paint, feathers, glue and glitter. (Homemade Decorations)

Member Name: weeonelass

Product:	Homemade Decorations
Date:	04/12/01 (255 review reads)
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Advantages: fun, cheap, imaginative

Disadvantages: messy

It is so wonderful to spend time with your child and get messy. Christmas is a great excuse for this, not that I need one. Homemade decorations are great fun. There are so many places you can pick up goodies at a reasonable price.

In the early learning they sell all sorts of merchandise for christams fun like design your own banner and cards, paper chains in assorted colours, stensils and even tree balls to colour.

If you are the imaginative type you can pick up a range of craft products from hobby craft and make amazing stuff. My daughter bought polystyrene hearts and balls and painted and stuck feathers and glitter all over them. Made a great mess but she had loads of fun. You can also buy christmas stampers and plaster moulds for a 3d effect and to decorate with pom poms or feathers.

Another idea is to make some play dough with flour, water and a lot of salt and a drop of food colouring. Cut out shapes with a christmas cookie cutter and place in the oven on a very low heat for about 2 hours. When they have cooled paint them with cheap glitter nail varnish from the market. Oh, before you put them in the oven do not forget to put a hole in the top to thread cotton through to hang them on the tree.

Another cool idea is to slice oranges and place whole cloves into the peel and place in the oven again on a low heat until they have dried out. they give your tree a real christmas scent.

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