Get crafty

Make a welcoming wreath for your front door, or a candle centrepiece, at Squires Garden Centres. You’ll get a fresh fir ring for the base which you can then decorate with pine cones, snow spray, baubles, dried flowers or foliage from your own garden. ■ Classes run in selected Squires Garden Centres on Nov 30, Dec 5, 6 and 8. Tickets cost £25pp including materials, tuition, tea or coffee and cake and ten per cent off plants bought on the day. Book in advance by calling your local Squires Garden Centre or visit www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk Learn a new skill at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, on a willow and rush decorations workshop. Make gorgeous, rustic designs such as hearts and stars for your tree and table, with locally grown materials. ■ Dec 17-18. Costs £20 including materials. Booking essential. Call 01353 720274 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ wicken-fen-nature-reserve Make an eco-friendly wreath out of strips of old fabric – in the style of the rag rugs you may have made as a child – at Back to Backs in Birmingham. ■ Nov 25, Dec 2 and 9. Costs £30 including all materials. Booking essential. Call 0121 666 7671 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ birmingham-back-to-backs Little ones will enjoy expressing their creative side at the Great Christmas Puppet Making Workshop at the Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, Glasgow. They can choose to make any festive figures, from elves to angels and penguins to Father Christmas. ■ Dec 16-17. Tickets £5.95. Call 0141 339 6185 or visit www.maskandpuppet.co.uk Take a (brief) break from the mince pies to decorate some gingerbread men with edible icing at Rowallane Garden, County Down. Dec 16-24. Free activity but NT admission applies – £5.90 adults, £2.72 children. Call 0289 751 0131 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ rowallane-garden