It's the holiday season again and your hard-earned money should be used wisely on Christmas decorations. As a frugal and fun way to make gifts for your loved ones, here are three handmade and homemade ornaments you can make with household items. These simple craft ideas for Christmas ornaments are great giveaway items for family and friends.
1. Cute Cookie Ornaments: Find whatever cookie cutter designs you have and bake cookies in those shapes. Next, trim the tree with your cookies. If you don't have cookie cutters, you can try other methods. One example is by making your own hand-made pretzel from cookie dough. After you form and mold it, hang it on a Christmas tree branch and decorate it with ribbons.
Here are the instructions. Roll the dough to about 3 inches. Overlap both ends and form them to a classic Q-shaped pretzel design or any loop design. When the cookie pretzel is done baking, you can tie it with a ribbon and put it on the tree.
2. Paper Tree Ornaments: Take white construction paper and cut out Christmas trees. Your child can personalize each one with his name, stickers, glitter, a drawing, or color each tip of the tree to resemble ornaments. Use these trees to make a border in your child's room or string them together to wrap around your Christmas tree.
3. Custom Christmas Stockings: You can make your own custom Christmas stocking by using any material you can find in the house. Different fabrics and colors work best, especially brightly colored ones. To make it look cute, sew in bows, beads or colored ribbons. Why not personalize it by putting your kid's name? After making the stocking, get a piece of fabric that will act as a loop and sew that to the stocking. Hang it on the Christmas tree.
Not only are these homemade Christmas ornaments fun, they allow family interaction and expand your children's creative skills and ideas. In addition, it is more rewarding to hang up something you've made, than buying in some store shelf. Simple craft ideas for Christmas like these are memorable and enjoyable for the entire family. These handcrafted items are also great to send out as gifts to friends and relatives.
Before shelling out cash for some Christmas ornaments, scrounge around the house first. You'll never know what beautiful ornaments you can make from everyday things! - 30443
1. Cute Cookie Ornaments: Find whatever cookie cutter designs you have and bake cookies in those shapes. Next, trim the tree with your cookies. If you don't have cookie cutters, you can try other methods. One example is by making your own hand-made pretzel from cookie dough. After you form and mold it, hang it on a Christmas tree branch and decorate it with ribbons.
Here are the instructions. Roll the dough to about 3 inches. Overlap both ends and form them to a classic Q-shaped pretzel design or any loop design. When the cookie pretzel is done baking, you can tie it with a ribbon and put it on the tree.
2. Paper Tree Ornaments: Take white construction paper and cut out Christmas trees. Your child can personalize each one with his name, stickers, glitter, a drawing, or color each tip of the tree to resemble ornaments. Use these trees to make a border in your child's room or string them together to wrap around your Christmas tree.
3. Custom Christmas Stockings: You can make your own custom Christmas stocking by using any material you can find in the house. Different fabrics and colors work best, especially brightly colored ones. To make it look cute, sew in bows, beads or colored ribbons. Why not personalize it by putting your kid's name? After making the stocking, get a piece of fabric that will act as a loop and sew that to the stocking. Hang it on the Christmas tree.
Not only are these homemade Christmas ornaments fun, they allow family interaction and expand your children's creative skills and ideas. In addition, it is more rewarding to hang up something you've made, than buying in some store shelf. Simple craft ideas for Christmas like these are memorable and enjoyable for the entire family. These handcrafted items are also great to send out as gifts to friends and relatives.
Before shelling out cash for some Christmas ornaments, scrounge around the house first. You'll never know what beautiful ornaments you can make from everyday things! - 30443
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