Christmas Decorations. It is never too early to start crafting for Christmas. It is even better when you can recycle items that would normally go into the bin. Here are a number of everyday household items that can easily be repurposed into adorable ornaments.
Buttons
Pull out your button box and see how fun it is to create.
Snow Ball – Starting with a Styrofoam ball (inexpensively purchased from a craft or big box store), attach buttons of various colors and sizes using a tailor’s pin through the hole in the button. After one complete round, you will probably see a few spaces where the Styrofoam is still visible. Simple. Add another round of buttons until you are satisfied. A cord or ribbon makes it easy to hang on the tree.
Tree – Thread a needle and knot the end. Run the thread through the holes in buttons to assemble a tree. Start with the base with brown or tan smaller buttons to form the tree trunk. Then some larger buttons and gradually move to medium and smaller ones. You can go for all green or be colorful with whatever suits your style.
Jar Lids
Take the band from the top of a mason jar (try thrift stores if you are not a canner). With a hot glue gun affix ribbon or artificial moss around the band. You now have a wreath. Add a ribbon loop and some tiny ornaments and you have an original ornament.
Shadowbox
This time use a full mason jar lid or another clean lid. Spray paint it if you like. Cover the interior with card stock and then let your imagination go. Use buttons, or crop down a favorite photo. A little sprig of something and you have a cute shadowbox.
Odds and Ends
Getting ready to throw out that jigsaw puzzle with the missing pieces? Instead, use them to form an almost-3D reindeer. See how the round parts of the puzzle piece can become antlers or a long nose? Add googly eyes and a tiny pompom nose.
Glue Scrabble tiles onto a length of ribbon to issue a holiday greeting or short phrase. Vertically they can be hung as a tree ornament or on a long swag added to a garland.
On a rainy summer day, pull out some of these ideas and set the kids to crafting instead of video gaming. Turn on some Christmas carols and celebrate Christmas in July. For more Christmas ideas, please visit our site today.
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