Christmas Eve brings families and friends together for the
holidays and in a frankly bizarre move, sees many decide that the
best way to spend time with someone you might not have seen all
year is to get out the glue and paint and start crafting.
There’s something about the holiday season that gets everyone
reaching for their creative side and this year’s tacky Christmas
trend is leaning into that completely with home made decorations
and anything that doesn’t match top of the wish list. If you’re
looking for inspiration for some Christmas crafting then the royals
have set the lead in 2025.
The Duchess of Edinburgh does cookies
in a Santa hat
Sophie fully embraced the aunt at Christmas look by sticking a
Santa hat on her head before she even started crafting.
The Duchess of Edinburgh was at Disability Initiative for their
Christmas celebrations and she threw herself into all the
activities and looked like she was loving every moment of it.
The charity, of which Sophie is patron, was holding its
Christmas party. Disability Initiative helps adults with
disabilities towards their personal goals through tailored
activities.
The Duchess clearly enjoyed all the crafting on offer, helping
decorate mini Christmas trees before going full on with her cookie
decorating. It’s not Christmas without icing biscuits and the
Duchess of Edinburgh looked very proud of her Rudolf the Red Nosed
Reindeer creation. Add baking to your Christmas Eve to do list
now.
Sweden’s future queen makes meatballs,
natch
The rule at Christmas is that if someone has cooked something
you eat it and you enjoy it. Note that down now, it will save you
an argument at some point in the coming days.
Sweden’s future queen reigned supreme in the kitchen in the run
up to Christmas as she tried her hand at crafting all kinds of
traditional Christmas food, including the country’s most famous
export, meatballs.
Princess Estelle, 13, and her 9 year old brother, Prince Oscar,
headed to the royal castle kitchens to rustle up a festive feast.
Estelle was clearly in charge as Oscar quietly got on with some
creations of his own. And they did it all with a suitably nostalgic
Instagram filter that made everything glow like a 1970s
cookbook.
As this is all about crafting, the princess cracked out those
ridiculous little cake cases you only see at Christmas and filled
them with an unidentified sweet syrup. Remember the rule – someone
makes it, you eat it and you like it. It’s Christmas.
Denmark’s king is given crafting
lessons by his mum
In one of the most bizarre royal Christmas videos of 2025,
King Frederik of Denmark was shown how to cut paper by his
mother, Queen Margrethe.
Frederik had failed at a traditional Danish Christmas craft in
2024, when he’d tried to make a traditional Christmas heart paper
decoration and ended up with a bit of a mess.
Having proudly shown his epic fail to his mother on his phone,
the King of Denmark was then given a masterclass in how to make
these special decorations by Margrethe who is well known for her
creativity.
She usually designs costumes for major theatrical productions
around the festive season but in 2025, she sat down with her 57
year old and showed him how to master the Christmas heart which has
been made in Denmark for centuries by families coming together for
the holidays. Queen Margrethe succeeded and her son and successor
added his own decoration to the tree. Relief all round.
King Charles heads to his mancave to
avoid the Christmas crafting
The King did what many a man has longed to do on Christmas Eve
as the crafting begins and headed straight to the shed.
King Charles invited Radio 4 into his gardens at Dumfries House
for a Christmas special that went out just before the family hit
Sandringham for the annual get together.
Just in case anyone (and that means you, Kate) thought that
Christmas crafting as a family was a great idea, Charles III spoke
effortlessly of his love of the outdoors and how much he likes
secateurs.
That’s a hint, if ever there was one, that making Santas out of
card/ glitter/ chocolate is absolutely not what The King wants to
do for Christmas and you’ll find him in the shed with a whisky, the
radio on and the doors locked, just in case anyone says Christmas
crafting.