Glitter glitter crafting fever has broken out – what are you making for Christmas?
Have you already caught Christmas craft fever? Presents are wrapped, Advent wreaths are festively placed on the table and fairy lights are hung in the garden. And, of course, you also want to create your own Christmas decorations for your home. Whether it's Christmas tree decorations or felt coasters for the Christmas table – there are no limits to the crafting fever. What craft ideas are you using to shorten the wait?
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There are various possibilities of what you can craft:
Gifts: Adults are especially happy about homemade gifts, as the child has made them with the utmost care.
Christmas cards: decorated with some beautiful Christmas motifs, a homemade Christmas card is a thousand times more beautiful than one that you can buy in stores.
Hmmm, actually everything that makes sense (and less sense 🙂 has already been mentioned.
Finally, it's important to mention: Reuse or recycle through crafting! I recently cut up old T-shirts and made an Advent calendar out of them – instead of buying extra fabric. Ultimately, with crafting, you can put many of the things you would otherwise throw away to good use and perhaps make something really beautiful out of them. That's good for your wallet and the environment. (But it's bad for the economy :p. So weigh things up 😉
That's why my craft box is always so full, because I'm always collecting! I might need it someday, or something! 🙂
After making lots of small Aurelio/Bascetta stars last year, this year I'm making lots of Froebel balls from 12 strips, which I taught myself how to make. I mostly use gift ribbon. With the right technique, I can also make two-, three-, or even four-colored star balls. Two-colored gift ribbon is also suitable, although then sometimes a "flower" has, for example, three red and one green "petals," which doesn't detract from the beauty of the ball.
I'm also making an Advent calendar for a friend, where I'm coming up with a story and spreading it out over 12 months. I'm creating a photo collage with text on the computer. I'm then having the whole thing printed as a calendar.
I also made Santa Claus and snow jacks with children, as well as reindeer made from construction paper with pipe cleaner legs, and little angels made from construction paper, which were then painted and decorated in fun ways.
I'll soon be teaching a few friends the art of making Fleurogami balls, for which I've already bought some beautiful wrapping paper. Colored tracing paper also works well.
I want to see a picture of everything, what a pity! 🙂
I make our Christmas cards myself using image editing software. I always include pictures of the children so that the relatives also have something current from them. This year, however, our daughter is allowed to design and paint them herself (using a graphics tablet). We also make the Advent wreath ourselves, and my 3-year-old daughter helped decorate it for the first time this year. And this year, Grandma, Grandpa, and the rest of us are getting a homemade sock monkey with our daughter's hand-painted face and our 7-month-old son's hand and footprints on a stretcher frame.
So the kids and I made our Advent wreath from scratch. We attached fir branches to the ring, made small decorations (mini gifts, glitter stars made from salt dough, etc.), and then attached them. Then we made red bows out of ribbon and attached them as well, and of course, we added the four candles. It was a lot of fun, and it made singing Advent songs with the kids even more enjoyable for everyone involved!
I like making my own candles. Glitter and decorations make them look really great.
So far this year, I haven't done much crafting. I haven't had time for it after work. Now I'm on vacation and I finally want to get started. I don't know exactly what I'll do yet. I'll definitely make straw stars and tree decorations. I'm sure I can use some of your crafting ideas. Do you do crafts together with your children, or do you surprise them with the gifts?
Well, for me the Christmas season usually starts in November… That's when I start making a very special Advent calendar for my boyfriend and a member of my family (this year my dad got one, for example). When December comes around I think about how I can bring Santa his presents and this year I decorated a rod with lots of sweets, golden stars and red Christmas tree baubles. And then of course I decorate the apartment. Decorate the windows and make the Advent arrangement. This year I folded paper stars for the windows and the Advent arrangement is decorated with purple candles and pink Christmas tree baubles. I'm also planning on making these 3D cardboard letters for Christmas. I think my mom will get an Advent or Christmas calendar for the shelf in the living room. I'll stick photos of the whole family on there and maybe cover them with fabric. As you can see, there's still a lot to do, and the Christmas presents still need to be wrapped…and, of course, the Christmas tree needs to be decorated. I'm really looking forward to that. I've been thinking about maybe making some baubles myself this year. There are these acrylic baubles, so I'll see what I can create with them. Merry Christmas to everyone. Best, Kathy
I buy beautiful wooden picture frames, which I then decorate with glitter, rhinestones, and gorgeous stones! It's a fantastic table decoration… when you decorate the banquet table and place a picture of each guest inside! That way, everyone knows their place, and the guests beam with joy from the frames! A great activity, especially for moms, because this craft idea is fun even for the littlest ones! Have fun trying it out!
Felt! Craft felt is awesome. It's inexpensive, can be cut into any shape, and is easy to glue together with hot glue. I make stars, snowflakes, and Santa Clauses out of it—it looks great and works well as both window and tree decorations.
At the moment, I'm really into paper garlands. Cut a basic shape, like a rectangle or flag, several times and then decorate it with glitter, fabric, or letters as you wish. (This is also great for entertaining children, by the way…) Attach everything to a matching ribbon, and voila: a wonderful room decoration is complete. It can also be used on the Christmas tree. I've also conjured up wall decorations in the shape of gloves with Christmas motifs several times, especially as gifts. Otherwise, I'm busy with cards, various photo booths, and planners…
I've already made an Advent arrangement and lots of calendars for next year, and they'll be given away in November and December because everyone has a birthday.
Craft stars (cut and fold for little ones/3D stars for adults) for window decorations, glue and decorate gift wrapping, sew Christmas sacks from Christmas fabric (avoiding gift wrap waste for decades), make and/or stamp Christmas cards yourself, and make or prepare little Secret Santa gifts. All of this with lots of glitter and shimmer always works. Oh, and of course, the Advent wreath is also individually decorated.
I make a lot of Christmas cards. Especially when everything happens so quickly these days via email, it's nice to be able to hold a piece of paper in your hands again. And the recipient can display the card as a Christmas decoration. Besides, Christmas is the perfect time to renew old contacts or catch up with people you haven't seen in a while.
We made our Advent wreath and door wreath entirely by ourselves. We also made our window decorations and Advent calendar. We're still making ornaments for the Christmas tree, and many of the Christmas gifts are also homemade.
Greetings, Katharina
This year, we're making gift tags out of FIMO again. Simply knead it, roll it out, cut out different shapes with cookie cutters, and bake them in the oven. Then, with a glitter pen, write names, for example. Like regular modeling clay, FIMO comes in a variety of colors, is easy to work with, and is simply something different.
I spend enough time tinkering around with the gift wrapping ^^ I do more crafting when there are children around and the cat doesn't leave any decorative stuff intact anyway.
Salt dough – baguettes, bread, rolls, pretzels, cakes, tortes, pizza, Advent wreaths…otherwise various window decorations and, of course, the obligatory Christmas card garland….
The old nativity scene is getting on in years. A new nativity scene would be quite appropriate. Of course, with the baby Jesus lying in the manger. It would be modern, of course, if it also included incense. The wood (only wood is acceptable, no plastic) should be from Germany, ideally from the Ore Mountains in Saxony. It should also include figures of Mary and Joseph, a donkey and an ox; the shepherds; and the three wise men from the East.
We – my husband and my two children – baked/made a fairly large gingerbread house. I did the dough and the baking, my husband and the children cut it out (my husband made cardboard templates for this) and built the house together. On Sunday, the time had finally come; the children decorated it extensively, and on Monday, I cleaned the dining room table and surrounding area of any sticky leftovers. Over the next few days, we'll be making a few more Christmas decorations out of cardboard, tracing paper, and colorful metallic foil. This will help the long wait for Christmas pass more quickly for our children.
This year, for the Christmas and Advent season, we're making homemade Christmas tablecloths in patchwork star shapes. They're made from red and white patchwork fabrics printed with stars and reindeer. The same version in beige tones adds a little variety, so things don't get too monotonous. The tablecloths are sewn in different sizes, so every table and even the Christmas tree has its own unique tablecloth.
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I don't like crafting, so I won't do this. When my daughter is older, though, things will look different…although it just occurred to me that snowflakes like these, made from square, white paper, would look pretty on the window… 😉
The most important thing is just no stress, otherwise I make all my cards that relatives and friends get myself, then I design small calendars and I put up my winter decorations (mind you, winter – not Christmas decorations)
Above all, I'm working on extending my times – not "shortening" them…(!), right? And there's no question of "fever" either… oO
But maybe I'll win a craft book today that has a tip on how to spend even more time crafting…!! 😀
My apartment is a cozy feast for the eyes all year round, so why should I hang glitter and scraps of paper everywhere…?
I only need to look out the window to know that the Christmas season has begun.
I've also been keen on Christmas crafts! I got a kit that's supposed to make an Advent wreath, and I still have to decorate it with electric candles! Then I can set the lights so the candles either light up together or turn them all on individually! Done! Now Christmas can come!
I've already "made" the table runner, napkins, and coasters for Christmas Eve. All I needed was black fabric, cut it to the right sizes, sewn the sides to prevent fraying, glued on crystals, and decorated with red satin fabric. If I had bought it, it would have been about €40 more expensive.
Christmas crafts are always a joy, even for Christmas haters like me.
You buy a stuffed Santa Claus, hang him on a gallows, use a permanent marker to draw two large Xs where his eyes are, and hang it in your window.
You can also top your neighbors' blinking madness by covering your entire window with blinking fairy lights, flashing stars, and Christmas wreaths. Epileptics will appreciate the sight.
On top of that, it's always appreciated to add a more modern version of the nativity scene to your snowy garden. Joseph is replaced by a Stormtrooper from Star Wars, and the donkey is attacked by a Godzilla.
You can also place the figures in delicate sexual positions and replace the Christ Child with an old Slimer figure (Ghostbusters!).
Even simple crafts can lift the mood. Embrace your incompetence and cover your window with crookedly cut stars and snowflakes. This spray snow can also make a window look Christmassy. With four cans per average window, it can even create the impression of a blizzard.
There are actually no limits to your imagination.
Have fun.
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If you turn the heating off completely, you'll get great frost patterns. I'll put my snowman in your living room for you, too. Oh, and I'm even giving you a DH now!
great answer ^^
At first, my mum and brother and I always make an Advent calendar for the whole family, but my dad is mostly only interested in the chocolate D. Except for yesterday when there was supposed to be shaving cream in it for him, but it disappeared without a trace and he needed it.. strange, we usually do our crafts on a weekend with cookies and tea, or my mum bakes. This year my brother and I looked online for craft instructions. Now almost every window has at least two stars stuck to it. But not just transparent stars. This year I made one out of aluminum foil, which even shines in the dark, unlike transparent stars. We tried one of those Christmas baubles made of shiny paper, but that's a lot of work. I love Christmas and don't understand what some people have against it. The Advent wreath thing didn't go so well xD My mum and I had an argument and it flew around a bit. But he's fine, and he looks immaculate again, with beautiful red candles. If it weren't for Advent, the whole Christmas magic would be over much sooner… 🙁 I also made a paper Christmas tree and stuck it to the window 😀
Anything to do with Christmas—there are no limits; let your imagination run wild. Possible options include:
Santa Claus, snowflake, fir tree ball, etc.
We do crafts all year round, not just at Christmas. We don't do much crafting at Christmas time because everything is already over-decorated with things made at school, in Christian education classes, etc. I also regularly do crafts with the senior citizens of the congregation, and last time we made wooden Santa Clauses.
My first priority is the Aurelio star. I've already worked through a whole order list for that. This year, we decorated cones with bows, beads, and greenery as pendants. The Advent wreath is also homemade, of course. The children painted small plaster pendants. And so on…
I cut and glued cookies, gingerbread, and dominoes out of felt (brown, beige, pink, a bit thicker, from the craft store), and the kids decorated them with white, pink, and brown felt markers, as well as felt almonds and small beads. Nobody here really likes real gingerbread, but everyone enjoys decorating them. They go on the tree/window/Advent wreath.
What craft ideas do you use to shorten the waiting time?
That presupposes that I'm waiting for something…
But I don't! Not for Christmas, or anything else.
Besides, I already feel that time is so short that I don't need to intervene.
So my crafting is limited to crafting with words that hopefully also spread a little glitter and shine, and if I then also shine a little, I'm completely satisfied…
Look! I bought myself a new ice-cold Immitsch overnight!
I've already read you and was quite surprised, especially that our basic tone always feels quite similar, even though the words give the impression of being different :-)))
Besides… not that freezing cold…
He's smiling 🙂
… and everything that rhymes is good!
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because we are happy not to be cut through……
Wow! Now that's a compliment… ;-)))
I'm not normal… three times hallelujah
Why are people with the highest DH never able to express themselves like normal people? 😀 poets among us
So, I already made the Advent calendar myself for St. Nicholas Day (a Christmas caterpillar out of toilet rolls). I also designed and printed the Christmas cards myself (with pictures of the mouse), and I made coasters and photo cubes with pictures of us and the mouse. I opened a few Christmas tree baubles and decorated them with pictures and names of the people who celebrate Christmas with us (family). I also made a Christmas arrangement for our first daughter's grave and felt tags. The gift tags are homemade, as are a few of the presents. (I made a T-shirt for my partner and a lamp for my girlfriend, because we give each other something homemade every year.)
I'm currently loving paper garlands… Simply cut out a basic shape, like rectangles, from different papers, decorate it with glitter, fabrics, and letters, attach it all to a pretty ribbon, and voila: you've got a great room decoration that's also perfect for hanging on the Christmas tree. Also great: wall decorations in the shape of gloves, decorated with Christmas motifs. Otherwise, of course, cards are also in order…
My son has caught the crafting bug. He's gluing, painting, folding, etc. At four years old, the things he makes look appropriate—mostly, you can only guess what they are, but I now know that they're usually stars, airplanes with snowflakes, a red Christmas car, etc.
My joy, however, is limited…it's absolutely no fun having to clean up the mini scraps of paper, remove glue from the carpet, walls, ceilings, etc., desperately search for the caps of the colored pencils, etc.
First of all, for me it starts with gifts: My grandparents and some friends get self-made photo calendars, of course with my own photos, for example from my grandfather's allotment garden, or for my friends with photos of my holiday in Rome (with "technical information" gg ).
And of course, wrapping is also a crafty effort, which is always fun. After all, the eye also unwraps.
Otherwise, the next few days will be spent making little cardboard boxes and decorating them, as I need to find somewhere to store my homemade chocolates to give away.
We don't have any Christmas decorations or anything…not even a Christmas tree.
I'm making a nativity scene, stars, cards, gifts, etc.
Anything you can craft….!!!!!!*****
I paint and make the wrapping paper myself.
I use plain tissue paper to wrap the gift. I then decorate the package with colorful ribbons, glitter and gloss pens, and colorful paper scraps.
I do this because I rarely like store-bought wrapping paper.
Oh, you made a dog! 🙂
So we're making beautiful Christmas cards…snowmen…Santa Clauses…beautiful chains made of beautiful colored paper to decorate the Christmas tree…really great window decorations…cards with prints of the children as invitations…and much more
I made the arrangement together with my daughter; we glued tree decorations and baubles onto the branches.
What's also really nice is that when my daughter was one year old, I took photos of her wearing a diaper and a Christmas hat, printed them out, and made beautiful Christmas cards. Her picture then appeared on the front page. Everyone was really happy about the Christmas cards.
I've stuck little golden stars on a string to the window, and the heated air makes them move and glow. But always following the motto: less is more 🙂
Hello, my girlfriend and I make the Advent arrangements for ourselves and our children every year, it's great fun
I've done a lot of things myself this year. My daughter's godmother is getting a homemade photo book (made of construction paper) decorated with small decorative stars or glitter (each page is different). The parents' Christmas presents are also "wrapped" by themselves; Instead of wrapping paper, they use homemade CD cases (they look absolutely fantastic), and tins, etc., are "disguised" as Santa Clauses. It's a lot of work, but it's a lot of fun.