MAKE YOUR OWN XMAS DECORATIONS
Added on: 13th Dec 2015
RECYCLE OLD DECORATIONS.
PILE INEXPENSIVE GLASS BALL
ORNAMENTS INTO A BOWL OR BASKET TO
DECORATE A WINDOWSILL OR SHELF.
CUT OUT PAPER SNOWFLAKES.
FOLD A SQUARE PIECE OF WHITE PAPER IN HALF,
THEN IN HALF AGAIN. NOW FOLD THE
SQUARE INTO A TRIANGLE. CUT OUT SHAPES
ALONG THE OUTER EDGES OF THE TRIANGLE.
OPEN UP THE PAPER AND YOU HAVE A SNOWFLAKE.
TAPE TO WINDOWS OR HANG AS ORNAMENTS.
MAKE CHRISTMAS ORANGES.
USING DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE, STICK A STRIP OF
FESTIVE RIBBON AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF AN
ORANGE. REPEAT THE OTHER WAY, SO YOU HAVE A
RIBBON RUNNING VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY
ALL ROUND. PUSH WHOLE DRIED CLOVES INTO
THE OUTER SKIN OF THE ORANGE AND PLACE IN A BOWL,
OR HANG UP USING A LOOPED RIBBON.
FILL A BOWL. USE BRIGHT RED AND GREEN APPLES,
GOLDEN ORANGES AND SATSUMAS BOUGHT CHEAPLY
FROM A STREET MARKET. TUCK IN SPRIGS OF HOLLY
AND SMALL CONIFER BOUGHS. INCLUDE BRAZIL NUTS,
WALNUTS AND HAZELNUTS, WHICH CAN BE
NIBBLED THROUGHOUT CHRISTMAS.
USE TREE TRIMMINGS.
CUT OFF THE LOWER BRANCHES FROM YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE
BEFORE SETTING IT IN A HOLDER AND USE THEM TO MAKE
A WREATH OR A SWAG FOR THE MANTELPIECE.
GO FOR NATURAL BEAUTY.
IF YOU HAVE A COTONEASTER OR HOLLY BUSH
IN YOUR GARDEN, CUT BRANCHES TO MAKE INVITING
NATURAL DECORATIONS. ADD A BOW AND FAIRY LIGHTS
STRUNG THROUGH THE BRANCHES. OR PICK UP NUTS,
BARE TWIGS AND FIR CONES ON A WALK THROUGH
THE WOODS. LEAVE THEM PLAIN OR SPRAY PAINT GOLD,
SILVER OR WHITE. ARRANGE THE NUTS AND CONES
IN BOWLS, OR TUCK THEM ALONG THE MANTELPIECE
OR ON SHELVES AND WINDOWSILLS.
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