Diy Awesome Christmas Ornaments And Decorations!

Nov 26th, 2010 by mandm

Don't waste time and money going shopping for Christmas ornaments! Craft them yourself with easy to follow tutorials and ideas.

Christmas is always a time we want our home to be beautiful with lots of nice decorations and ornaments. We use to buy a lot of stuff because we also like decorations to be different from those we used last year but it turns to be expensive. 

I was searching around and I've found some cool ornaments and decorations that we can do easily and are fantastic. It's better to stay at home crafting than go shopping! You can use a lot of old stuff you already have to make some of these projects and you will save time and money.

These are 15 links to wonderful ideas and free tutorials that you can follow to create unique home decorations made with a great variety of materials. Some of these projects are kid friendly so get your kids help to do it while enjoying family time.

Paper Bulb Ornaments
It's a great last-minute project that you can hang on your tree or use in table decorations.
http://www.casasugar.com/12th-DIY-Christmas-Paper-Bulb-Ornaments-6769942

A Candy Cane Pillar Candle Cuff
create a cuff for candles made from candy canes!
http://www.casasugar.com/Fifth-DIY-Christmas-Candy-Cane-Pillar-Candle-Cuff-6625270

Felt Cutout Ornaments for the Christmas Tree
quick and easy candy cane, snowflake, and bell-shape ornaments to decorate the Christmas tree
http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/crafts/felt-cutout-ornaments-for-the-christmas-tree/


Unique Ornaments to Craft for Christmas
Keep these handmade Christmas ornaments for yourself or use them as one-of-a-kind gifts. There's a lot of ideas so you can choose.
http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/ornaments/homemade-ornament-projects/

Easy Christmas Ornaments Kids Can Make
A special collection that includes a link to easy step-by-step instructions.
http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/ornaments/easy-ornaments-kids-can-make/

Beautiful Handmade Christmas Ornaments to Treasure
These beautiful, personalized ornaments will grace your Christmas tree.
http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/ornaments/easy-christmas-ornaments/


Simple Christmas Centerpieces
Gorgeous holiday centerpieces and arrangements that don't require a lot of time or expensive materials.
http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/indoor-decorating/simple-christmas-centerpieces/

Paintbrush Santa Ornament Tutorial
Use paintbrushes to make funny Santa decorations
http://suzysartsycraftsysitcom.blogspot.com/2010/11/feature-friday-paintbrush-santa.html


How to make 3D paper ornaments
you can use colored papers or magazine pages to make these ornaments.
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-make-3d-paper-ornaments.html


Free Pattern for Felt Bird Christmas Decorations
These felt birds are easy to make and only need a minimum amount of sewing.
http://www.pompomemporium.com/content/free-pattern-felt-bird-christmas-decorations


Making Wheat Stars and Festive Photo Frames!
The Wheat stars are very easy to do and you can value them by creating photo frames easily.
http://gingerbreadsnowflakes.com/node/111

How to Make a Garland with Punch
Bands of paper glued end-to-end become rings of paper glued edge-to-edge.
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/25718/how-to-make-a-garland-with-punch/page/all


Punched "Tin" - Inspiration and Ideas!
It's so easy to make these tin decorations!
http://gingerbreadsnowflakes.com/node/68

How to make ornaments out of an old book
find books that you will never read again and don't mind giving up or use magazines
http://howtodosomething.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-make-ornaments-out-of-old-book.html

This has no tutorial but I thought they were worth posting because it's easy to know how to do it out of plastic bottles.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3047321978/

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mandm

Written by mandm
I'm a Portuguese living in France

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sdfg dfgdsfg, over a year ago
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Amazing !

Suzy Myers, over a year ago
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Thank you so much for the feature!  I am very honored to be included!

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chhavi, over a year ago
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thanks for sharing.

HaveBlue, over a year ago
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Excellent low cost yuletide ideas.

donata, over a year ago
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BTW….these are simply beautiful and easy to do.  Thanks for sharing

donata, over a year ago
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Love it!  I all bout saving money and using time wisely.  Thanks for sharing your clever ideas.  5*****

LivingFood, over a year ago
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Some of these are very pretty! Thanks for sharing!

MbT, over a year ago
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Great ideas Mandm..it’s very attractive..thanks for sharing..5* for you..

AshleyApathy, over a year ago
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very creative and fun article :)

Goodselfme, over a year ago
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Unique and wonderful assortment of Craft ornaments and Christmas decorations. I agree with your thought to stay away from buying when you can do these so well.thank you.

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