natural christmas decorations ideas
Transform your home into a festive gathering place for family and friends this holiday season. By sprucing it up with our simple show-stopping trimmings, you will turn your home into a merry residence while you prep and celebrate the holidays. If you are intimidated by DIY projects, we have found crafts that are as elegant as they are easy to create. They are a great way to add some holiday spirit to your home in a classy and stylish way (without spending a fortune). If you do not have tons of extra time to craft and spend hours decorating, keep reading. Our easy effort ideas are perfect for you. Let your beautifully wrapped gifts serve as decorations until they are ripped open on Christmas morning. Or, consider hanging your holiday cards to your banister to add a pop of color and cheer instead of tucking the greetings away. Want to add some elegant Christmas trees to your repertoire of decorations? We can help you create edible versions that will sweeten up your kitchen or entryway. Here’s another tip to keep your décor elegant: stick to a similar palate.
Things to do outside Why woods are wonderful Homemade natural Christmas decorations Back to Nature Detectives blog It's nearly Christmas, so make your home sparkly and festive with these decoration ideas (Photo: WTML) Now the festive season is in full swing, it’s time to get creative! You can make some fab homemade natural Christmas decorations with things you’ve found on your woodland walks. Here are a few ideas: Hunt down some holly for a garland or hanging decoration See if you can find a holly bush with some berries on it and ask your grown-up to cut some sprigs for you. They look lovely hung up with ribbon or just placed on shelves or the mantelpiece. If you give holly a quick spray with a plant mister every day, it will keep fresh until after Christmas. If you’re very lucky, you might find some mistletoe. But remember: never eat berries you find in the woods, and make sure you leave plenty behind for the birds. If the weather’s been mild where you live, you can still find some autumn leaves around.
Collect some pretty ones, carefully paint or spray them with glue and then sprinkle with glitter. When they’re dry, tie some thread around the stalks and hang them up. A cluster of silver and gold glittery leaves looks gorgeous! You could also use sprigs of fir tree. Snowy pine cone owlets a pine cone for each owlet feathers for wings (optional). Separate the cotton wool into small balls and glue them into the gaps on the pine cone. (If you just stuff it with big bits of cotton wool, it tends to fall out.) Continue until your cone is nice and fluffy. Glue on the googly eyes. Using cardboard or felt, cut a small triangle for the beak. For the wings, you can either cut petal shapes from cardboard or felt, or trim down real feathers you’ve found in the woods. Find four thin sticks of about 10cm long. Cross them over at the centre and wrap some wire around to hold them together to make a frame. Tie one end of a long piece of string to one of the twigs near the centre, and then work your way around the frame, looping the string around each twig.
Keep adding string until you get to the end of the twigs and you have your web! Decorate it with glitter for a frosty look. Check out our Activities section for more Christmas decoration ideas. How about our festive pine cone baubles and bright ice lanterns (both age 3-5), or our wonderful winter wreath and twinkly twig star (age 6+)? Why not post some pictures of decorations you’ve made on our Facebook page? Save all your favourite Woodland Trust content in one place. Find out more about Scrapbook Which decorations have you created? Christmas Home Decor2016 ChristmasRustic ChristmasHoliday ChristmasChristmas DecoratingChristmas CraftsHoliday IdeasChristmas IdeasHoliday CelebrationForwardGreat tips about how to decorate for the holidays using things you already have around your home!I professed my love for making natural Christmas wreaths in the past. After I made the Joy Wreath Sign last year the questions poured in how to make one… or if I could make one for them.
So this year I decide I better get things together to show you how to make some natural outdoor Christmas decorations yourself. I thought I would share how to make a Christmas door swag first as it is a bit easier of a project, and tomorrow I’ll be sharing how to make a natural wreath (although, still easy, once you know a few tips). 1.) Push the sides of the coat hanger to the centre, stretching it into a long line. Using a pair of pliers, bend the hook of the hanger into a loop for easy hanging. 2.) Start with a long sturdy fir branch that is approx 18″ long, for the swag base. 3.) Layer the bottom branch with two additional sturdy pieces approx 16″ long. 4.) Make a similar arrangement of three branches, with the ends pointing in the opposite direction measuring approx 10- 12″ long. 5.) Twist the end of the floral wire around the coat hanger to secure. 6.) Layer the six fir branches together on top of the coat hanger. Twist the wire around the entire bunch of greenery multiple times, securing it to the hanger.
7.) Add in additional layers of cedar/ pine/ holly in the same manner as you desire. Secure with a wrap of wire with each additional layer. 8.) Embellish with ribbon, bells, pinecones, and small ornaments. When you’ve mastered the swag, you may want to move beyond the basic bow. Below are a few tricks I use to attach ornaments. You can use toothpicks or skewers wrapped with a small piece of wire. This will allow you to poke the decorations right into the greenery. I love how vibrant this wired coloured burlap from May Arts Ribbon is. It really makes the swag pop! I think I’ve used this Natural Cotton Burlap Blend on the Christmas swag below on about 10 projects this year too. Definitely on my list of favourites. I love how easy it is to make a Christmas swag. It’s one of my favourite Christmas decorations, relatively easy to make and very affordable. Give it a try an be sure to stop by the Fynes Designs Facebook page to share your creation.