CHRISTMAS
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Easy Holiday Decorations - Ideas for Easy to Make Christmas Decorations
Dress up a sideboard with a tower of pretty presents.
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Christmas Party Tablescape
I’m cheating again, I’m reposting this from July. We did a Christmas in July birthday party for the twins, if you weren’t around back then or you happened to miss it. So just call me cheater cheater – peppermint eater.
POST EDIT: Thanks to Rebecca of LilSugar.com for contacting me about the incredible project for Sand Hook Elementary...turning their new facility into a winter wonderland full of paper snowflakes!
Paper Snowflakes 101
Twig & Ornament Door Hanging
I, like many others, receive the Pottery Barn catalog and regularly drool on the pictures of beautiful things that I can not have. It's a great way to spend an afternoon don't you know? Ha!
Sheet music Christmas tree ornaments
Homemade ornaments are so much more fun, rewarding, and cheaper than buying them. Especially when they’re made of paper—in this case, sheet music.
Popup Greeting Cards
We've been talking recently about how great free printables are for cheap crafting on the fly. In this guest post, DSC reader Maria Rainier shows us another example with a tutorial for using a printable to make a quick and easy popup Christmas card. Thanks much, Maria!
CD Christmas Tree Ornament Craft
Flip the CD over so that the reflective side is facing up. The reflective surface of most CDs is usually silver-colored, but some have a nice tinge of purple, green or blue.
Here's a roundup of ornaments you can make from paper. Above left: I made with these instructions Above right: I made with these instructions More: Printable snowflake 1 Printable snowflake 2 Paper snowflakes stapled together into something 3-D Not 3-D, but nice snowflake cutting templates
How to make 25 paper Christmas ornaments
I love 3D paper things. Love. And when I saw a little picture of what appeared to be paper balls in a CB2 catalog, I thought, "I am going to make those."
3D paper ball ornaments
Christmas This easy no-sew, no-knit hand-printed scarf project makes a perfect and perfectly easy gift for everyone on your list. And since they cost under $2.00 to make, you can create one to match every coat and outfit in their closet.