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Get Creative This Christmas: Fun Christmas Craft Ideas You Need To Try
If you're already excited for Christmas, you're not alone. We all need a little more joy this year, so it makes sense to get in early on the holiday spirit. One way to do that is with Christmas DIY projects. (It's easier than you think!) Channel your inner elf while making festive creations from your couch, or the kitchen table, whenever you need a quick hit of jolliness - or mindfulness - in the run-up to Christmas.
We've put together some of our favourite easy Christmas crafts to make at home, great for decorations and gifts to a loved one. Decorate your Christmas tree with DIY Christmas baubles, prepare your dining table with a festive homemade table runner or create some lovely homemade Christmas decorations and fill the house with some festive joy.
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- Christmas DIY Projects For Festive Decorations
- DIY Christmas Baubles and Christmas Tree Decorations
- Crafty Cricut Christmas Projects
- Create a Stylish Holiday Table Setting With DIY Christmas Table Decorations
Christmas DIY Projects For Unique Festive Decorations
There's something special about decorating your space with homemade Christmas decorations. These creations create a homely and welcoming ambience in your space, perfect for celebrating the festive holiday with your nearest and dearest. Try out our favourite Christmas DIY projects and adorn your space with a homemade charm.
A Classic DIY Decoration For Beginner Crafters: Christmas Paper Chains
Paper chains are lightweight decorations that are incredibly easy to display in any space. When it comes to festive decorations, paper chains are a classic DIY project for many homes, workplaces and even schools. A great project for both beginner crafters and kids looking for a fun activity, our Christmas Paper Chain is a great way to get creative this holiday season. Using Jolly & Joy's Christmas paper pad, the result is an effortless festive decoration ready to be hung in your entranceway, from your mantlepiece or even in the classroom!
With the help of the Crafter Choice basic trimmer and a stapler or paper glue, putting this paper chain together is a breeze. Start by forming a loop with one cut strip and gluing or stapling to secure. Take another strip of any design you like, thread it through the first loop and glue the ends together. Continue until your chain reaches your desired length.
Add a Touch of Colour To Your Display With a Christmas Ribbon Chain Garland
While paper chains are an easy and fun craft activity for festive decorations, paper can often be prone to ripping. Ribbon chains are stronger than paper and able to hold their loop structure a little better. This Christmas, create a colourful decoration that draws attention with the Christmas Ribbon Chain Garland Project.
Beginner friendly, this project is incredibly easy to create. Simply choose your favourite wired edge ribbon and cut into 25cm lengths. Begin your garland by tucking the raw cut edge and staple or hot glue it to close. Thread the next ribbon length through the first loop, again remembering to tuck the raw edge under and secure in place. Continue this process until you reach your desired length. Display your finished project on your mantlepiece, bookshelf or in your entrance way and showcase your creative skills this festive season.
Sculpey Christmas Trees
Christmas craft ideas don't always have to revolve around brightly bold and patterned decorations. Some DIY Christmas decorations are so subtle that they can be incorporated into your home decor all year round. For instance, these Sculpey Christmas Trees create a whimsical twist on classic symbols of Christmas time. An easy project for beginner crafters, simply create cone templates to your height preference and layer your clay atop the template. Play around with the height, maybe creating a small, medium and large template for a dimensional display. You can then use modelling tools to cut out the intricate star shapes.
When all your trees are complete, bake your clay in the oven according to the package instructions. To finish, place your fake tea light inside! Make sure to only use an LED or fake tealight candle, as a real flame will burn the clay and become a fire hazard. Display on your bookshelf, mantlepiece or coffee table and create a Christmas wonderland!
Traditional Styles vs A Colourful Touch: DIY Christmas Wreath Projects
Christmas wreaths are a classic festive decoration that have adorned doorways throughout the festive holiday for centuries. Often displayed on the front door or in an entranceway, these decorations are used to symbolise a welcoming and inviting spirit. While you can find a great range of ready made Christmas wreaths and garlands at Spotlight, you can also test your creative skills with our DIY Christmas Wreaths Project, highlighting two different wreaths you can create!
If you're wanting to stick to a more classic Christmas look, the pinecone wreath project is perfect for you. If instead you're after a more colourful look, use a wire wreath as base and tie colourful pom pom garlands around the structure. Once your chosen DIY Christmas wreath is complete, add a ribbon or cord so you can display your creation on your front door!
Create a Work of Art With a Christmas Wreath Painting
Artwork is always a nice touch to a decorative display. It also makes for a nice and meaningful gift to a loved one. Unleash your inner artist this Christmas and create a work of art! Representing a classic Christmas decoration, this Christmas Wreath Painting Project takes you through creating an eye-catching work of art to display in any room of your home. Starting with a blank canvas, lightly draw a large circle and write Merry and & Bright within the circle with a grey lead to use as a guide when painting.
This project takes you through each step of the painting, and even outlines the process of adding light globes into your painting to illuminate your artwork and create a showstopping Christmas piece! Display your work of art on your mantlepiece, console table or hang up in your hallway and greet your holiday guests with a gallery-worthy artwork.
DIY Christmas Baubles and Other Christmas Tree Decorations
Baubles and other hanging decorations are essential when preparing your Christmas tree for the festive season. Decorate your Christmas tree with a personal touch by crafting your very own DIY Christmas baubles and hanging decorations. These also make for great stocking stuffers and are an excellent gift to friends and co-workers.
Test Your Artistic Skills and Craft DIY Christmas Baubles
One of the best things about crafting your own baubles is you'll end up with a lovely heap of personalised Christmas ornaments for your tree, maybe even some meaningful future heirlooms. Our DIY Christmas Baubles Project takes you through creating three different types of baubles, including glitter, splatter paint and filled baubles. Complete with a looped ribbon for easy displaying on your Christmas tree, choose colours, themes and quirky ideas that speak to your idea of the holiday season.
Mini Christmas Village Tree Decorations
Create a whimsical twist on traditional baubles for your Christmas tree by crafting these Mini Christmas Village Tree Decorations. These DIY decorations bring an adorable charm to your Christmas tree. Using clay, you can create cheerful Christmas themed figurines such as mountains, houses and trees to place in painted papier mache mini square boxes. Complete your decorations with a piece of ribbon tied for easy hanging on a Christmas tree branch.
Download the Mini Christmas Village Tree Decorations Project
A Rustic Charm With Decofoam Christmas Baubles
Christmas is a time to experiment with different decorative styles and themes, and this Decofoam Christmas Baubles Project is perfect for bringing a rustic charm to your Christmas tree. With a foam ball as the foundation of your baubles, measure these baubles from top to bottom and draw a petal shape on a separate piece of paper in line with these measurements. Using this template as a guide, cut out petal pieces of burlap fabric and glue these burlap petals onto your bauble. Once the bauble is completely covered you can then write festive messages such as jingle, merry or joy in permanent marker on the burlap. You could even create DIY personalised baubles by writing a family member's name on each bauble! Complete the bauble with ribbon or twine for the perfect finishing touch.
Crafty Cricut Christmas Projects
When armed with a Cricut machine, you can unlock a whole world of possibilities for Christmas craft ideas. From personalising gifts to stylish place settings, check out a few of our favourite Cricut Christmas projects right here.
Cricut Christmas Gift Bags
Most Christmas gift wrap such as paper or cellophane is typically a one time use, going to waste after your gifts are unwrapped. This Christmas, why not go down the reusable route and create a Cricut Christmas Gift Bags Project that can be reused every Christmas! This project takes you through how to craft three festive gift bags using pre-made Cricut designs. With a blank bag as the base, you can use your Cricut Maker to print out your chosen designs and iron onto to your chosen gift bags, using the Cricut Easy Press to secure the design in place. Create festive wine bags, adorable zip pouches and stylish gift bags for your friends and family!
Christmas Ornament Place Setting
Personalise your table placings and provide a nice handmade touch to your table setting with a Christmas Ornament Place Setting. This project involves pressing a cut Cricut design onto an acrylic bauble. You can find a great range of designs, including this festive work of art, online at the Cricut Design Space! This project also outlines how to fold the napkin into the stunning bow shape, as well as how to wrap the ribbon and press the name onto the front of the bow, creating a lovely personalised table setting that your guests can take home as a memento of your holiday dinner!
Easy Press Christmas Tote
Great for work, school or carrying shopping, tote bags are an excellent Christmas present. This festive season, have a go at creating personalised tote bags for friends or family with the Easy Press Christmas Tote Project. This project involves using the Cricut to cut out your design using an Infusible Ink Transfer Sheet and pressing onto a blank infusible ink tote bag. Using the Cricut Design, alter the project and edit to add in the name or nickname of your friend or family member. The result is a fun and festive accessory that makes for a stylish Christmas gift!
Create a Stylish Holiday Table Setting With DIY Christmas Table Decorations
Not only can you create stunning Christmas tree decorations and adorable gifts for your friends and family, but you can also craft a range of Christmas tableware to elevate your festive table setting. From adorable napkin rings to stylish table runners, these DIY Christmas projects are both fun and easy to recreate!
Tulip Christmas Fabric Paint Table Runner
A Christmas table runner acts as the foundation to your table centrepiece while also providing a place to rest your servingware and protect your dining table. They can help tie in your decorative theme from your living room to your dining room. Try adding an artistic spin on traditional table runners with this Painted Tulip Table Runner Project.
With a neutral toned fabric table runner as your blank canvas, you can paint gorgeous botanical designs using shapes cut out from a new dish sponge. Cut a circle to create the berries and petal shapes for the leaves. Then all that's left is to the paint the stems of your branches, dip your sponge shapes into your fabric paint and stamp onto your table runner. This method makes this table runner a great project for both beginner crafters and children to enjoy.
Download the Tulip Christmas Fabric Paint Table Runner Project
Sculpey Napkin Rings
It's the little details that take your table settings to the next level, and napkin rings are the perfect final touch to your holiday dining experience. They help to hold napkins in place and bring elegance to your table setting. Our Sculpey Napkin Rings Project takes you through everything you need to know to create three different napkin ring designs using Sculpey clay. Whether you want to create classic Coiled Rope Napkin Rings, artistic Marbled Napkin Cuffs or abstract Asterisk Napkin Rings, each process is outlined in detail. Pick one of the napkin ring designs or craft all three and alternate designs on each place setting for holiday guests.
Native Hanging Wreath
Impress your holiday guests with a stunning botanical display over the top of your dining table. Create an eye-catching arrangement by following our Native Hanging Wreath Project. Made up of artificial greenery including faux eucalyptus garlands as well as colourful Christmas baubles, this wreath adheres to classic elements of Christmas decorating. Start by weaving the branches of the eucalyptus through a wire wreath. Continue weaving and adding other faux greenery to completely cover the wreath base. This project also takes you through how to tie the jute ropes to easily display your creation from the ceiling and cascade over your holiday meal. Once the wreath has been hung, you can then use ribbon to tie Christmas baubles to your wreath. The final product is a joyful display of greenery and colourful Christmas decor.
Christmas DIY Projects For You To Try This Festive Season
Inject a personal flair into your decorations this festive season by crafting your very own ornaments, gifts and decor pieces. Whether you're looking to elevate your home decor or wanting to create a gift for a loved one, our Christmas DIY projects are a great start to spark your creativity this festive season. Check out our range of free Christmas projects, ready to download or shop our extensive Christmas collection online or at a Spotlight store near you today!
