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Simple Craft Ideas For Christmas Presents
These days it is quite expensive to buy ornaments or other decorations for the holidays. As a more frugal and fun option, here are three cute, homemade ornaments you can make with items you have around your house. You can use them as simple craft ideas for Christmas ornaments for family and friends.
1. Cookie Ornaments: Get some cookie cutter designs you have on hand to bake cookies for your Christmas tree. If cookie cutter designs aren't available, no sweat. Make your own creations. How about making pretzel cookies which can then be hung on a twig and adorned with colored ribbons?
Here are the instructions. Roll the dough to about 3 inches. Overlap both ends and form them to a classic Q-shaped pretzel design or any loop design. When the cookie pretzel is done baking, you can tie it with a ribbon and put it on the tree.
2. Colored Paper Trees: Cut out Christmas trees from white construction paper. Make it unique by having your child put his name. Have him put stickers, glitter, a photo, or color each tip of the tree branch to look like Christmas decorations. Use these trees to act as a small divider in your child's room or connect them together and hang it around the Christmas tree.
3. Christmas Stocking Ornaments: You can make your own Christmas stocking creations using any material lying around the house. Sew in a couple of fabrics and colors make them stand out. Bows, beads or large ribbons are nice additions that can be glued to the stocking. You can also personalize them with your child's name. When the stockings are done, cut a piece of fabric into a loop and sew it onto the top of the stocking. Hang them on the tree proudly.
Not only are these homemade Christmas ornaments fun, they allow family interaction and expand your children's creative skills and ideas. In addition, it is more rewarding to hang up something you've made, than buying in some store shelf. Simple craft ideas for Christmas like these are memorable and enjoyable for the entire family. These handcrafted items are also great to send out as gifts to friends and relatives.
Before shelling out cash for some Christmas ornaments, scrounge around the house first. You'll never know what beautiful ornaments you can make from everyday things!
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