Happy Sunday! Well, Thanksgiving for the US is over and it is time for Christmas. So I thought I would pick some Christmas decorating ideas that might inspire you.
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Christmas is just a month away, I’m sure some of you have already planned or even shopped for Christmas decorations for your lovely home. Well, for those whom love to make their own Christmas decorations and having Christmas activity time with kids, my DIY Christmas Star Decoration is the best project to do together before Christmas.
I actually repurposed my old Christmas DIY Mini Wreath that I made years ago as a tree ornament. Now, I gave a new purpose for the mini wreath ornament into a bigger wreath.
Things To Prepare
Super easy to make and easy-to-find supplies. It’s just great for quick and practical Christmas decoration preparation. Let’s see what are the list supplies used to make this DIY Christmas Star Decoration from straws :
How To Make
This surely a super easy Christmas DIY which kids can easily help to make. Anyway, just follow these easy steps on how to make DIY Christmas Star Decoration :
1 . Prepare the mini Christmas wreath, you can buy or DIY like mine. Check out my tutorial on the Mini Christmas Wreath
2. Start with cutting each straw into 3, 4, 5, and 6 parts.
3 .Glue straws on the back of the mini wreath. Start from the red longest one to the shortest. Then continue with green straws.
4. Last touch up is to add a gold ribbon bow on the bottom of the mini wreath. Done!
Super cute and easy to make! You can bring along your kids to make more of this Christmas Star Decoration. You can hang them in front of a door or your kitchen cabinet’s doors. You can even use it as a wrapper ornament for a big Christmas present.
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Christmas is just under a few weeks, how exciting! Christmas is fun although is stressful and takes a lot of daily budget. But, hey, we need something special for Christmas! Well, how about I share an under budget Christmas decoration you can do it by yourself? I promise you, it’s super easy to make. I have prepared a super easy DIY Christmas Decoration Under Budget, that anyone can make. This DIY Christmas project is involving upcycling fry pan and some seashells. Still have some doubts? Well, let’s just go through all the materials I use and how I easily made this under budget Christmas decoration.
Things To Prepare
An old fry pan would be easy to find at home. The washed fry pan is no good for cooking. It’s better to upcycle it into decoration. You can do a little touch up on the scratched parts by applying black marker on it. That would easily solve your problem. Without any further, let’s find out what were the supplies I used to make this DIY Christmas Decoration :
How To Make
The best thing about this Christmas project besides it’s super cheap a.k.a under budget, and you get to upcycle your old fry pan; is you don’t need to do anything with your fry pan. Unless, your fry pan is not black, then you need to paint it black. Now, gather all the supplies I’ve mentioned above and follow these steps on how to make DIY Christmas Decoration :
1 . Make sure your fry pan is clean as you need a clean surface to glue everything on. It will not stick if the fry pan is dirty or greasy. Have your seashells cleaned too.
2 .Take your seashells and paint it with gold. Then sprinkle it with some gold glitter. Let it dry.
3. While waiting for the seashells to dry, you can tie two bows of ribbon. One is the gold glittered ribbon bow and the other is chiffon ribbon bow. Set aside.
4. Glue the gold seashells to form a Christmas tree by using UHU clear glue.
5. Apply some glue under the Christmas tree area and put some of the shredded polystyrene. If you have tiny foam balls is even better. I don’t have it at home so I used polystyrene and torn it into tiny pieces. I don’t think you need to rush to craft store for every material that you don’t have, you can replace it with similar thing you have at home instead.
6. Now, glue the gold and silver snowflakes around the Christmas tree.
7. The last part is to attach the chiffon bow and the gold glittered bow together on the fry pan. And it’s done!
How easy and cheap this Christmas decoration is. Just by using old sad fry pan and some cheap supplies, you can have a pretty Christmas decoration. I bet if you upcycle most of your Christmas decoration or use cheap materials, you can do Christmas under budget this year. You can check out my other Christmas DIYs that I did it under budget too. Happy Christmas crafting!
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For creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop and Happiness Is Homemade Link Party! Link your inspiring posts (anything, from recipes, home decor, DIYs, crafts, family, health to gardening) every Monday and Sunday. Get a change to be featured! I’m one of the co-host of You’re The Star blog hop for Creative Week and Happiness Is Homemade; I will choose the creative posts to be featured on Creative Features week and on Happiness Is Homemade. Please come and join the blog hop and I would love to see you there! Please join and share the news!
There are so many details to Christmas decor for a home to look festive and warm. To stay in tight Christmas budget, we have to think frugal. Some of the frugal way is to DIY and re-purposing things you have lay down somewhere. Every end of the year, I have desk calendars that soon serves no more purpose. And every year I make something out of an old desk calendar Like early year, I made desk planner from old calendar. This time I made a DIY Christmas Tree wire decoration from an old desk calendar. This piece may be inspiring and add details to your home’s Christmas decor.
Things To Prepared
There are several things to prepared for this diy Christmas decoration, but not too many. Here is the short list to make Christmas tree wire decoration:
How To Make
Easy steps and less things plus recycled old desk calendar to make this Christmas tree wire decoration. It’s a frugal Christmas decorations and easy Christmas DIY. Make use your old desk calendar to get a Christmas desk decorations. Happy creative making!
For more of my future Christmas posts, please follow me! And if you wanted to add my creations to your Pinterest boards, please follow me on Pinterest! Also find me on Instagram and Twitter!
And for creative fellow bloggers, don’t forget to join “You’re The Star” Blog Hop ! Link your inspiring posts every Monday and get a change to be featured! Starting June 2019, I will be co-hosting the blog hop and would love to see you there! Join and share the news!
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Mel
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