A DIY Christmas: decorate your home with these 14 fantastic DIY projects
The period before Christmas is always a time of joyful anticipation where you can already feel the magic of the festive season. And among the best things to do, decorating the home certainly ranks up there.
We can choose to spend time on the web or in shops hunting for beautiful decorations, or we can also choose to go the DIY route. This latter option is a great way to entertain ourselves and we can even include the kids in the fun.
Whether you are an expert DIYer or just a beginner, there many easy-to-do projects you can try out to decorate your home with your own hands.
If you don't know where to start, take a look at the 14 DIY projects below:
1. Balloon wreath
Even if it is your very first DIY/craft project, we are sure that this a balloon wreath will be easy for you to put together. Simply inflate the balloons and tie them together to create a wreath which will look truly spectacular. Choose the classic Christmas colors or "go bold" using copper, brass or gold-colored balloons.
2. Pom-pom fairy lights
Make a string of very soft lights using wool and acrylic thread. Get some pom-poms and cut them using scissors into the shape of colored light bulbs. Then, take some wooden spools for sewing thread and paint them with acrylic colours. Now, thread the tails of your pom-poms throught the spools and and attach them to a string of fairy lights. Decorate a staircase, door, windows or an empty wall with this lovely decoration.
3. Centerpiece with glass jars
Recycle your glass jars to create adorable centerpieces. Make a base inside a jar using Epsom salt, sea salt or even white decorative pebbles and fill the vases with fresh berries and evergreen sprigs that you can collect in the woods or from your garden. Add candles to create the perfect atmosphere at the table.
4. Woolen thread balls
For your Christmas tree, make unique decorations using wool balls. You can make these simply by getting some plastic balls (old balls from your tree are fine too) or polystyrene balls and wrapping them with woolen thread. Use hot glue to attach the wool to the plastic or styrofoam. Wrap around the wool until your ball looks like a ball of yarn, then insert some wooden sticks to which you have attached small pom poms at the ends. Your very unique baubles are now ready for the tree!
5. Bottle brushes pine trees
Bottle brushes are perfect for making very original Christmas pine trees. Use them as is or cover them in glitter for a brighter effect and scatter them throughout your home - they will be beautiful in their simplicity.
6. Decorative cookie cutters
There are many ways in which cookie cutters can be transformed into wonderful decorations for Christmas; you can simply hang them up as they are on your tree, add just a bell, embellish them with a colorful background or fill them with small balls and other decorative elements. Just let your imagination run free!
7. Cinnamon sticks
Cinnamon sticks are also perfect for creating deliciously scented decorations. For example, how about making small fir trees by tying colored bows to them? Or simply wrap them in bundles that you can tie up using red ribbons.
8. DIY decorative pillows
If you have basic sewing skills, it will be relatively simple to make DIY decorative cushions. Use a paper template to give your cushions the shape of Christmas baubles and choose the fabric you like; velvet and lamé are excellent materials, which will give your cushions that soft and shiny appearance typical for Christmas decorations. Grab your stuffing, scissors, needle and thread and get cracking!
9. Christmas decorations using pegs
Clothes pegs are used in hundreds of DIY projects, including making wonderful Christmas decorations. With wooden pegs, you can make lovely decorations for your Christmas tree: get a wooden peg, remove the spring that joins the two halves together and glue them to form circles or snowflakes. Paint and decorate them however you like, and you're done.
10. Santa's laundry
For a truly original and creative Christmas wreth, get a polystyrene circle and cover it in fabric. Then, cut out Santa's underwear and suit from red felt. Once done, stick these "laundry items" to a taut woolen thread stretched across the wreath, to look like Santa's clothes drying on the line. Finish off by adding a few bows.
11. Sock gnomes
Don't throw away your old socks - they can come in handy for making cute Christmas gnomes! For the hat, you will need a long sock, while for the body, you just need to use a polystyrene cone and a sock to cover it. Fake fur for the beard and a wooden ball for the nose will complete your cute gnome.
12. Paper decorations
Simple paper cutouts can help you decorate your home with beautiful snowflakes falling from the ceiling and delighting your kids! Make these snowflakes using regular printing paper. And, of course, you are not restricted to just cutting out snowflakes - let your creativity take over!
13. DIY Christmas stockings
Make some wonderful Christmas stockings for your fireplace using scraps of fabric and colored ribbons you may have laying around.
14. Walnuts and hazelnuts
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Finally, nuts cannot be missing from the decorations. With walnut shells, for example, you can create small evergreen baskets, Santa's sleigh or a manger. With whole, painted walnuts and hazelnuts, you can have fun making snowmen, reindeer and even fir trees.
Which project will you start with?
