1. DIY Christmas Decorations
Christmas is a time designated for comradery, jubilation, and good will, but often times those warm holiday
sensations are sunken by the sorrow of expenses associated with travel, gifts, and decorations. Here’s a few
do-it-yourself Christmas decoration ideas that you can spend little money on and have a good time crafting.
1. CD tile Mosaic Ornaments. The Mesopotamians began crafting mosaics
with tiles in the third millennium B.C. Mosaic art is timelessly beautiful, and
these holiday themed mosaic ornaments are both affordable and easy to
make. The only materials you’ll need are: 1. a pair of scissors, 2. a hot glue
gun, 3. a clear glass ornament, 4. a cut of colored ribbon, 5. CDs you no
longer listen to. Simply stuff the colored ribbon inside of the ornament and
cut a CD into different shaped pieces. Using the hot glue gun, arrange the
CD shards on the ornament as pleases you. Allow to dry, and there you have
it - a beautiful mosaic tile ornament!
2. Holiday Hot Air Balloons. For this project, all you’ll need
is: 1. an ornament of your choice, 2. some twine, 3. wood
grain or brown cardstock, 4. glue, 5. a coin. Begin by
fashioning a small cut of the cardstock into a five-sided cube.
Next, glue a coin to the floor of the cube for weight. Place a
slightly taller 5 sided prism inside the cube to cover the coin,
but when making this shape, be sure the white side of the
cardstock (if there is one) is on the outside. Place your prism
inside the cube, and fold the excess cardstock over the top rim
of the cube. Next, tape twine to each of the four corners of the basket (on the inside of the basket, of
course), and proceed to wedge the other ends between the ornament and it’s respective cap.
3. Stemmed Glass Snowglobe. This decoration idea is both
simple and elegant. build your snowglobe set on a circular cut of
cardstock cut to match the size of the rim on your glass of
choice. Next, fill the glass with fake snow, glue your set onto
the rim of you glass, so that the set is encapsulated inside, and
place down to dry. After it’s had time to dry, shake it up to your
liking and spread the holiday spirit!