How To Make a Christmas Tree Ornament

Knowing how to make a Christmas tree ornament can save you some money, and it’s fun too.  Here are three ornaments you can make from things you’ve got around the house.

Make Ornaments With Items Around Your House: 3 Examples

It isn’t cheap to buy a bunch of decorations or ornaments for the holidays.  There are things you can make at home with less cost, here are three cute ideas for things you can make using things around the house.

1. Paper Tree Ornaments:  Cut a Christmas tree out of white construction paper.  Let your child personalize each one by coloring, adding his name, glitter, drawing, etc to make it look like it has ornaments on it.  You can use these trees and string them together for the tree or make a holiday border in a child’s room.

2. Stocking Ornaments:  You can use whatever material you have on hand to make your own Christmas stocking ornaments.  Using different style and color fabrics will make them very colorful and bright.  Take some ribbons, bows or beads and hot glue them on, personalize it by writing or sewing on the child’s name.  When the stocking is finished, take fabric cut into a loop and sew it onto the stocking for hanging.  Hang them on the tree with pride!

3. Cookie Ornaments:  Bake up cookies to hang on the tree using whatever cookie cutters you have available.  If you don’t have any cookie cutters, don’t worry, you can make your own designs.  For example, a pretzel shaped cookie can be easily hung on a branch or decorated with ribbons.  Take a small piece of your favorite dough and rool it out to about three inches, then take the two ends and overlap them at the top to form an upside down letter ”Q”, or any loop shape.  When you’ve got the pretzel fully baked, you can take some ribbon and tie it through the hole and then hang it on the tree.

It fun to make homemade holiday ornaments, not only does the family enjoy it but it lets your child get creative and work his imagination.  There is always more meaning attached to something that is handmade, and it’s a wonderful way to spend more time with your children.  You can also give handmade ornaments as gifts!

So take a look around your house before you go out and spend cash on Christmas ornatments.  It will surpise you that you’ll have things you can use without spending a cent.

Kids Can Make Christmas Decorations!

Making Christmas Decorations With The Kids

Chistmas holidays are like no other time of year, filled with family and friends.  It’s also a happy occasion because the kids are home from school and it’s a time when great memories that last a lifetime are made.  Taking some time to make Christmas decorations with your kids will be something they will remember for a long time.  Here are some ideas how to start:

1. Christmas Card Holder:  Everyone gets lots of Christmas cards and it can be a challenge figuring out where to store them.  Use an empty tissue box for storing holiday cards.  First, cut the top off the box, then wrap it in Christmas paper.  You can also decorate the outside with holly, ivy and ribbon.  Put your holidays cards inside and you’ve got a great looking storage container for them.

2. Table Centerpiece:  An affordable and easy craft you can do with the kids is to take Christmas ornament bulbs of different colors and sizes.  Take a large glass bowl or vase and add the bulbs, you will need to assist smaller kids in doing this so they don’t break the bulbs. You could also add some holly to decorate it more. This makes a beautiful and colorful holiday centerpiece for the table.

3. Paper Chain:  Take several colors of construction paper and cut them up into strips.  Attach the ends together to form a circle and glue, staple or tape them together.  When you make the next one loop it into the first one to form a chain.  You can do this in Green and Red or just let the kids pick whichever colors they like.  If you want you can wrap it around the tree when it’s long enough.

4. Tree Skirt: You can easily make a tree skirt by taking some felt material that is cut to the right shape, add some bows, sparkles, beads or whatever you have available to make it an original skirt.  For an added touch you could decorate it with trim.  The kids would maybe like to have pictures of Santa and put them along the rim of the skirt.  You could also make a skirt from a quilted type pattern, using different colors and plaids.  This skirt could also be used for a base for poinsettias.

5. Chain of Candy: Kids have fun stringing popcorn and beads around the tree, why not use Lifesavers candy?  Let the kids choose the colors and you could even make it a little lesson by making patterns.  Different color ribbons and twine will give it a Candlyland touch.  You can use candy canes as well.  Since both candies can come wrapped individually, you can take a needle and ribbon (twine or whatever you use) and run it through the wrapping.  When the holidays are over, you get to eat the fun candy chains.

Creating decorations a great way of expressing that the holiday spirit is alive in your home.  Kids love making crafts, the holiday ones will have special meaning and they’ll be proud to display their work.  By creating your decorations your home will be a reflection of who lives there instead of just full of bought sentiments.

Adult Christmas Party Ideas

When throwing a Christmas party for your friends, you want it to be great.  Planning ahead will help you throw a wonderful party where everyone has a good time.  Here are some Christmas party ideas for adults to get you thinking about what to do at your party.

Party Ideas For an Adult Christmas Celebration

It’s the Christmas holiday season and you’ve decide to have a few friends over to celebrate the season.  Here are some Adult Christmas party ideas that will help you get started.

Light the fireplace; put on your favorite Christmas CDs; hang mistletoe in every doorway, and you are ready to begin. Depending on how many guests you will have and how much room you have you may want to choose a buffet or a full out dinner.  Buffet is often the preferred and of course easier choice. You can even get your guests to contribute by asking them to bring a dish along they can share.

The Buffet – What Will We Serve?

A twelve foot sub or hero works well and is easy.  Served hot or cold, it will be enough to serve everyone you have invited.  Another option is to make a few dishes of your own and then invite others to bring along a dish as well. Some examples of popular side dishes are: pigs in a blanket; stuffed mushrooms; chicken rolls, or bite-sized kiss puffs which come in a variety of flavors, as well as knishes. Have on hand your favorite wines, water, colas and of course egg-nog.

The Buffet – How Will It Be Served?

Have a separate table set up in your living room or dining room and place all food on there. Have Christmas plates, napkins and your flatware laid out at the beginning of the table and ready for guests.  You save time doing this and guests don’t have to search for what they need.  Tip: This makes clean up easier for you as well.

A decorated table also adds to the party decor.  Here are some suggestions: Choose a solid color tablecloth; red, green or white.  Christmas placemats can be added as a nice touch.  A crystal bowl filled with beautiful ornaments is a great centerpiece.  Of course it wouldn’t be complete without candles so add two Christmas candles to either side of the centerpiece.  Why not pin garland around the edges of the tablecloth to make it even more decorative?

Party Games – What Can We Play?

After a great buffet dinner and some desert, it’s time to play some party games.  Adults may enjoy charades or a Christmas sing-a-long. Or, how about playing musical chairs but with a twist? The men get down on one knee while the women walk around to the tune of Jingle Bells.  When the music stops, each woman has to sit on a man’s knee. This game is simple but so much fun you’re guest will end up doubled over with laughter.

Of course, it’s just not Christmas without Santa.  Arrange to have someone dress up as Santa’s villain.  Have him wear a wig and a mustache that turns up to his nose.  He could give away gag gifts, or anything that’s funny and appropriate. This is the kind of Christmas party your guests are sure to remember for years to come.

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