Episode One
Episode 1 • Dec 09, 2014
Kirstie Allsopp celebrates classic and contemporary festive crafts and heads for Norway for a true Scandinavian Christmas.
Kirstie provides a flurry of jovial festive fun - with enough competitions, makes, decorations, gifts, food and drink to inspire every kind of crafter.
75 episodes total
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
2014
Rating
6.0/10
3 votes • HD
People
Episodes
Episode 1 • Dec 09, 2014
Kirstie Allsopp celebrates classic and contemporary festive crafts and heads for Norway for a true Scandinavian Christmas.
Episode 2 • Dec 16, 2014
Episode 1 • Dec 01, 2015
Kirstie goes to Switzerland for some festive ideas, including a boozy fondu.
Episode 2 • Dec 08, 2015
Christmas is coming and Kirstie Allsopp offers a triple helping of festive inspiration.
Episode 3 • Dec 15, 2015
Kirstie shows how last-minute touches can have a huge impact at Christmas.
Episode 1 • Dec 07, 2016
Kirstie heads to Scotland to visit Blair Castle's Christmas Fair and explores the world of festive Scottish crafts from jewellery to pottery.
Episode 2 • Dec 14, 2016
Kirstie visits the Waddesdon Manor Christmas Fair in Buckinghamshire, visiting the countless Christmas stalls stocking thousands of unique handmade culinary delights and handcrafted gifts.
Episode 3 • Dec 21, 2016
Kirstie samples the wares on offer at Columbia Road Christmas night market in Hoxton, East London and invites handcrafting experts to compete in more festive contests including floral arrangements and alternative festive dishes.
Episode 1 • Dec 05, 2017
Kirstie Allsopp returns with a brand new guide to the perfect Christmas, from handmade decorations and gifts, to food, drink, baubles, wrapping paper and no stress.
Episode 1 • Dec 11, 2017
In the first episode, the festive HQ hosts Kirstie's Christmas cake-decorating competition. Four talented sugar crafters race against the clock to create astonishing cakes, but only one can win.
Episode 2 • Dec 12, 2017
In this episode, the magical festive HQ hosts the tree decorating competition. There's also a traditional Japanese pottery technique; the quickest Christmas cake bake in the land; and do-it-yourself snowglobes.
Episode 3 • Dec 13, 2017
This time, Kirstie Allsopp's Christmas HQ hosts an advent calendar competition. Four talented crafters race against the clock to create beautiful calendars. There's also leather crafting; Christmas ham; and treats for Father Christmas.
Episode 4 • Dec 14, 2017
This time, Kirstie Allsopp's Christmas HQ hosts the best knitted jumper competition - with an extra speed knitting challenge. There are also hand modelled tree decorations; an Italian festive treat; and steel candle holders.
Episode 5 • Dec 15, 2017
This time, Kirstie Allsopp's Christmas HQ hosts a competition to build the best gingerbread house. Also, there are tips on cake icing; a new take on the traditional Christmas wreath; the art of book binding; and festive canapes.
Episode 6 • Dec 18, 2017
This time, the festive HQ hosts Kirstie's best Christmas hamper competition. Four amateur cooks, armed with handmade goodies, race against the clock to create one final treat and dress their hampers. There are also canapes with a twist, the secret of silversmithing, craft for kids and a great alternative to shop-bought perfume.
Episode 1 • Dec 03, 2018
The competition this time is for cake decorating. There's also a Yule log, some beautiful embroidery, and two mini makes to light up your life.
Episode 2 • Dec 04, 2018
Four talented crafters race against the clock to create a unique seasonal present. There are also perfect place cards made with plants, and supersized Christmas decorations.
Episode 3 • Dec 05, 2018
Crafters do battle in the best decorated tree competition. There's also an artisan with the Midas touch and two mini makes for a cosy Christmas.
Episode 4 • Dec 06, 2018
There's a festive stocking challenge this time, some glamorous slippers, and a sweet crafter who sculpts with sugar
Episode 5 • Dec 07, 2018
Crafters compete to make the best decorations. There's also some big knits for Christmas and two sweet mini makes.
Episode 6 • Dec 10, 2018
Not only a gingerbread house this time, but a 3D gingerbread tea-light. There's also a talented jeweller who captures nature scenes in resin.
Episode 1 • Nov 25, 2019
Skilled crafters battle it out in the best decorated tree competition. There are also mini makes perfect for doing at home.
Episode 2 • Nov 26, 2019
The magical Christmas HQ is filled with festive crafters battling it out in the best festive hamper competition. There's also a masterclass in giving leftovers a spicy reboot.
Episode 3 • Nov 27, 2019
Not only the best cake decorating competition but a how-to guide to making festive, feastable baubles, and some stunning stained glass
Episode 4 • Nov 28, 2019
There's a handmade Christmas wreath competition, novel denim place settings, and two mini makes to help find some crafting calm amid the furious festive commotion
Episode 5 • Nov 29, 2019
It's Kirstie's toy competition. A talented leather worker puts a modern twist on classic Christmas decorations. And there are mini makes that can be crafted in snow time at all.
Episode 6 • Dec 02, 2019
It's Kirstie's table dressing competition. There's also a fabulous festive centrepiece; a gastro guru who can bottle the flavour of Christmas; and two mini makes guaranteed to spark joy.
Episode 1 • Nov 30, 2020
Kirstie's crafters compete to make the best-decorated tree. Our competition judge transforms leftover fabric into something festive. And will Phil Spencer's Christmas chutney be as good as his mum's?
Episode 2 • Dec 01, 2020
Kirstie makes a simple but stylish personalised tree decoration and presents a handmade wreath competition. Plus, a look back at a sweet festive treat from the Christmas archive.
Episode 3 • Dec 02, 2020
Four talented cake decorators race against the clock to create their festive masterpieces, and later Phil Spencer pops by to take a look around the festive HQ.
Episode 4 • Dec 03, 2020
The Christmas HQ hosts a carnival of festive crafters each racing against the clock to create a seasonal stocking, but only one can be crowned the winner. Phil Spencer drops by for some Christmas cheer and chat and Kirstie takes a look back at some spectacular sugar crafting from the archive.
Episode 5 • Dec 04, 2020
The merry Christmas HQ is filled with festive crafters each competing in Kirstie Allsopp's best paper craft competition. Four talented paper crafters hope to fold, cut and quill their way to success, but as they race against the clock in a crafting showdown only one can be crowned the winner. Plus, Phil Spencer pops by for a crack at crafting with copper and tips on how to produce perfect paper butterflies.
Episode 6 • Dec 07, 2020
Four knitters race against the clock as they try to win the best jumper competition, and Kirstie Allsopp also uncovers the delights of crafting with a new kind of polymer clay.
Episode 1 • Dec 13, 2021
Kirstie's crafters compete to make the best decorated cake. There's incredible sugarcraft flowers and Kirstie creates a shadow theatre. Plus: mini decoration designs from crafts of Christmases past.
Episode 2 • Dec 14, 2021
Kirstie's crafters compete to make the best handmade wreath, our competition judge conjures up a magical dried flower wreath, and Kirstie makes needled felted gift tags.
Episode 3 • Dec 15, 2021
Christmas HQ gets cosied up as our crafters create this season's 'must-haves' in Kirstie's best jumper competition. Plus: how to make a beautiful bauble using nails and string.
Episode 4 • Dec 16, 2021
Kirstie's crafters deck the Christmas HQ halls in her best decoration competition. Plus: how to create a jaw-dropping statement piece and simple ways to jazz up your dinner table.
Episode 5 • Dec 17, 2021
Kirstie's crafters compete to make the best gingerbread house. Plus: how to use tempered chocolate to create stunning effects, and Kirstie makes a beautiful quilled decoration.
Episode 6 • Dec 19, 2021
Kirstie's crafters compete to create the best handmade toy to bring joy and laughter to its recipient and our competition judge makes a wooden toy. Plus: a unique wall hanging.
Episode 1 • Dec 12, 2022
After Friday evening's primetime special, Kirstie Allsopp offers two more weeks of festive tips on how to have a stylish Christmas without breaking the bank. A batch of bakers compete to win Kirstie's cake decorating trophy, there's advice on using pinecones to make cute Christmas characters and a look back at a favourite jewellery make from the archive
Episode 2 • Dec 13, 2022
Kirstie Allsopp holds a handmade gift competition, the expert judge demonstrates how to make a screen-printed shopping bag, and Kirstie recycles discarded decorations into wreaths. A craftsman who works wonders with wood shares his secrets when it comes to the perfect wooden decorations.
Episode 3 • Dec 13, 2022
Kirstie Allsopp holds a Christmas decoration competition and the expert judge demonstrates how to make napkins that'll be the talk of the table. Plus, how to make a pop-up Christmas card, and a throwback to Christmases past for another look at sweet sugar craft.
Episode 4 • Dec 15, 2022
Four of the country's top knitters prepare to unveil their handmade knits. First, however, they need to compete against the clock, and each other, in the timed challenge. Plus, the host shows how to reuse ribbons to make terrific table place names and steps back in time to revisit a paper crafter with a passion for flowers.
Episode 5 • Dec 16, 2022
The magical Christmas HQ is filled with the sweet smell of festive flavours, as Kirstie Allsopp's best Christmas hamper competition is staged. Four culinary crafters go up against the clock and each other to present five tasty delights, beautifully presented and ready to be gifted. Plus, the host reveals how to create a cute Christmas character for a Christmas tree, and revisits a straw-weaving wizard.
Episode 6 • Dec 19, 2022
It's all to play for as four making maestros compete in Kirsty's best homemade toy competition. They are up against the clock to create toys that the little kids - and some of the big kids - in our lives would love to wake up to on Christmas morning.
Episode 1 • Dec 10, 2023
From stained-glass snowflakes to tree-topping horses, Kirstie makes more joyful creations and gives Festive HQ a glow-up. But which of her crafty helpers' decorations will be the star of her display?
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