Homemade Decorations
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472087)
Switzerland
December 16, 2015 8:12am CST
Only eight days to go and it's Christmas.
I have already wrapped the gifts, and now I am decorating the packages.
I have made salt dough and I have made some decorations that I have hand painted.
For more decors, I have cut some holly branches and dwarf pomegranates for our little tree. I have added a lantern cut from the dried physalis plant, and my package decors are ready.
They cost very little, but they are cute to personalize the gifts.
Tomorrow I am going to print the Christmas cards.
Do you make your own decorations or do you buy them?
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49 responses
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
16 Dec 15
I think its a great idea, the salt dough and something they can use every Christmas.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@PaintsOnSlate
Very good idea something they can use year after year.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
16 Dec 15
I love homemade decorations. I haven't made any this year, but I've been thinking about it.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
16 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Making decorations and baked goods puts me more in the Christmas mood.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
16 Dec 15
@LadyDuck By the way, Anna, I love your painting!
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
16 Dec 15
Yikes, you are so good.. Me I am still stuffing things into gift bags and looking for colored tissue paper. lol
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@BelleStarr
I have some presents this year that will go into gift bags also.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
17 Dec 15
@Marcyaz It does make life ever so much easier.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
16 Dec 15
You are very talented - that little decoration is beautiful. If I did gifts for anyone other than my husband and the dog I might consider making pretty things! I did that years ago when I had time on my hands.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
16 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill Yes, I hand paint most of them, I even painted some plain bags, they looked nice after the decorations.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@LadyDuck That's not too bad. Do you hand paint most of them?
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
17 Dec 15
You are so talented
I always appreciated to DIY works because they are unique. And yours are very creative and nice. People shall be so happy to see it. It means more because it is hand-made. I am not good at making this. I like painting and cooking. Perhaps it is better for me to prepare a feast for Christmas
I always appreciated to DIY works because they are unique. And yours are very creative and nice. People shall be so happy to see it. It means more because it is hand-made. I am not good at making this. I like painting and cooking. Perhaps it is better for me to prepare a feast for Christmas1 person likes this
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Dec 15
I buy one new one each year, and make some on and off. I have so many things to wrap still....
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
17 Dec 15
@Jessicalynnt Something like the photo on the right? They are cute.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Dec 15
@LadyDuck this year i made some that are closepin snowmen
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@allenjames (294)
• Philippines
19 Dec 15
In our house, we always have a Christmas tree during the Christmas season. The decorations that we put up in that Christmas tree this year are the ones that we use last year. My mother always decorates it. I am not very good at designing stuffs. But I have a nephew that is very fascinated in designing things. He is just 8 years old now.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Dec 15
Looks beautiful, I buy them not artsy crafty in any way.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Dec 15
@LadyDuck We all have our talents for sure.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
17 Dec 15
We do a mixture of both. I buy craft supplies for the kids to make ornaments with. This year I purchased snowmen, Christmas trees, snowflakes and round ball ornament foam cutouts for them to decorate. We complete a different ornament each week. Plus they get to decorate more than one at a time with different materials. From stickers to those little pom pom balls, they have decorated a few of each. Of course Keith and I had to also join in on the fun and decorate as well. It is a fun family project.
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@nonersays (3335)
• United States
17 Dec 15
Most of our decorations have been bought over the years. But we have a few handmade ones, now that we have children. We have handmade ornaments on our tree. We have a couple of handmade christmas trees, that are cardboard cones my son painted green and glued rhinestones on.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50536)
• United States
17 Dec 15
My decorations mostly belonged to my mama and grandma.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
17 Dec 15
When my son was little we would make everything. I don't do that too much anymore. I wish, I had the time to do that type of thing. Yours look very nice.
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