't they?
05:44Definitely.
05:45Okay, the killer question.
05:47Go on.
05:47When is it acceptable to get the tree up?
05:496th of November.
05:516th of November?
05:516th of November?
05:53Get bonfire and I took the way first.
05:54And then it starts to feel Christmas, doesn't it?
05:56I don't want it just there for two weeks.
05:57I want it there for two months.
05:59I want to enjoy it once it's done.
06:01I'm mad after my own heart.
06:02Yeah.
06:03I love the Christmas day.
06:04How about in your house?
06:05Michael Whitetool, if he had his way, would have it up on Christmas Eve and down by boxing
06:10night.
06:10Yes.
06:11We have an argument every year about it.
06:13And I usually win, actually.
06:14It's up for much longer than he would like.
06:17So the tree that I bought, the light's built in.
06:20I love a coloured light.
06:22Michael likes white.
06:23And every time I walk past, I put it onto multicoloured flashing.
06:26And every time he walks past, he puts it onto white static.
06:31So you know who's been through the room last.
06:33Can we take a moment to notice that you've got that right?
06:37Hello.
06:37How about you?
06:37All on your own.
06:38Oh, yes.
06:39You've got three now.
06:40Oh, you two are so cute.
06:42It's only mozzie stuff.
06:43Yes.
06:43There you go.
06:44Well, now we've covered level one star making.
06:59Yes.
06:59I want you to make a five-point star with five sticks.
07:05Five sticks for you, sir.
07:06One, two, three, four.
07:07Five sticks for you, lovely.
07:09All you're going to do is basically replicate this.
07:13And then once we've got the star made, we're going to use the glue gun.
07:16OK.
07:17To just hold that star in place.
07:20Now, do we need any glue gun training, you two?
07:22I mean, I've never used a glue gun, so all training, very welcome.
07:25OK, right.
07:26So I've put mine on my little bit of cardboard.
07:28What we'll do is we'll position the first bits down just to hold them in place.
07:33Do we need to wiggle it about to get glue all over it, or just...
07:36So, once they're held in place, we can go and add more glue to make sure it's really
07:39well done.
07:40OK, does it matter that it's not perfect?
07:42No, because we're going to perfect it a little bit later.
07:44When you were making things with Jack when he was a kid, I mean, how did you survive without
07:49a glue gun?
07:50Well, do you know, one of my proudest moments, I don't know if you remember, the Tracy Island
07:55Christmas debacle.
07:57Oh, Tracy Island.
07:59Thunderbirds.
07:59I made it.
08:00So my mum made me a Tracy Island.
08:02Yes.
08:03That's what our puppy and machine toilet rolls.
08:04Yes!
08:05Oh!
08:06Tracy Island.
08:07Oh, so she's definitely a crafter then.
08:08Sadly, I think it was my finest hour.
08:10Yeah.
08:11I hear that's good.
08:12It's been downhill ever since, but...
08:13Sarah.
08:14Yes?
08:15I think I might have glued my stars to the table.
08:18I've just noticed.
08:19Don't you worry, we'll just strategically tap it off.
08:21Right, we'll come up.
08:22We'll do it.
08:23Mine's come up in one piece.
08:25How did you get that off the table, Hilary?
08:27I got the scissors and just eased it off.
08:30It's coming, it's coming.
08:31It's coming.
08:32There you go.
08:33Look at that.
08:34Nice.
08:35Is it feeling pretty sturdy?
08:36It is feeling pretty sturdy.
08:37Yeah?
08:38Are we ready to move on to the next one?
08:39We are.
08:40I think we are.
08:41Right.
08:42What we're going to do is we're going to wrap our star in jute twine.
08:44Now, you can either tie a knot in it to get it started or you can stick it down with a bit of hot glue.
08:50Right, so what I'm doing is I'm just wrapping it round a few times.
08:55Just generally randomly?
08:56Randomly.
08:57Generally randomly.
08:58Round each arm.
08:59Round each arm.
09:00But then what we need to do is every now and again is pop a little glob of hot glue just so that we keep it nice and tight.
09:07These are starting to look really good and they start to take shape, don't they?
09:12And come on, this is just a bit of jute twine.
09:14Yeah.
09:15Do you think you'll get Jack doing any crafting?
09:17Do you know what?
09:18He's quite arty, Jack.
09:19Is he?
09:20He was an art scholar at school.
09:21Really?
09:22Yeah, and went and did history of art at Manchester University for about ten seconds.
09:26Really?
09:27With his comedy career going.
09:29What I do want you all to do at some point as well is find out which way your star's looking the best.
09:35So it'll look nicer.
09:37That is my top there looking really good.
09:40Yeah.
09:41What I'm going to do is while I'm here I'm going to put a little blob of glue and I'm going to give myself a nice little loop to hang it and then wrap it round a couple of more times.
09:52You two are getting on great there.
09:54Do you know what I'm going to do while you're doing that?
09:56I've been working on a bigger one.
09:59Whoa.
10:00Size of that?
10:01I'm feeling slightly inadequate now with our little stars.
10:03Exactly the same technique.
10:05I've just used bigger dowels and I'm going to add a little bit of twine onto that one while you're going.
10:10A little bit of extra gourd time.
10:12Gourd time.
10:13To finish it off you've just got to cut the end and we're just going to glue the end in.
10:16Right.
10:17Hilary's going for it.
10:18Going for the snip and the glue.
10:20Slip and the prod presumably.
10:22I prodded it in a little bit.
10:24What did you do then?
10:25You glued it and buried it.
10:26Buried it.
10:27Yeah.
10:28I've given you some lights there by the way.
10:30You can unwinding your lights.
10:33Yes.
10:34Love a light.
10:35Do you want me to unwind them for you to all?
10:36I am about to make a holy mess of this aren't I?
10:38Let's do a swap then.
10:39So glad you're here Sara.
10:40Do you know what?
10:41I'll keep you right.
10:42Do you think you could get any of your curry cast crafted?
10:44Absolutely.
10:45Yeah?
10:46Yeah.
10:47There you go.
10:48They're all very jealous when I thought I was coming here.
10:49Is that right?
10:50Yeah.
10:51Oh I love that.
10:52How long have you been in curry?
10:53I've been in curry for six years.
10:54Wow.
10:55Six years.
10:56Wow.
10:57I used to love Benador.
10:58Oh did you?
10:59I loved Benador.
11:00Amazing.
11:01You know I've got my hot pants under this table.
11:03Oh.
11:04Oh we're back to you.
11:05Show your hair.
11:06Yes hello.
11:07We did one Christmas episode which was shot in the middle of the summer so it was about
11:1432 degrees.
11:15We had Tim Healey stood on the roof of the Benador Palace with his wig on sweating spraying snow all over the road.
11:26Are you going with the lights?
11:27Yeah so we're just twiling it round do we?
11:29Stick them on and then just hide that inside at the back and then we're just going to wind the lights round.
11:35Yeah.
11:36Switch them on Tony let's see how they're looking.
11:38Oh yes.
11:40And I've just given you a nice little sprig that we can add on to the edge as well.
11:45You've gone mad.
11:46A nice little bit of foliage on the edge there.
11:49Right so all I've done on my big one there is added a nice ribbon to be able to hang it up with.
11:55Oh nice.
11:56That's nice.
11:57Tied a little bow on the front and then these are just they just all pop in.
12:01Just it adds a nice little something doesn't it?
12:04I'm going to celebrate this.
12:07This is again so simple but so effective.
12:11I mean it looks kind of rustic.
12:13Looks like it should be on a tree.
12:16Loving the glue gun as well.
12:18I definitely want a glue gun.
12:19And then all I added was a little bit of extra gold time.
12:22Gold time.
12:23And it just gives it that little bit of something else.
12:25Bit of bleed.
12:26But it's exactly the same technique as you two have finished anyway.
12:29We have.
12:30Oh look at those.
12:33I might display it with my other star.
12:35Oh look.
12:36Could I just say something about your star?
12:38Go on.
12:39It would make a fabulous athlete because it's got quite a wide base.
12:42Like meself.
12:44I'm not gloating here but I'm pretty impressed with my star.
12:48I really am.
12:49Our personalities have come through in our stars.
12:51We've seen Hilary's.
12:52Theirs is all athletic and neat and a bit like Hilary.
12:56Nice and slender.
12:57Mine's a bit rough and ready.
12:59A bit round around the edges.
13:01And there's also a star with a very wide base.
13:03Well you know what I'm thinking of course don't you?
13:08That I'm now going to have to make two more because I've got three grandchildren.
13:12So I can't leave one out.
13:13One for each.
13:14Well Hilary don't you worry.
13:15I've got plenty of crafting lined up the rest of the day for us.
13:18We are just getting started.
13:19Ready to start on the next big meal?
13:21Yes.
13:22Bring it on.
13:43Have you been out in the garden yet?
13:45I've had a cheeky walk around.
13:46Wicked off a few bits of branches that we might use later.
13:48Hale.
13:49Oh hello.
13:50Hale's been shopping.
13:51Oh.
13:52I told you we were going B.
13:53Nice.
13:54I told you.
13:55What's this?
13:56I love that we can get creative without needing weeks of prep.
13:59Just a little bit of foliage and an Amazon delivery.
14:03Right.
14:04So I've got everything we needed.
14:06Oh it's like Christmas.
14:08Well funny you should say that.
14:10A little bit of faux snow.
14:11Oh.
14:12Yes.
14:13It's Christmas without snow.
14:14Well faux snow and Epsom salt.
14:16Oh interesting.
14:17Which works great for a snowy look.
14:19Okay I've got some glittery yarn.
14:22Oh of course you have.
14:23A little bit of felt.
14:24Oh now this is right up my store.
14:25A little bit of felt.
14:26A little bit of felt.
14:27Now I've got plenty of little twigs.
14:29I didn't know how good we'd be able to forage those.
14:32I'm slightly curious about the Epsom salt.
14:34Yes I am.
14:35Is there a hot tub in the garden?
14:36You wish Hillary.
14:37You wish.
14:38And then this.
14:39Oh.
14:40Whoa.
14:41What we're going to be crafting with.
14:42Wow.
14:43Look at that.
14:44Right.
14:45So.
14:46A few biscuits in there.
14:47Yeah.
14:48Oh no.
14:49Actually.
14:50We're not going biscuits.
14:51That's a shame.
14:52No Christmas cookies.
14:53What we are going to do is we're going to create a whole scene inside the big jar.
14:57Nice.
14:58Liking that.
14:59Yeah.
15:00Right.
15:01Come on then.
15:02Here you go Hillary.
15:03Oh thank you very much.
15:04Heavy.
15:05Lovely.
15:07So Tony I'm going to need those little artist palettes.
15:09Oh we're getting properly artistic now.
15:11I thought that was for eggs.
15:13So your eggs didn't fall over.
15:15Whale eggs.
15:16Whale eggs.
15:17At that size.
15:18Right.
15:19Pass me them here and I'll put us a little bit of glue in the middle of each of them.
15:21So this is just a regular PVA glue.
15:23Plenty of it.
15:24Right.
15:25And then we're going to need those Epsom salts.
15:27And what we're going to do is we're going to create a snow scene.
15:30With a little bit of a window.
15:33Oh.
15:34So that you can look into the jar.
15:35But you've got snow in the background.
15:37Okay so you could take your lid off if you wanted.
15:40And I would recommend doing a little bit at a time.
15:43So maybe you would do around your window first of all.
15:46Yeah.
15:47I'm going for a wavy bottom.
15:49Are you?
15:50Hello.
15:51Oh Tony's getting all artsy.
15:53Hello.
15:54So now that I've pasted the glass.
15:57Yeah.
15:58How do I get the salt on?
15:59We're going to paint and then we're just going to literally tap the salt.
16:03With the hands.
16:04With your hands.
16:05A sprinkle situation.
16:06A sprinkling situation.
16:08I like it.
16:09Yeah.
16:10But I assume we're doing the salts on this tray so that...
16:12Yes.
16:13I'm going in.
16:14She's going in.
16:15Hilary's going in.
16:16This is lovely because it's very messy.
16:18You're very messy.
16:19Yeah.
16:20How are you getting on there Tony?
16:21You're being very quiet.
16:22I'm in the zone.
16:23I'm in the zone.
16:24Oh sorry I'm nicking Hilary's salts there.
16:26Is that a bit of sabotage going on there Tony?
16:29Not at all.
16:30It's a competition.
16:31Oh this is so satisfying.
16:33Isn't it?
16:34Making a mess without getting told up for it.
16:36It's great.
16:37Yeah exactly.
16:38I love it.
16:39So Tony I'm guessing you've probably filmed Christmas on curry already have you?
16:42We have.
16:43So on about the 1st of October you come down to the set and you can smell turkey and you can smell a roast dinner.
16:49Oh.
16:508 o'clock in the morning when you've just finished your scrambled eggs you then have to sit down and eat a full on cooked Christmas dinner which our brilliant art department has normally been up all night cooking this Christmas dinner.
17:01Oh lovely.
17:02Which is brilliant.
17:03Oh I feel like I'm getting all the behind the scenes gossip here as well.
17:06What do you want to know?
17:07Does anyone get a bit blurry around Christmas?
17:11Well a few people will probably get murdered as it's coronation street you know.
17:16But that's fine though they keep me busy because I'm the undertaker so.
17:19Oh right of course.
17:20I usually have a very busy Christmas.
17:22That's not good.
17:23Probably don't need to put more salt on it.
17:25No I think that looks great now.
17:26I think we should leave those 10 minutes and let's do a bit of a clean up.
17:30Get the Epsom salts off the table and then we can start doing the craftsmanship to go inside.
17:33Okay.
17:41Okay so while they are just drying a little bit I thought should we start and make our bits to go inside.
17:45Yes please.
17:46Yes right so you've got some glittery yarn and I thought we could all make an angel and then we could dangle it down from the top.
17:52Nice.
17:53Have you made any angels before?
17:55Only in the snow.
17:56Yeah.
17:57So.
17:58Piece of cardboard.
17:59Yeah.
18:00And what we're going to do is we're going to wrap this round our cardboard.
18:05I mean we're obviously going to make our tassel into an angel but I mean this is how you would make tassels to decorate anything.
18:11Tasseltastic.
18:12It is tasseltastic Hilary I love it.
18:16Yeah.
18:17I want my angel to be as chubby as my star.
18:19Aww.
18:20You want a chubby angel.
18:21Chubby angel.
18:22Right if you want a chubby angel then maybe he's had a little bit more then.
18:25Yeah.
18:26I think I might leave mine.
18:27I think she'll be quite nice.
18:29Okay.
18:30How's that?
18:31It's looking good.
18:32Yeah.
18:33Right.
18:34So if you trim off your yarn.
18:37Right.
18:38And what I do want you to do is cut yourself.
18:42Now we need quite a long piece because we're going to dangle her from the top of our jars with this.
18:49So we can always trim it later.
18:51Okay.
18:52Yeah.
18:53Looking good.
18:54Looking good for the wee.
18:55With a flourish.
18:56Looking good.
18:57She's there with the scissors.
18:58Thread it through.
18:59Yeah.
19:00And then tie it at the top.
19:02Oh Nick.
19:03Just tie it at the top.
19:05Nice and tight.
19:07Right.
19:08So that's going to be our top.
19:09Yeah.
19:10What we're going to do is just take it off here first.
19:14Unless we've wound it too tight.
19:15Yeah.
19:16No.
19:17You've got that.
19:18And then we're just trimming through them all at the bottom.
19:20Yeah.
19:21Right.
19:22Right.
19:23I'm going to go flourish now.
19:24Oh.
19:25There we go.
19:26It's very satisfying isn't it?
19:27It is.
19:28That noise.
19:29Yeah.
19:30I think Hilary's got the edge on me.
19:31She's very nimble with her fingers so I just need to be careful that I don't start losing
19:36because I think she's better than she's letting on.
19:39Yeah.
19:40Yeah.
19:41I've got my eye on her.
19:42Can you see that she looks a little bit rainbow-esque at the moment?
19:45Yes.
19:46Yes.
19:47And what I want to do is bring her all together.
19:48Yeah.
19:49So we're going to give her a little bit of a body and then the rest coming down.
19:52Okay.
19:53So if you cut a longer piece of yarn and what I want you to do is tie it round her midriff.
19:59Oh several times?
20:00Several times.
20:01Okay.
20:02Yeah.
20:03So can you see?
20:04Oh so she's got a head.
20:05I see.
20:06Well no that's going to be a body.
20:07For a head I've got you a little bead.
20:09Yes.
20:10Okay.
20:11So all we're going to do is we're going to thread the wool through the bead.
20:16It's all about the lick.
20:17It's all about the lick.
20:18We've got this down pat now haven't we?
20:20We have.
20:21Right.
20:22Now we could tie a big knot above her head but we don't need to guys because we've got
20:26our glue guns.
20:27So all I want you to do is put a little blob of glue more or less into the wooden bead
20:34and then beat the wooden bead on.
20:36Pull it down.
20:37This is now like brain surgery.
20:38It's hot.
20:39Going in Hilary.
20:40Oh nice yeah.
20:41Going in.
20:42Oh.
20:44Pull through darling.
20:45Do you know what I'm going to do with my angel?
20:47I'm going to give her a little hair trim on the bottom.
20:49Okay.
20:50So just so that she's all a little bit uniform.
20:52So do you know what I thought I'd do?
20:54I've tied a little bow for you which I thought would make her wings at the back.
20:59Nice.
21:00All we need to do.
21:01There you go.
21:02Glue gun.
21:03Glue gun.
21:04Get the glue gun out.
21:05Right.
21:06So.
21:07There.
21:08Oh it.
21:09Oh Tony she's gorgeous.
21:10Oh.
21:11Love it.
21:12I think he's going to give me a good run for my money.
21:14I think he's got hidden depths and I need to look to my laurels.
21:18I think he's going to run me to the line.
21:24Bring it on.
21:26I feel that she needs eyes and things.
21:29Oh is that a bit radical.
21:31She's gone rogue.
21:32Normally she's without faces but if you want to give her some eyes I'll find you a sharpie
21:38when we have a bit of a break later.
21:39Now obviously we're going to put them in our little snowy scenes but you could do all sorts
21:44with these.
21:45You could hang them on the tree.
21:46You could.
21:47Oh if you've wrapped presents you could use it as like a little tag on your presents.
21:50Brilliant.
21:51Yeah.
21:52Okay so if you get your jar up it should be dry now.
21:55I hope these are heavy.
21:57Oh.
21:58Yeah.
21:59So a bit of snow in the bottom.
22:00Yes please.
22:01Yeah.
22:02Right.
22:03So you've got a bag of four snow there.
22:05Four snow.
22:06Four snow.
22:07I love it.
22:08For like the true northerner in me here.
22:10Yes.
22:11All of it.
22:12No you don't want too much in.
22:14That's looking good Tony.
22:16I'll put some Christmas lights out and then your lights you see will just pop on top.
22:22Oh look at that.
22:24It's like a twinkling masterpiece.
22:26And then you can have the angel flying over the top.
22:28She's going to look great in there.
22:30Yes.
22:31Dead centre.
22:32She looks great.
22:33Well we're now going to build a little village inside from an angel to fly over.
22:38I love it.
22:39Now you are crafter extraordinaires.
22:41Right.
22:42Get your lid on.
22:43Get some room.
22:44Yep.
22:45Get some room away and let's get started on the next bit.
22:57It wouldn't be Christmas without a fun festive treat.
23:00And this one's guaranteed to disappear faster than Santa on Christmas Eve.
23:06I was thinking we'd do a little treat by Hilary and Tony.
23:10A little kind of made crafting interlude pick me up.
23:13So I'm going to make some peanut butter chocolate cups in little reindeer shapes.
23:20This is a foolproof way to melt the chocolate.
23:27Then I'm going to make them into peanut butter cups.
23:30So I've just got some tiny little cake cases.
23:33I'm just popping a little bit of chocolate into the base.
23:36That'll form the bottom part of the peanut butter cup.
23:40And then I want it to kind of come up the sides.
23:43So I'm just going to ease it round like this.
23:49Right.
23:50I've gone for squeezy peanut butter to make life easier.
23:54And then we're going to seal that in with even more chocolate.
24:09Now I've seen the fancy chocolatiers like, give them all the tap.
24:13Oh, just levels them out perfectly.
24:15Then we just need to make them into reindeers.
24:17So I've got some little pretzels.
24:20I thought they'd snap in half and make little antlers.
24:23And then I've got some little edible reindeer eyes.
24:27And the red noses are just little sweeties.
24:29Oh, these are coming together lovely.
24:43And then they're ready to go in the fridge.
24:48And then all we need to do is take them out of their little wrappers.
25:02Now they look smashing.
25:12And I think Hillary and Tony are going to love them.
25:15Let's have a little try.
25:17Mmm.
25:19Mmm.
25:20Mmm-hmm.
25:21Oh, they're smashing.
25:23Oh, they're smashing.
25:26Now, let's see if Hillary and Tony think
25:28that these red-nosed reindeers should go down in history.
25:33Oh.
25:34Oh.
25:35I've made us a little treat.
25:36Oh.
25:37She's been sealed again.
25:38Uh-huh.
25:39Do you like them?
25:40Oh, that is so cute.
25:41Oh, wow.
25:42Have a one.
25:43Oh, thank you so much.
25:44So a little bit of something to keep you going through the afternoon.
25:46However, I will say I have an ulterior motive as well.
25:49So, you know we're having a party at the end of the week.
25:52Yeah.
25:53We're inviting loads of the local people from the area
25:55who don't get to have a Christmas Day.
25:57Oh.
25:58Oh, brilliant.
25:59So, we are going to be decorating this room.
26:01So everything you're making...
26:02Yeah.
26:03..is going to be to decorate the room
26:04and these are going to be what I'm feeding them.
26:06Can I just say, very inventive use of a pretzel.
26:08Yeah.
26:09Mm-hmm.
26:10I'm not sure how I feel about eating Rudolph.
26:12Rudolph, I'd go for it.
26:13It tastes good.
26:14Does it?
26:15It tastes good, Tony.
26:16Oh.
26:17It's great in one.
26:18Mmm.
26:19That's gorgeous.
26:20Mm-hmm.
26:21Now, Tony wasn't remotely worried about eating him.
26:22Do well with your hut and I'll let you have another one.
26:25OK.
26:26There's work to be done.
26:27Mm-hmm.
26:28I thought what we could do is a little scene inside the jar.
26:31Yeah.
26:32And we'd start off making a little hut.
26:33Remember, I've got the twigs.
26:35I've cut you both.
26:36A few little bits of cad.
26:38Mm-hmm.
26:39Get your glue gun in.
26:40And then stick the sides together.
26:42Right.
26:43OK.
26:44Yeah.
26:45And then stick the twigs on the sides.
26:49One-handed glue gun in now and everything.
26:51Yeah.
26:52Right.
26:53So, my thinking was, we'll stick our glue on.
27:02Mm-hmm.
27:03Stick the twigs on, which are slightly too long, right?
27:07But what we can do is, is then get the secateurs and just trim off the edges.
27:11Tilt it round.
27:12It might be going radical, because I think I'm going to go that way.
27:15Look at your house.
27:17You stick them however you want to stick them.
27:20OK.
27:21Is that just a general spread?
27:22A general spread of glue.
27:24Some twigs might stick on a bit easier than others.
27:27Ooh, they stick fast.
27:28They stick fast, don't they?
27:29You've got to keep them moving.
27:30You've got to keep them moving.
27:39Let me get you all a pair of secateurs.
27:41Pretty brute strength there, Tony.
27:52I'm going to be picking up twigs all week, aren't I?
27:54You are?
27:55Yes.
27:56I don't know how to tell you this.
27:58You have a glue stick.
27:59Oh, Hilary, what are you doing with me?
28:01What's wrong with me?
28:02She likes a bit of glue, doesn't she?
28:04Oh, my God.
28:05Now, even if you didn't want to sit and do it with twigs,
28:07you could do it with, like, a little bit of moss.
28:09Yes.
28:10And that sign.
28:11Yes.
28:12I think I might cut a little door out of my felt.
28:14Oh, I haven't done my roof.
28:15No, no.
28:16I'm thinking felt roof.
28:17Have a little look.
28:18This colour felt.
28:22Do you know what you could do?
28:24I'm going to try and stick four of these together.
28:26Make a little chimney.
28:28Ooh.
28:29So I have to ask, is anybody working at all over Christmas?
28:33I'm off.
28:34I'm really lucky.
28:35On the Coronation Street where the whole thing shuts down,
28:37so all cast and all crew, we all get a good full-on Christmas.
28:41Don't you sometimes do a bit of panto?
28:43I have done, yeah.
28:44I've done three.
28:45My first ever job was in panto.
28:47Was it?
28:48I played back end of the cow.
28:50Did you?
28:51I did!
28:52There was a whole milking sequence where I had to have a
28:54sequence of bottles under the costume and drop the right bottle
28:58at the right time.
28:59There was a milking sequence.
29:01There was.
29:02Yes.
29:03That was not something I was expecting to be discussing today.
29:07Doesn't Tony's little hut look at me, is it?
29:09It's an alpine hut.
29:10I'm loving this.
29:11I need another glue stick because I'm glu-tastic again.
29:13Hillary glu-tastic.
29:14Hillary glu-tastic.
29:15Hillary glu-tastic.
29:16That's your third glue stick.
29:17It's about my fifth glue stick.
29:18I think you've lost count.
29:19I think it's been a lot more than three.
29:21It has.
29:22I managed to trance through the show's budget as well in glue sticks.
29:27Oh!
29:28Yes, I'm so sorry.
29:29And then of course we've got some snore.
29:32So if you want to put some faux snore on.
29:34Sorry, I'm taking so long doing this.
29:36I know people have got homes to go to, but I've just got a plan.
29:39Sorry!
29:41I've got a plan and I'm going to stick to it because I want this to be
29:46the best it can be.
29:48Hillary, I think I've just heard someone shout Happy New Year.
29:50Come on, Hillary.
29:54Come on.
29:55Come on, love.
29:57You didn't want to part with her glue gun, did you?
30:00Have you got the plan there, Hillary?
30:02How's it plan?
30:03I've cut it on a bias.
30:04Oh!
30:05Oh!
30:06Oh!
30:07She's cut it on the bias.
30:08Ready to go.
30:09There's the perfectionist coming out.
30:11I promise I've nearly finished.
30:14She's gone in with the snore.
30:16I'm very happy to get a vacuum cleaner out at the end.
30:19There we go.
30:23Are you happy with that?
30:24I do apologise that I've taken so long.
30:26Right, let's have a look at how our little houses are looking.
30:29Zara.
30:31Hello.
30:32Isn't it?
30:33Yes.
30:34That looks brilliant.
30:35I'm very excited.
30:36I mean, I was very pleased with the end result, but the journey to get to the end result was definitely not my finest hour because the latent perfectionist in me came to the fore.
30:49And yes, I hold my hands up.
30:50I am a perfectionist, which is a blessing and a curse.
30:55And they all look a little bit different.
30:56They do.
30:57That's what I love about it is that it's your own take, isn't it?
31:00Do you know what?
31:01I do feel proud.
31:02I feel like running home to my mum going, Mum, look what I made.
31:05I do.
31:06I do.
31:07I feel like I'm six again.
31:08And I love it.
31:09Do you think mine was the best?
31:12I won't tell anyone.
31:13So, we've got a cabin.
31:23Yeah.
31:24And I think we should make a tree.
31:25Right.
31:26I've also planned you a base structure for the tree.
31:30Yes.
31:31You'll see I've cut you a pie shape cardboard.
31:35And what we're going to do is I just want you to bend it around your hand.
31:39Soften it up.
31:40Soften it all up because you want to make this into a bit of a cone.
31:44Ah.
31:45Do you want like a party hat?
31:46Got it.
31:47So we are going to adorn said foliage.
31:50Ah, got it.
31:51Do you see where we're going with that?
31:53Yes.
31:54You'll not be surprised to see we're getting the glue guns back out.
31:56And I do have glue left, you'll be pleased to hear.
31:58Not for long.
31:59Not for long, yes.
32:01I haven't known anyone so trigger-happy.
32:05Right, get yourself a bit of foliage.
32:07These are just leftover bits that we cut off the shrubbery in the garden.
32:10It's as simple as all we're going to do is pull off the bits and then stick them to go down the tree.
32:19It's interesting you've done that way because I...
32:21OK, well, the tree would...
32:23It would hang.
32:24I'm with you.
32:25Can you remember any of Jack's Christmas performances when he was a wee bane?
32:34He did play Joseph one year.
32:37Yeah.
32:38Was he any good?
32:39Yeah, there was quite a lot of waving to people going on.
32:42OK.
32:43We call that showing off.
32:45Yeah, yeah, exactly.
32:47He's gone for...
32:51He's just gone for it.
32:53So, I mean, you could add a bit of snow if you want.
32:55I'm going to keep mine as it is because I think it looks great.
32:57Yeah.
32:58Just dip it in.
32:59Nice.
33:00There we go.
33:01Yeah.
33:02Snow-tuck tree.
33:03OK.
33:04Right.
33:05Are we all ready to put them inside our snowy jars?
33:08I love this mess.
33:09Jarl coming in, Mrs White.
33:11Oh, thank you, sir.
33:12Thank you, thank you, thank you.
33:13There you go.
33:14You want your little log cabin in there.
33:16Tree in the background.
33:17Don't trouble you.
33:18For a glue stick.
33:19Or I could just use yours.
33:23Where's the angel going to go?
33:25Let's have a look.
33:26I might need your crafty eye here.
33:29Down a bit, left a bit.
33:30Yes.
33:31Are you gluing her in or just jamming it in with the lid?
33:34I'm gluing her in.
33:35Big reveal, Hilary.
33:37Big reveal.
33:38Ta-da!
33:39Oh, yes, it was her face in the right way.
33:42Actually, still not happy with the position of the angel
33:45because she's not looking the right way.
33:46That's going to worry me all the way home now.
33:49Let's see yours.
33:51Oh, yes.
33:52Beautiful.
33:53Love it.
33:54Oh, yes.
33:55Spectacular.
33:57A scene in a jar.
33:59I wasn't sure what you meant at first, but what a great idea.
34:03I mean, again, our personalities shone through the jar.
34:06Mine was a bit rustic, round the edge.
34:09Hilary's was very precise, as is Hilary.
34:13So, yeah, I mean, you just put your own personality
34:15on everything that you make, can't you?
34:17Really good idea.
34:18Thank you so much.
34:19I love that.
34:20Can we do this again?
34:21Hello.
34:22We've still got our gifts.
34:23Oh.
34:24Ooh.
34:25Yes.
34:26Right, let's have a clean up and let's start and do some gifts.
34:28Perfect.
34:29We're back with more festive fun.
34:42And I've got just the trick to style up your favourite Christmas tipple.
34:49So, we've done a scene in a jar.
34:51I thought, why not do a little Christmas scene in a glass?
34:55This is a really fun treat and super easy.
34:58All I'm going to use, a little bit of rosemary, some pomegranate seeds,
35:03and we're going to freeze it ready.
35:05Now, this is the low tack tape that is going to hold our little
35:10miniature Christmas tree in place.
35:13So, you can see there, I've just got a little bit of a gap in the middle.
35:17That looks about a good size there.
35:21And then you see that will be held just nicely in the glass.
35:27And then we want it to freeze in place there.
35:29So, I'm going to start off just with a little bit of water.
35:31Because it's going to be going into the freezer.
35:33Lovely.
35:34And then, a couple of little pomegranates in.
35:37And they should sink to the bottom.
35:39And give it a little bit of colour.
35:41And I'm going to do one of them for each of us.
35:45And then, you just need to take the washi tape off.
35:59And what you'll see is that Christmas tree will have frozen all perfectly into place.
36:15And then, all that's left is to add your tipple of choice.
36:20Now, I'm just adding tonic water to these.
36:23Oh, you're going to love them.
36:26This is a scene in a glass.
36:38Got a little treat for Ella.
36:40What is that?
36:42So, we've done our scene in a jar.
36:45Look at this.
36:46We do it in miniature.
36:47I love it.
36:48And have our little scene in a glass.
36:49Now, you can add anything you want.
36:50Brilliant.
36:51I've got a bit of tonic water.
36:52Yes.
36:53Yep.
36:54So, what this is, is this is just frozen water.
36:57Yes.
36:58With our rosemary Christmas tree.
37:01With a little bit of pomegranate in the bottom for the colour.
37:03Piece of grace.
37:04And then, it will float eventually.
37:05Yeah.
37:06That is absolutely divine.
37:08I mean, that would be perfect for a little gin and tonic, wouldn't it?
37:10Oh, hello.
37:11Oh, cheers.
37:12Merry Christmas.
37:13Merry Christmas.
37:14Merry Christmas.
37:15And that's a really pleasing shape too.
37:18Right.
37:19Okay.
37:20Put them to one side then because we've got some serious business to get going on.
37:23Please tell me you are both great at sewing.
37:26Absolutely hopeless.
37:28We're not doing sewing, are we?
37:29Yes, we're going to sew a Christmas stocking.
37:31I can't do sewing.
37:32I can't even thread the needle these days.
37:34You'll be great at it, though, are you?
37:35No.
37:40Right.
37:41Okay.
37:42Don't worry.
37:43No thread.
37:44No stitching.
37:45We're going for a no-sew stocking.
37:47Yes!
37:48We're going!
37:49Yes!
37:50Woo-hoo!
37:51Now you're an expert.
37:53There we go.
37:54You're such a team.
37:55Your face there.
37:56You've got a good supply of stitching.
37:57I literally thought, I am...
37:59This isn't...
38:00I'm going to have an epic fail on this one.
38:02Right.
38:03So, all being well, you should have brought something from home.
38:07Something Christmassy.
38:08Yes.
38:09Yes.
38:10I've got some jammies.
38:11What have you got?
38:12A very big...
38:13Oh!
38:14A Christmas onesie.
38:15Of course.
38:16Yeah.
38:17Nice.
38:18Surplus requirements now.
38:19Well, it's had three years.
38:20Yeah.
38:21Okay.
38:22Totally.
38:23Which, actually, I've got two of, and I thought, okay...
38:25So, it's ready to be upcycled.
38:26It's ready to be upcycled.
38:27Yeah.
38:28Right.
38:29Okay.
38:30So, what I've done is, I've cut you all out a template.
38:32Cardboard.
38:33Yeah.
38:34I'll draw around it.
38:35Yeah.
38:36Now, the only problem, I didn't know what fabric you were bringing.
38:38And some fabric lends itself better than others.
38:41Yeah.
38:42You need something with structure.
38:43Yours would be brilliant.
38:44Ours, not so much.
38:45Not so good.
38:46If you think about it, you put a tangerine in the footer there...
38:49It's going to stretch, yeah.
38:50It's going to go flying.
38:51Yeah.
38:52So, what I've done is, I've already cut some out of calico for you,
38:56so that we can line it in the calico, which will be nice and strong.
39:00Yes.
39:01Little tip here, though.
39:02Yes.
39:03We're going to draw around the template and then leave ourselves a seam allowance.
39:07When you cut it out, leave an extra quarter of an inch.
39:11Okay.
39:12Half an inch, that sort of level.
39:13A margin.
39:14Yeah?
39:15Do you guys still have Christmas stockings at home?
39:17We do.
39:18Yeah?
39:19Yeah.
39:20With people's initials on them.
39:21Hang them over the fireplace.
39:22I can see that I've set myself a challenge here with this flabby material.
39:31Okay, so this is where you're going to leave that margin.
39:34It doesn't matter if it's not perfect.
39:36I mean, it does to me, but then I'll just...
39:39No, but you won't see it, because it'll be inside.
39:40It's all right.
39:41I'll live with it.
39:42I'll just take a deep breath.
39:44Doesn't matter, Hilary, if it's not perfect.
39:46Perfect.
39:47Perfect.
39:48Brilliant.
39:49Thank you very much.
39:50Okay, so you should have two calico bits and two bits of fabric, and we need to stick our fabric one to the calico one.
40:01Okay.
40:02Okay?
40:03Yeah.
40:04Inside the margin.
40:05Like this one.
40:06Right.
40:07Okay.
40:08Just seam all those edges in.
40:18Do not look what I'm doing, because you will go very wrong.
40:21But when we glue the sides together, it's going to be fine.
40:25Okay.
40:28Look, it's now curling up.
40:29Don't worry.
40:30Don't worry.
40:31Okay.
40:35I mean, how are you feeling about cutting up that amazing onesie after three years of sex?
40:39Well, I'm thinking, someone's going to have to buy me a brand new onesie.
40:42Right.
40:43Tony needs a new onesie.
40:44New onesie, please, Mum.
40:46Right.
40:47This is a really, really important bit.
40:48You must go right sides together.
40:52So, you mean right sides together as in...?
40:54Yes.
40:55So, we're going to glue the two right sides together.
40:58Okay.
40:59Right.
41:00So, now you're going to put the glue exactly on the line.
41:03On the long side.
41:04And I want you to put plenty of glue on.
41:06Oh, on the line.
41:07You don't need to invite me to do that, Sarah.
41:11I'm already there.
41:12Lots of glue.
41:13This is when I become six years old again.
41:19Oh.
41:20Do you know, so many people think, yeah, crafting for kids, and they don't realise just how enjoyable
41:27it can be.
41:28We forget, don't we?
41:29Yeah.
41:30I feel relaxed.
41:32It's just so nice to sit there chatting away.
41:35It's all making the same thing.
41:37Looking at Hillary's, looking at mine.
41:39It's brilliant.
41:40It's so nice.
41:41Now, we can trim it so that it's all the same size.
41:46So that we don't have all of this extra bulk in that we don't need.
41:54So, I've cut the wrong side of the gluing now.
41:56Just, just you, watch where you going, woman.
41:58Just, just, I can add it with a pair of scissors.
42:01I'm like, just watch where we going.
42:04Come on.
42:05Tony, you can start the next stage.
42:07Yes.
42:08What I want you to do is cut up to, in a sort of half-inch increments, that glue line.
42:16With the...
42:17Just around the heel?
42:18Just around the heel and around the toe.
42:20And it's just going to mean that when we turn it inside out, it's nice and neat.
42:25But be careful not to cut through the glue.
42:28Well, that's my problem.
42:29It was so good on the last task.
42:31And this one, literally epic fail.
42:36I don't think it's an epic fail.
42:38I think it's just a work in progress.
42:40What did you put in that drink?
42:43I knew I'd get the blame.
42:45Yeah.
42:46I think I'm fully sealed.
42:47Right.
42:48Grab the toe.
42:49Grab the toe and pull it through.
42:50Pull it through.
42:51Oh, hello.
42:53Is it...
42:54Oh, is it coming together?
42:57It's coming together beautifully.
42:59Oh, look.
43:00Hello.
43:01I have to say, Tony.
43:02It's happening.
43:03Hello.
43:04It's happening.
43:05It's happening.
43:06Yours would keep you warm at night as well.
43:08And then, do you know what we can do?
43:10Add some embellishments.
43:11Yeah.
43:12I have got a whole lord.
43:15Oh, look at that.
43:16A lovely trim.
43:17Oh, you could add a little bit of trim around the top like this.
43:20Do you know what I'm desperate to do about this?
43:22Just auditioning for Santa.
43:25What do you think?
43:26Hey.
43:27I don't know why I'm putting that on.
43:28One minute.
43:31Also, I am a woman of a certain age.
43:33I can grow my own.
43:34No.
43:37So I can dress it up now.
43:38Tony, you go...
43:39You make it look epic.
43:43Oh, who are you making it for?
43:44My dog.
43:45Doggy Stocking.
43:46What's he called?
43:47Bosie.
43:48Bosie.
43:49What are you going to do?
43:50Are you going to do your trimming?
43:51Maybe he's adding an initial on, Hilary?
43:53Yes, I will add an initial.
43:54Yeah.
43:55What's the dog called?
43:56Philly.
43:57Philly.
43:58So, talk us through what you've just done there, Hilary.
44:09I've literally glued this round the margin.
44:12Do you know what?
44:13But hold that up.
44:14That's looking really good.
44:15Isn't that looking really good there, Tony?
44:16Gorgeous.
44:17Well, have you enjoyed it?
44:19I have loved it.
44:20It's been an absolute pleasure.
44:21I don't want to go home.
44:22No, neither do I.
44:24I feel so content.
44:26I feel like I've been away to a retreat or something.
44:29It's just such a lovely, lovely thing to do in the build-up to Christmas.
44:33And it's like...
44:35Ready?
44:36Yes.
44:37Drum roll, please.
44:38Oh, look at that!
44:41That looks so professional.
44:43You like that?
44:44Josie.
44:45I've got F for Philly.
44:47Beautiful.
44:48Yay.
44:49Oh, yes.
44:50Looking good.
44:51Looking good.
44:52Yeah, we like.
44:53And some jammies.
44:54Gorgeous.
44:55Sara is not known as the queen of crafting for nothing.
44:59What I love most of all is her enthusiasm.
45:01I think they look incredible.
45:04And that, for me, is important in life.
45:07Passion.
45:08That's what we want in life.
45:09More passion for things.
45:10I mean, I'm supposed to pick a winner, aren't I?
45:13It's been crafting heaven.
45:15Can I say I've got my crafting queen and my crafting king?
45:19Ah.
45:20Is that just up?
45:21And up.
45:22Final high five.
45:23Yeah.
45:24I think we should all cheers to our amazing Christmas.
45:26Oh.
45:27It is wonderful.
45:28Wonderful.
45:30Merry Christmas.
45:32Thank you for having a lovely day.
45:33Merry Christmas.
45:34Mmm.
45:37Next time.
45:38I think she looks the best out of them all, if I'm honest.
45:40The Christmas party preparations continue.
45:43I think you need to trim it a bit so it goes a bit pointy out the top.
45:46She's intimidating me now.
45:50With two more celebrity crafters.
45:53We're the craft version of Destiny's Child.
45:55Yeah.
45:56Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
45:57Yeah.
45:58Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
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