What a Christmas is it without canes? Canes are a symbol of this holiday just like Santa, bells, a fir tree or Rudolph reindeer. You may not only make these sweets but also some holiday crafts inspired by them to decorate or give as a gift. Paint your wooden tableware with a cane pattern or...
Origami is an ancient art type from Japan, the art of folding paper. Let’s make some origami stars to decorate our houses for Christmas as a star is a traditional symbol of Christmas but in an origami variant it’s very original. You’ll need origami paper (10×10 cm / 4 inches) and crafty hands. Fold the...
Vintage charm is exactly what you need for creating that special fairy-tale atmosphere at Christmas! This fashionable trend is everywhere now, so let’s make some vintage Christmas crafts. The simplest thing is a garland – just some vintage paper or images, crocheted bows or fabrics. Don’t forget of an advent calendar – also of fabric...
Christmas tree alternatives are endless, and here’s one more idea for book lovers, for those who are obsessed with books and old book stores. You’ll need about 80 or more books – depending on the tree size that you want – and LED lights. All you need to do is just to arrange them in...
We have told you of many cool Christmas ornaments: Christmas balls, salt dough ornaments and many others. These ones are very simple, they are made of beads. The supplies are plastic beads, pegboards, iron, parchment paper and a string for hanging. Create your pattern – a snowflake, a ball, a heart or whatever – and...
Stars are one of the symbols of Christmas, that’s why such a piece would be great for décor. Let’s make some gingham stars which you may use for decoration. The supplies are white felt, red gingham, heavy duty fusible interfacing, white buttons, red/white bakers twine. Make a star of the size you want, iron the...
There are many alternatives to a usual Christmas tree, and this is one more great and simple idea. The supplies are 3 yards of each pom pom trim in red, aqua, and apple green – all in 10 mm, a piece of white 12×12″ card stock, a glue gun. Take your 12×12 card stock and...
Winter is the time of snow, amazing sparkling snowflakes that are not like any other, funny snowmen made by kids and snowballs that we all like to play. Here are some cool DIY ideas to decorate your home with snowflakes, snowballs and snowmen and to highlight the winter atmosphere, charming, icy and cool! Felt ornaments are...
One more cool and cheap way to make a tabletop Christmas tree is to use some wood. You can use 2×4 planks, wood scraps, driftwood, wood chips and some other stuff for that. Wooden Christmas tree is much more cool and natural than the tree made of cardboard, paper or felt. It has some downsides...
Making tabletop Christmas trees of felt is good way to go if you want to get more cozy objects of holiday decor than those that made of cardboard or paper. These cute little trees are perfect for small flats but would work well in big living spaces too. You can use as store bought felt...