Our Bostik Bloggers box this month arrived full of Christmas goodies, so we decided to dive right in and start making little Christmas decorations. I thought it would be a good time to use up some bits left over from earlier in the year too, so it’s a bit of a mix and match, but these are all easy, quick and simple ideas.
Try these simple Christmas decorations
Button Trees Christmas Decorations
You will need:
- Buttons of varying sizes
- Glue dots or glue gun (you can find one at Glue Guns Direct)
- Sticky dots or small stars
Method
Organise the buttons by colour and by size, large to small
Layer the buttons alternately with glue dots – which will make wobbly trees – or a glue gun – which will make firmer trees
You can also glue gun a loop of ribbon to one side to hang it on a tree
Twirly Tinsel Decorations
I love these Twirly Tinsel Decorations. They are really pretty and I think attached to a name tag would make lovely gift tags too. With the sparkling Christmas lights on them, they’ll light up the tree even more.
You will need:
- Sparkling pipe cleaner
- Sparkly beads
Method
Place the first bead on the pipe cleaner and bend the tip of the pipe cleaner over itself to make it thick enough that it won’t lose the beads
Thread more beads with roughly even spacing and at the top, fold the pipe cleaner into a loop for hanging
Take the pipe cleaner and twist it around two fingers to make it twirly
Ribbon Christmas Tree Decoration
You will need:
- Variety of ribbons
- Needle and thread
- Variety of beads, the shinier the better and/or little bells
Method
Use the needle and thread to tie the first bead
Sew through the ribbon, then another bead
Zigzag the ribbon to and fro alternating ribbon and bead but making the ribbon smaller with each pass to create a tree effect
On the last bead, make a large loop to hang it from
We’ve been sent the crafts from Craft Merrily as part of the Bostik Bloggers program.
