Homemade Decorations

The largest Christmas decoration I ever made was a Christmas tree made entirely from empty beer cans. Although a success it didn’t last very long: in fact it was demolished seconds later during an over enthusiastic response to “Merry Christmas Everybody”. A more practical approach to making your own Christmas decorations can be found by surfing the web. There are hundreds of web sites packed with Christmas tips, and at the foot of this article I have listed a few of the sites that I found offering practical advice on home-made decorations. We have always been a very creative family. We made our own board games and dreamed of ...

Once I realised that there was a category for this, I just had to write an opinion on it! I have been making my own Christmas decorations for a few years now, at first because I couldn't afford to buy any, and then because its fun, and you get original decorations that no one else has got...plus there is the obvious bonus that it keeps the kids occupied! My first attempt at making Christmas decorations was on a very very low budget; all I actually bought was some glue! It was when I lived in my first little flat on my own, and money was tight. My best mate and I spent quite a while taking the foil out of the insides of cigarette packets (OK, not ideal, ...

Two naughty little kittens, named Marley and Dylan, are destroying everything that is within their reach in my home. I am told this will not improve. Therefore i have this year created a tree-free christmas! First of all, I took myself down to Au Naturale and bought a selection of leaf skeletons (yes, all the little ventricles and veins that were left after the rest rotted away)for 90p a pack of about 30 and some fir cones - mostly broken and so reduced to 5p each(got loads). I also bought a ceramic head of Michelangelo's 'David' and a 'Venus de Milo' just in case! (99p each) I then bought some tealights (available everywhere) and some ...