and we are so excited to get started with some holiday DIYs! First up – we’re going to show you how to DIY your own ceramic Christmas tree. For this project, you’ll need: Ready to paint ...

Kids will love to make these to add to your holiday ... so the paint sticks. You don’t need these exact pot sizes – you can go bigger or even smaller (to make an ornament!).

Lisa Beiswenger will teach participants how to paint vintage and modern ceramic Halloween ornaments from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 12 and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Cresson Public Library.

It’s mid-December and Irma Starr is hunched over a large ceramic pot ... wears an expression of surprise amidst boxes of ornaments and other holiday decorations. “You take clay, which is ...