What are some ideas for an old fashioned christmas tree with homemade ornaments?
Posted by Jade Martins on Jan-17-2010
This year I have decided to not put up our artificial tree, or our store bought ornaments. I plan on taking my son out to cut down a tree, and make homemade ornaments/decorations. I need some ideas that can make it fun for him and easy to do since he is 7 years old…
popcorn/cranberry strings
construction paper chains(red/green)
paper doilies(color or leave white)
individually wrapped candy canes
old christmas cards
pine cones(spray paint)
oranges with whole cloves
spray paint walnuts,pecans,almonds in the shell stick to string with glue
green tissue paper wreaths with a red bow(a wire coat hanger works really well)
wooden clothespin reindeer
for more ideas try www.allfreecrafts.com/christmas/index.shtml
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string up pop corn and cranberries
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String popped pop corn with thread, spray paint pine cones silver, gold , red green. They used to use candles but please don’t do that it’ll cause a fire. get colored construction paper and cut out Christmas figures and put a string through it to hang it on the tree. Put all the Christmas cards you receive on the tree. That’s about all I know Google it you’ll probably find a lot more ideas. Have fun.
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Awww…that is so sweet! He will love that! I don’t use a real tree…but I am going to do the same thing on my kitchen Christmas tree….I put up a tree in my living room, kitchen, and my bedroom…lol. I just love Christmas. My sister has a recipe for the dough to make ornaments. I bought some cookie cutters in the shapes of gingerbread girls and boys, hearts, and candy canes. I am going to use food coloring in the dough to make the ornaments different colors. You have to bake them and then you can decorate them when they are finished. You then punch a whole in the top and tie a ribbon in the top. My sister does this with my neices and they love it. Merry Christmas:)
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Get a star that’s glittery to put on top of the tree and some candy canes.
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make candy canes out of oven clay.
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Make a garland out of cranberries and popcorn. Put cloves in oranges (leave the peels on them) and have them on display in a bowl.
Go to the local library and check out books on Christmas decorating. Alot of them have ideas. Also, do an online search and see what catches your eye.
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Pine cones either spray painted or leave natural.Sweet gum balls painted you can stick round toothpicks in them for a starry type ornament,real CANDY canes of course,also suckers the ones with the looped handle.Take a cotton ball spray glue on it and swirl around in glitter,hang with a ornament hanger.Of course Christmas cards and or baked cookies(not if you have animals in the home) Popcorn strings,cranberry strings.Or you can cut out snow flakes.Old fashioned decorating.
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popcorn/cranberry strings
construction paper chains(red/green)
paper doilies(color or leave white)
individually wrapped candy canes
old christmas cards
pine cones(spray paint)
oranges with whole cloves
spray paint walnuts,pecans,almonds in the shell stick to string with glue
green tissue paper wreaths with a red bow(a wire coat hanger works really well)
wooden clothespin reindeer
for more ideas try http://www.allfreecrafts.com/christmas/index.shtml
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All of the above plus you could make ornaments out of cookie dough. My kids loved years ago when they were younger.
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Well if you live close to the forest or a place where you cut down your own christmas trees that takes care of the tree.For ornaments try getting some bottles of Liquid paint and some clear ornaments then take off the metal part of the ornament then pour some paint in and if you want other colors then just rotate the ornament and that takes care of ornaments.For decorations get some popcorn and pop it then cranberry’s string them on long strings and your good for that.Making stockings for candy well be pretty easy.Take his favorite color fabric then get a pattern for a large sock and sew it in that pattern ad some fuzz to the top and that takes care of that.For decorations over a fireplace,on a table or on the wall.Find some pine cones and acorns then fake cranberry’s,christmas flowers in red and some fake leaves spray paint the pine cones gold glue them onto a board or cloth.When your done decorate the tree and sprinkle it with tinsle and hang up candy canes.By the way if you want lights you have to buy them.You guys could also make angels from doilies,and then make paper snowflakes hang the from the ceiling and tape them on the windows little kids love it and also try making ornaments out of cookie dough but on on christmas eve they will go bad otherwise.By the way use a real tree when your done it will be great fire wood.Hope I could help.
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also try allfreecrafts.com/christmas/index
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