Affordable, Simple Craft Ideas for Christmas
Kerry Beck
Today, it is very hard for us, budget-conscious people to buy expensive ornaments or other Christmas decorations. As an alternative cheaper method, I have three homemade crafts you can make using everyday household items. You can use these simple craft ideas for Christmas ornaments to send to family and friends.
1. Cookie Ornaments: Use whatever cookie cutter designs you have on hand and bake cookies to hang on the tree. If you do not have cookie cutter designs, no problem. Make your own designs. For example make pretzel cookies which can easily be hung on a branch and decorated with ribbons.
Use these simple instructions. Take a small piece of your favorite dough and roll out to a length of 3 inches. Take both ends and put one end over the other like a loop shape. After baking the cookie pretzel, you can thread a ribbon through the gap in the shape of a bow, and put it on your Christmas tree.
2. Paper Tree Ornaments: Take white construction paper and cut out Christmas trees. Your child can personalize each one with his name, stickers, glitter, a drawing, or color each tip of the tree to resemble ornaments. Use these trees to make a border in your child's room or string them together to wrap around your Christmas tree.
3. Custom Christmas Stockings: You can make your own custom Christmas stocking by using any material you can find in the house. Different fabrics and colors work best, especially brightly colored ones. To make it look cute, sew in bows, beads or colored ribbons. Why not personalize it by putting your kid's name? After making the stocking, get a piece of fabric that will act as a loop and sew that to the stocking. Hang it on the Christmas tree.
Making homemade and handmade Christmas ornaments is not only fun for the entire family, but lets your child expand his creativity and imagination. It is much more meaningful to make something than to just go out and buy it. These simple craft ideas for Christmas are a wonderful and satisfying way to spend time with your children. These homemade ornaments make wonderful gifts as well.
Before you decide to go shopping for Christmas ornaments, first take a look around your house. You'll be surprised at what you may find!
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