Christmas ornaments – Decor Craft Design

DIY Christmas Star Decoration

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 :

Mini Christmas wreath (Click here for tutorial)
Red paper straws
Green paper straws
Gold ribbon
Glue

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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Quick Christmas DIY Mini Wreath Ornament

A few weeks ago I made a snowflake Christmas ornament from pipe cleaner. This time I made another Christmas ornament from pipe cleaner as well to decorate a Christmas tree. It is a very Quick Christmas DIY Mini Wreath Ornament, it takes only less than five minutes to make. Also made from a single pipe cleaner, super easy!

I make a mini wreath Christmas ornament from a sparkling pipe cleaner with some flower ribbon decorations. It is super easy and quick to make. So, you can make lots of them in no time and your kids can also help with this fun Christmas crafts. Make them in all same colors or make them in many different colors, all are up to you. I chose the sparkling pipe cleaner colors of traditional red and green Christmas theme color. I just love it! Anyway, let me share the supplies you need to prepare and how to make this easy and quick Christmas mini wreath ornament.

Things To Prepare

This easy Christmas ornament is made from easy supplies too. I guess all of you who love craft work are familiar with pipe cleaner. It has in many colors, some are from wool and some are from sparkling papers. And for my Christmas mini wreath ornament, I use sparkling light green pipe cleaner. Here are the complete short list of supplies you need to prepare for this super easy Christmas DIY:

Sparkling pipe cleaner (choices of colors are up to you, mine is light green)
Three red roses ribbon decorations
UHU glue
A gold wired ribbon

How To Make

It takes around five minutes to make this Christmas ornament, so you can make dozens of it in one day. You can use it for your own tree or as a Christmas gift to your loved ones. Here are the three easy steps to make my DIY Christmas ornament :

Take a pipe cleaner to form a circle and double it by tilting the wire. Leave a bit on top, don’t double it all, it would be to tiny.

2. Put a gold wired ribbon on top of the mini wreath and tilt it to secure it as a hanger.

3. Get your red roses ribbon and paste three of it and secure it with glue. Done!

Very easy, super quick and fun to do, right? You can change the sparkling pipe cleaner with regular ones and you can also change the red rose ribbon decorations with other mini decorations. It’s all up to your creativity to play with the look of the Christmas mini wreath ornaments you want to make by using pipe cleaners. Have fun with the Christmas ornament project!

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Merry creative Christmas!

Mel

Super Easy DIY Christmas Ornament

Sometimes we get tired with our old Christmas ornaments and really wanted something new for our Christmas tree. Actually it’s not a problem if we just buy new Christmas ornaments, but it’s a problem if you may want to cut some budget on ornaments for Christmas decor. It would not be burden your Christmas expenses, if you just make your own ornaments from simple and inexpensive materials. I have an idea that may give you some inspiration for a super easy DIY Christmas ornament.

I make a Christmas ornament from a sparkling pipe cleaner with some snowflake decorations. It is super easy and quick to make. So, you can make lots of them in no time and your kids can also help with this fun Christmas crafts. Make them in all same colors or make them in many different colors, all are up to you. Just choose the sparkling pipe cleaner colors that match your Christmas theme color. Okay, let me share with you all the supplies you need to prepare and how to make this easy and quick Christmas ornament.

Things To Prepare

This easy Christmas ornament is made from easy supplies too. I guess all of you who love craft work are familiar with pipe cleaner. It has in many colors, some like wool some like sparkling papers. And for my Christmas snowflake ornament, I use sparkling silver pipe cleaner. Here are the complete short list of supplies you need to prepare for this super easy Christmas DIY:

Sparkling pipe cleaner (choices of colors are up to you, mine is silver)
Silver snowflake decorations
Hot glue
A string (color is to match the pipe cleaner color)

How To Make

Take a pipe cleaner and cut it into four equally.

2. Arrange the four cuts of pipe cleaner into a snowflake shape and then secure the middle of the snowflake on the back and front with hot glue.

3. While the front hot glue is still hot, paste it with snowflake decoration.

4. Paste also all the tip of the snowflake with some mini snowflake decoration by using hot glue.

5. Take a string and use it as a hanger for the snowflake ornament. And finish!

Very easy, super quick and fun to do, right? You can change the sparkling pipe cleaner with regular ones and you can also change the mini snowflake decorations with other mini decorations. It’s all up to your creativity to play with the look of the Christmas ornaments you want to make by using pipe cleaners. Have fun with the Christmas ornament project!

See you!

Welcome creative December!

Mel

Christmas Ball In Colored Pencils

Decorating a Christmas tree must be the most exciting things to do with the entire family during Christmas holiday. Bring out family collections of Christmas tree decorations and puting those glistening and pretty Christmas ornaments to the tree is the best part. Some collections of Christmas ornaments must be the family favorite and some even passed down from generation to generation. There are candy canes, stars, angels, holy berries, Christmas balls and many more to be hung on Christmas tree. I love Christmas balls, the glass balls with pretty and sparkling decorations makes it fun to look at. For that, I tried to captured the beauty of Christmas balls in colored pencils.

Origin And History

Brought by German and English immigrants at 1800s, Christmas ornaments including Christmas balls are well accepted in America. Many names have been called after a Christmas ball, some call it baubles, Christmas bulbs, Christmas bubbles or Christmas “ball balls”. They usually used as festoon around the Christmas tree to be hung individually. Balls ornaments commonly made of blown glass, metal, wood, expanded polystyrene, ceramics or even blown plastics. The Christmas balls are very attractive to be seen and used as Christmas tree decorations; since they come in many forms, from a simple round ball to impressive artistic designs.

Go back to 16th century, the first idea of decorating a tree for Christmas was originated in Germany, which were using fruits and nuts to bare trees as a symbol to a promise of spring to come. Germans also decorated evergreen trees with apples, which were reflecting a paradise trees, that nevertheless represented the forbidden fruit tree. They also used white candy canes and pastries in the form of hearts, stars and flowers.

From then on, people began to put glass ornaments on their Christmas trees. The first glass ornaments were created by Hans Greiner (1550–1609), who made garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees in Lauscha, Germany. Legend has it that he couldn’t afford apples to decorate his tree, so he decided to make his own in the shape of glass apple. Other people liked what they saw and began to order their own glass fruit. Most of these glass ornaments were made in Germany until after World War II. And one of the most stand out and favorable glass ornaments is Christmas balls.

So, how about your Christmas balls collection, any particular favorite or story behind it? Please share with me on the comment! And please enjoy my Christmas ball in colored pencils, hope it’s inspired you more on Christmas tree decor! Happy Holiday!

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Happy creative holiday!

Mel

DIY Christmas Ornaments From Only Red Yarn And Green Wire

Need some inspirations for Christmas DIY decorations but want an easy and quick way on how to make it? Here I have an idea of making a DIY Christmas Ornaments From Only Red Yarn And Green Wire. Yes, only need two things to make your Christmas tree merrier; some green stem wire and some red yarn. These two colors of red and green are traditional Christmas colors. I made the Christmas ornaments in three Christmas features which are Christmas tree, candy cane and holy berries.

Things To Prepared

You will only need to prepare a few things for the Christmas ornaments:

Red Yarn
Green Wire (flower stem wire)
UHU Glue

Yes, that’s all you need!

How To Make

Easy and quick to make, this Christmas ornaments with traditional red and green colors are fun diy that you can make together with your kids. The easy steps on how to make these Christmas wire and yarn ornaments are:

Fold green wire (flower stem wire) in Christmas tree shape, candy cane and Christmas berry leaves without cutting it.
For Christmas tree, wrap the rounded hanger on tree top with red yarn and secure it with UHU glue.
Make Christmas berries from red yarn by rolling it into a ball and secure it with UHU glue. Then attach the berries onto the wire leaves.
Tilt the candy cane wire with red yarn and apply some glue to hold it.
Don’t forget to give yarn hanger on the candy cane and Christmas berries wire ornaments. Finished!

Very easy and quick Christmas ornaments to do and have fun with your kids. You may get inspired with these three ornaments of Christmas tree, candy cane, holy berries; and make more shapes. And the best thing is you only need two things, green stem wire and red yarn; and of course some glue. Well, let’s get creative and have fun!

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Let’s get Christmas creative!

Mel

Handmade Christmas Gift As Party Favor Bag And Wreath Ornament

This is a great handmade gift for Christmas party because it works as a party favor bag and as a Christmas ornament which I made in a wreath look. This is how it works, you can tuck in some sweets inside the wreath ornament bag and give it to your guests, and after they enjoy your sweet favor, they can hang the wreath ornament in their Christmas tree. And for more personal touch, include your guest’s name on the party favor bag.

It’s a simple design and easy to make handmade gift for Christmas. All you need for this wreath ornament are:

White felt
Snowflake sequins silver and gold
Silver ribbon
Popsicle sticks
Drawing pen
Glue
Scissors

The steps are also simple and fast in the making :

Cut the white felt in 2 round shapes (10 cm / 4 inches in diameter).
Glue them together around the edges and leave an opening on above to make a favor bag.
Glue the star sequins overlapped and not really in order to form a wreath look.
Cut a piece of silver ribbon and glue it to the front and back of the party favor bag so it could be hung as a Christmas ornament.
Cut some popsicle stick for a base to write Merry, Christmas, Joy To, and A Name (Laurie I’ve made).
Glue the words Merry and Christmas on the front of the wreath ornament and the words Joy To and The Name (Laurie) on the back of the ornament bag.
Finished! A handmade Christmas gift is ready! You can make more for as many as your guest are, it’s surely an easy party gift to make.

Easy and fast handmade Christmas gift which not only give you a chance to slip some sweets into the party favor bag but also can give your guests a Christmas wreath ornament for them to hang on their tree at home with their name on it. Hope you are inspired for a handmade gift for Christmas party idea.

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Let your creativity be a gift!

Mel

I entered below challenges for this Handmade Christmas Gift As Party Favor Bag And Wreath Ornament :

Craft Rocket Challenge – Christmas Is Coming
613 Avenue – Christmas / Winter
Scrap From Your Heart – Jul / Christmas
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie –
Try it on Tuesday – Winter Wonderland
Make My Monday – Non-Traditional Christmas Colours
Aud Sentiments Challenge – Christmas / Winter Sentiments
Get Creative Challenge – Anything But A Card
Crafty Friends – Gemstones / Pearls
Tuesday Throwdown –
Crafting By Design – Something Sweet

How To Make Twinkle Christmas Ornaments By Using Hot Glue

This is a very easy twinkle Christmas ornaments to make. You only need a steady hand to make it, because you’re going to use a hot glue gun. How? Next you are going to read the tutorial and things you need to make the Christmas ornaments from hot glue.

Things I used to make this hot glue twinkle Christmas ornaments :

Hot glue gun
Hot glue (clear)
Wire
Glitter glue
Glitter
Glue

Below are the steps on how to make the hot glue Christmas ornaments and how to make it twinkle:

Have your hot glue gun ready with the hot glue.
Apply some lotion to your work surface, just thin layer for easy peeling job.
Apply hot glue to the lotion surface with your desired shape. Let it dry. I made Christmas tree, snowflake, Christmas sock, snowman, star, Noel and Merry.
Now this is the peeling job I have mentioned before, peel off the dry hot glue shape from the surface. The lotion layer should make it easier for you to do the peeling.
Make some little hanger from wire and thrust it into the un-dried hot glue ornament. Apply more hot glue to the hanger and ornament to tighten it. Let it dry.
It’s twinkle decorating time! Apply glitter glue and then dip it into a plate full of glitter. Let it dry.
You just have your personal Christmas ornaments that twinkle, from hot glue!

Easy, fun and you will be addicted to it, because you can make anything out of the hot glue! And by simply adding some twinkle glitters, your Christmas ornaments would look fabulous! How great it is? So, hope you’re inspired and have fun making it! Please let me know which is your favorite Christmas ornaments I’ve made and what shape are you going to make!