How to: Christmas Crafts to Make with Candy, Berries and Ribbon

Posted by Christine on December 16th, 2009 at 02:41pm

There are nine more days until the Christmas holiday is here. Families are starting to fly into town, more and more houses are being lit up and the shopping malls are becoming more and more crammed. That’s the one complaint I have about the holiday season, and that’s all the people and the lines we have to stand in. Shopping online is so much easier, yet you are still spending all that money, which could be going towards something else. There are so many Christmas crafts to make to help decorate your home and make this the perfect Christmas season.

Some Christmas crafts to make this year are wreaths, door hangers and candy cane crafts. Wreaths are so fun to make as you can really go all out and get creative with them.

Wreath making- I cheated a little bit this Christmas. Although wreaths are great Christmas crafts to make, I only made half of it. What I mean by this is that I already started out with a plain full wreath that yes, I bought from the store. What’s great about this though is that you get to decorate it in any way you wish. If you bought the completed wreath from a store, you might get something on there you don’t want. If you make your own, you get everything you want. All I did was bought some berries from a crafting store along with some beaded leaves and glitter leaves. I then all of a sudden became Susy Homemaker and just started putting together this great wreath. You can add any embellishment you wish. For the final touch, I tied a red velvet ribbon on the top for perfection. It is now hanging beautifully on the outside of my door.

Door Hangers- There’s nothing more beautiful than the sound of a bell at Christmastime. As the old saying goes, every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. This is the perfect Christmas craft for you to make to greet your guests at the door. All you need are some bells, any size you wish, a ribbon, some glue and a rope or something to hold your craft up. You can always use a wreath holder or a clothing hanger. You also need some embellishments like berries or pinecones. All you need to do is tie the ribbon at the top of a bell. If you have a longer ribbon, this is ok because it will drape nicely with the rest of the craft. You then glue your berries and pinecones between the ribbon and bell for an additional look. Once this is done you can then hang your door hanger around the knob and wait for your guests to be greeted by the sound of a ringing bell.

Candy Cane Crafts- Not only do I love hanging candy canes on my tree, but I also love to make Christmas crafts out of them. My favorite is the candy can reindeer. This is so easy to make your kids can help you out. The materials needed for this is one candy cane, a brown pipe cleaner, googly eyes and a pom pom. Of course you’ll need some glue too. The first thing you do is take the pipe cleaner and wrap it around the top of the candy cane, where the loop part is. You make sure it’s even on both sides, this creates the antlers. You then twist them in any way you want, however you want the antlers to look. You then put a dab of glue on the googly eyes and glue one on each side to create the reindeer’s face. Then put a dab of glue on the pom pom and put it on the end of the candy cane for the nose. This can be any color you wish. If you’re making Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, then you’ll clearly use a red pom pom. Then you’re done. You can create as many as you wish and display them on your tree or in any room. I love it!

Other Christmas crafts you can make:

Silver Bells Welcome
Berries and Holly Decor
Elf Candy Cane Holder

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