DIY Christmas: 7 simple, magical ideas to celebrate the best holiday of the year

When Christmas approaches, it brings with it the desire to spend more time in the company of people dear to us. And if we have children, we try to make the holidays a magical and unforgettable time for them. What's better than making homemade decorations together with them? It is a wonderful way to spend a few hours together, making your home prettier and more welcoming thanks to adding a few, simple decorations.

There are many decorations that can be made for the Christmas holidays, from the simplest and cheapest to the most elaborate. Here are some great ideas that you can take inspiration from:

1. Cork characters

With wine bottle corks you can make cute Christmas characters to hang on the tree or place wherever you want. From reindeer to mice, snowmen or nativity characters, you just need to let your imagination take reign and recycle some old fabrics or buttons to create truly unique decorations.

2. Christmas trees

Why not go for a walk in the woods to collect some pine cones? You can use them to make pretty Christmas trees to place in every room. There are many possibilities: you can leave the pine cones as they are, or paint them green to make them look more realistic; as a base you can use corks or the containers of used tea candles (or bottle caps). To decorate them, you can use beads, bows, ribbons or make your own from cardboard or felt.

3. Ice cream sticks decorations

If you had the brilliant idea of keepinig wooden ice cream sticks your kids tossed aside, you will certainly have a lot of fun using them to make wonderful decorations for your Christmas tree. The design ideas can be endles: from snowmen to reindeer; from Santa Claus to snowflakes.

4. Christmas nuts

If you like dried fruit, open your walnuts carefully and keep the shells; they will come in handy for making magnificent decorations for Christmas. You can put mushrooms, mice, little Santas or snowmen inside them. You can also use them as holders for small, scented candles.

5. Candlesticks

Candles are iconic for Christmas. So why not make beautiful DIY candle holders using old glass wine bottles? To decorate them, you can use pine needles, pine cones, colored ribbons, beads or make decorations in paper or cardboard to hang around their necks. They will create a warm, enveloping and romantic atmosphere.

6. Christmas candies

How about making a Christmas tree from candies and chocolates? It will be perfect for decorating your table. But will you be able to resist the temptation?

7. Santa's Elves

Finally, how about these very cute elves? Making them will be very simple and fun for you and your children. Use old toilet paper rolls which you can color and decorate with ribbons and scraps of paper.

What decorations will you make this Christmas?