What Decs Can You Make At Home

16011996

i got some yesterday they were 59p a pack in ours.

hth

catznine

At the school where I work they have made the most beautiful stars - cut out of card (could use coloured card or the backs of old Christmas cards) and covered with glitter, sequins, anything to spare really, could cut out bits of foil. These are then hung from the ceiling using lengths of cotton. Looks really effective.

16011996

like the stars idea, we have high ceilings, so would look nice dangling down.

r.mac_2

I made these over the weekend. No idea what you would call them!

Take a few spare baubles and thread some cotton through the loops on the top. Make each bauble hang on a different length cotton. Tie a piece of festive wool/ribbon/wrapping through all the bits of cotton to secure.

Looks good on a front door in place of a wreath, when you use lots of baubles. One or two look good over the edge of a picture and three of four are great on the edges of fire places - although be careful with this area!!!!! ribbon is flammable!!

catznine

The baubles also look good hung from door handles. Our friend from Germany attaches them to pretty pieces of fabric (in Christmas colours) first.

16011996

like those ideas too. gonna be busy.

franney

Early Learning centre do packets of paper chains and they are included int he 3 for 2 offer, they're out of stock online but you might be able to find some in the shop?

16011996

we did the stars last night, they look fab.

thanks for the idea.

catznine

I'm glad the stars worked out! Am hoping to start on some myself as ...... school has now broken up where I work, whoopee!! ;D ;D ;D I love them really but life seems really rushed towards end of term with so much going on. Now I can catch up with everyone else and maybe start to enjoy Christmas - daughter is home from uni on saturday so she will want the house to be Christmassy

Savvy_Sue

Festoons from Carrier Bags!

Article says that it can be made with tissue paper but I've not tried that!

Can certainly be done with Christmas wrapping paper. Fold paper in half longways: you can cut it like that and stick short ends together to make it longer. Stick up with drawing pins.