Welcome to Day 8 of The 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges!
Today’s challenge is to turn old crisp packets into Christmas decorations.
Here’s Jill introducing the challenge.
If you try this, we’d love to see what you make! Please feel free to link up below.
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