We gave these old wood slices a fun and festive makeover and don’t they just look adorable? These super cute wood slice snowman ornaments are small and lightweight and hang on the tree perfectly! They look super cute and effective and we can’t wait to make a whole snowman family for our own tree.
Here’s what we used
Wood slices
Acrylic paint pens
Foam
Ribbon
Glue gun
How to make our wood slice snowman ornaments.
Take your white paint and cover the front of your wood slice and then pop it aside to dry
Use your paint markers to give the snowman a face. We added two coal eyes, a little point carrot nose and a wiggly smiley mouth.
Add any additional decoration such as our foam hat, a bow, a bobble hat or whatever takes your fancy! We love using foam instead of paper as it tends to last better year after year.
Cut off a length of ribbon and tie it into a loop, glue the loop onto the back of your snowman and once dry your adorable Wood slice snowman ornaments are ready to hang and display!
These cute popsicle stick Christmas tree ornaments are so simple and easy to make and the look fab hanging on the Christmas tree too!
We just love how bright and colourful these look when they’re covered in Pom Pom baubles but you could decorate yours with anything you like! We love to see your creations, you can share them with me on social media; you can find the link to our Facebook and instagram at the bottom of this page.
Here’s what we used
Popsicle sticks
Acrylic paint pens (paints will work great too!)
Pom poms
Glittery foam
Ribbon
Scissors
Glue/glue gun
How to make our popsicle stick Christmas tree ornaments.
Start by taking your popsicle sticks and cutting them to the sizes that you can see above. You’ll need two full length sticks and one stick just over half the size with the ends cut to make the tree and an end section of stick to make the trunk. Then use your paints or markers to colour in the sticks before popping them aside to try.
Once your sticks are dry take the two full length ones and glue them together in a point, glue the shorter stick across the bottom to make the triangle shape of the trees and then finally add the final stick at the bottom to make the trunk.
Next decorate your popsicle tree ornament, we used colourful Pom Poms to make baubles but you can use anything that you like!
Cut out a glittery star for the top of the tree and stick it down in place
Finally tie a length of your festive ribbon into a loop and glue it down on the back of your ornament so that it can be hung on the tree. Once dry your ornament is ready to display! Aren’t these just the sweetest?
We’re finally on the last school term of the year here in the uk and that means one thing; Christmas is right around the corner and I’m not sure who is more excited, me or the kids! For our first Christmas craft this year we’ve been busy making one our favourites, these jazzy paper plate baubles. We love using these as part of our window displays, they’re easy to mass produce and each one turns out unique which means these are great to make and display for groups such as schools as well as at home!
Here’s what we used
Paper plates
Tissue paper
Red card
Tinsel chenille stem
Scissors
Glue
Glue gun / sticky tape
How to make our paper plate baubles
Start by decorating your paper plate to make the bauble. We glued several different coloured squares of tissue paper onto ours as they will be hanging in the window and tissue paper looks great in the light but you could almost anything. Some popular options include paints, pens and stickers.
Take your coloured card and cut out a trapezium type shape to make the top of the bauble and glue it in place on one side of the plate.
Take a length of pipe cleaner and twist it into a loop to make the ‘string’ for the bauble. Use a glue gun or tape to secure the loop to the back of the trapezium shape as above and once dry your baubles are ready to display!
We love to see your crafty creations, did you know that you can now share them with us on Facebook and instagram? You can find links to our social media’s down below!
These festive little fingerprint Christmas trees are probably my favorite design for this little craft. They make such sweet little keepsakes and my little ones have each made one to sit either side of the TV in our front room. We love handmade Christmas decorations and with the current COVID situation we have been making the majority of our decorations from scratch. It feels so cosy and homely to be surrounded by handmade decor and the fact that its not perfect is exactly what makes it perfect!
Here’s what we used
Thick card (it needs to be sturdy crafting card otherwise it will bend. You can use thin card but it will need to be mounted onto thicker card)
Take the toilet roll and coat it in brown paint before putting it aside to dry. This will make the trunk of your Christmas tree.
Take some green card and cut out a Christmas tree shape, don’t forget that you can use our free printable if you need a template!
Now for the fun part! Help little one dot multi coloured fingerprints all over the Christmas tree and pop it aside to dry with the trunk.
Cut out a star and glue it in position at the very top of the tree.
Take the trunk and make a snip at one end, then make an equal sized snip directly opposite the first one. Slot the Christmas tree in to the trunk and your adorable fingerprint Christmas tree is finished!
I originally posted these cute button Christmas trees a couple of years ago as one of my first ever crafts but I decided it was time to revisit them and give the post a little freshen up! My little guy has made several of these today in so many different styles and he has them all lined up in the windowsill like a little Christmas tree forest! I love these little trees and will be sharing a couple of different ideas for how to decorate them.
We finally put our Christmas tree up today and the little ones are starting to get super excited. We won’t be able to have our big family Christmas that we normally have but we’ll make the best of it that we can and what better way to start the season than by decorating the tree and watching home alone! How do you start the festive season?
Here’s what we used
Strong crafting card (flimsy card won’t be able to stand and will bend, if you use thin card you will need to mount it on thick card so it can stand)
Start by taking the empty toilet paper roll and covering it in brown paint before putting it aside to dry.
Cut out a Christmas tree shape, don’t forget you can use our free printable as a template!
Glue down a selection of buttons over your tree
Cut out a star for the top of the Christmas tree and glue it down in place. Put the Christmas tree aside to dry.
Cut a slit in one end of your toilet roll and then another equally sized one directly opposite. Slot the Christmas tree into the toilet roll trunk and your adorable Christmas tree craft is finished!
