Homemade Xmas Decorations

pennyocs

me and my 3 year old dd have spent today making paper chains using paper cut out of the argos book.

harib0uk

jetty wrote: »

Thinking about giving this one a go... http://familyfun.go.com/christmas/christmas-gifts-cards-decorations/christmas-decorations/christmas-wreaths/red-nosed-wreath-deer-710135/

I've spotted this and really would like to have a go at it, I'm wondering how hard it would be to make the pine cone wreath. Any one have any ideas how to do it?

Janiebabes

Try paper balls... if you still have cards from last year then you can keep them but put them to use iykwim! Or use some strong christmas paper.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7HTl72CDKxg/SkkdqSARPkI/AAAAAAAAFFY/ROf3GZHbECo/paper-ball-template.jpg&imgrefurl=http://increations.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-make-paper-ball-ornaments.html&usg=__9lh9oLfclIACC_yQf-2GDjskkxE=&h=1600&w=1236&sz=198&hl=en&start=1&sig2=3ysyVqaWV36Z6Px3iqzJVQ&um=1&tbnid=zAwywRjr7-AIxM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcircle%2Bpaper%2Bball%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=IZAIS7W-H8WvjAf3wMDJCw

qwiksave

I made this snowman decoration from a beermat. My DH got me some beermats for me to make some Calendar Coasters and they only had this type in the pub he went to:



So, after making a calendar, I thought the shape lended itself to being a sparkly snowman!:


Spot the christmas tablecloth background to disguise my messy crafty dining room table! :rotfl:

Toonie

I made some of these last year though I can't find my pictures http://www.bubblyfunk.co.uk/beaded-snowflake-a-32.html

http://kayray.org/crafts/snowflake/

I hung these from the window and down the side of my fireplace with different length threads.

qwiksave

Made this decoration the other day from two buttons - the idea came from familyfun.com. It looked so easy but was a devil to do! :mad: The instructions said 'glue the two buttons (on their EDGES) together using a hot glue gun' - I did, and they kept coming apart! Grrr! In the end I stuck the two buttons onto a lollipop stick at the back.



Magnet on back for putting on a fridge!

Claire_Bear

OMG how cute are the candy cane reindeer?! I love them! I'm going to make pebble magnets this year, the link is on the crafty for Christmas thread somewhere.

sylphraven

I have some how shockingly missed this thread, this forum is one of my usual haunts.

I made card holder wreaths the other day:-

Click on the pictures to see a larger image of them.
Very simple to make.

More details on my craft blog if anyone is interested (no advertising or ways for me to make money on it), you can find the link on my profile.

shiningdove

THIRZAH wrote: »

We went to Chatsworth at the weekend to see the house decorated for Christmas. Some of the trees were decorated with whole dried lemons -has anyone any idea how to make these? I thought that they would be a fairly cheap ornament and they smell nice too.

You pretty much slice them up, put them on grease proof paper and wack them in the oven.

ZLS1984

I made this cardboard ginger bread house. We just made templates for the house glued the card board pieces togher with a hot glue gun. The we decorated it with real sweets and some other little bits.