Felt and Ribbon Christmas Tree Door Hanger

Just a quick post today to highlight our Woven Ribbon Christmas Tree Door Hanger.

They’re simple, inexpensive, fun and pretty.

Take a look at this bright and cheerful Christmas Tree Door Hanger:

Or, how about this version, also red and green but using sheer ribbons that become almost burgundy:

What fun they are to make and to display!

You can find the instructions on our Easy Christmas Crafts Woven Ribbon Christmas Tree Door Hanger page. We also link to detailed instructions for how to sew a blanket stitch and how to sew a blanket stitch overlay.

Have fun making these!

Gift Tag or Ornament, You Decide

This Easy Paper Crafts Gift Box Gift Tag can address a gift or hang prettily on a Christmas Tree.

Let’s look at a few examples:

Or, how about those same three shown decorating a Christmas tree:

Either way, they’re fun, easy and whimsical.

The list of materials and tools along with the illustrated steps for how to make these pretty little gift boxes can be found on our main site: Easy Paper Crafts Gift Box Gift Tag.

Whether you make a few or many, they’re easy and inexpensive.

Be creative and have fun!

A simple and pretty Folded Christmas Tree

Paper doilies provide versatile and easy Christmas decorations. Take a look at the new Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Folded Christmas Tree Ornament we just added to the web site.

Whether you make the smaller version with its colored edge or the larger version with its contrasting paper accents, they are both easy, fun and fast to do.

A four-inch paper doily makes a small, sweet little folded Christmas tree to add as a decoration on your Christmas tree.

A six-inch paper doily makes a slightly larger decoration and adds an accent with its contrasting paper backing.

But, these pretty little decorations can be used in other ways too.

They are so fast and so easy, you could make a garland of these folded Christmas trees to hang above a fireplace, along a chair rail, in an open doorway or anywhere a pretty little garland would add a Christmas highlight.

These simple decorations could also be used on gifts as a gift tag or as an additional little gift on the outside of a package.

Though simple, you can vary the colors to make different versions.

Both the young and young-at-heart can enjoy making these fast and easy ornaments.

Take a look at our Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Folded Christmas Tree Ornament page to see the materials and tools along with the steps to make the two different versions of the ornament.

Have fun and be creative!

 

 

A Paper Circles Ornament

This Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Circles Ornament can be made quickly, easily and inexpensively.

This example was made with decorative card stock, but the Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Circles Ornament would be just as pretty made with contruction paper or color tinted paper.

This pretty little ornament would also be a great project for children to color.

Our examples are simple and pretty, but the project lends itself to other embellishments such as beads and charms.

You can find the list of materials, tools and the detailed instructions on our main site: Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Circles Ornament. We provide step-by-step pictures to show how the ornament is made, too.

Be creative and have fun!

 

A Fun & Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Cone Ornament

This simple-to-do Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Cone Ornament takes just a few minutes from start to finish.

This version (my favorite) used an 8-inch paper doily, green ribbon and corresponding green candies.

On the Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Cone Ornament page we show the materials and tools (simple and inexpensive) along with the easy steps for making this pretty little ornament.

Our examples were made using 8-inch and 10-inch white paper doilies, but you could easily use gold and silver doilies and larger doilies as well. Smaller doilies do not work as well as the cones become too small to hold anything – though 6-inch could hold one or two candies.

Of course, this Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Cone Ornament can also hold small gifts that can be hidden among the upper branches of the Christmas tree. They can also hold other types of gifts – promissory notes – which we discussed in yesterday’s post.

These pretty little paper doily cones could also be made to hold party favors for guests at a holiday party. A special tree for party favors could be set up for guests to select. Or, with the addition of a place card, the paper cone ornaments can be added to the place settings at a dinner party.

Remember, gifts and party favors do not need to be expensive to be meaningful.

Get creative and have fun!

 

Gifts from the heart in ornaments

The news today claims the traditional holiday shopping weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday last week saw an increase in the retail sales over the last couple of years. It will be interesting to see if the same holds true for today’s Cyber Monday sales on the internet.

Regardless, many people still struggle with their finances in these tough economic times and struggle with how to buy holiday gifts for all of the people on their list this year.

Handmade gifts are nice. We offer several different projects on our main www.funEZcrafts.com site for fun and interesting gifts.

But, perhaps in addition to lack of discretionary funds, you lack the time to make gifts for everyone on your holiday list.

Have you though of gifting your skills and time to help your family and friends? Maybe you think you don’t have skills that people on your list need. In many cases, it’s not always a skill someone needs. Your time and efforts helping them do a task they can’t do by themselves or helping them do something that needs to be done but they’ve put off would be very much appreciated.

It’s simple to gift your time and efforts. You can write a promissory note – either by hand or on your computer – and wrap it in a gift box.

Or, you can add the gift as a decoration on the tree.

We have several ornaments that would be easy to make and add to the tree with a promissory note inside.

Our Paper Doily Greeting Card Ornament could just as easily include a note with your promise of time and effort.

Another easy ornament, the Paper Basket Cone Ornament, would also hold a rolled promissory note.

A similar version made of felt can be used instead.

Children, young and not-so-young, can get into the spirit of the season by making these ornaments and adding their own promises as gifts. They could have fun making the ornaments while they learn the spirit of giving and the responsibility of following through on their promises.

Some examples of children’s promises:

  • I promise to do my assigned chores without having to be prompted for three months
  • I promise to write Grandma and Grandpa once a week for six months
  • I promise to wash the car ten times
  • I promise to prepare dinner once a week for six weeks

The list is endless and should be applicable to each child’s abilities and the family’s interests and needs. The promise should be worthwhile and not something they would be doing anyway.

On an adult scale, the promises could be doing tasks for someone, going somewhere with someone, and they can even be risque between consenting adults!

Don’t let the holidays become stressful. Use them to be creative and to give gifts worth more than money can buy to the recipients on your list!

 

A fun and easy Christmas Tree!

Take a look at our Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Triangles Christmas Tree. It’s simple. It’s fun. It’s inespensive. And, it adds a bit of fun to the holiday!

Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Triangles Christmas Tree hanging on a wall

 

Children can have fun making these simple trees and have even more fun coloring decorations on the tree.

The simple instructions, pattern and pictures showing the steps can be found on our Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Triangles Christmas Tree page.

Have fun making these fun and funny little Christmas trees!

 

New! Paper Doily Christmas Card Ornament

A simple paper doily, a Christmas card and two pieces of ribbon are all you need to make this pretty and Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Christmas Card Ornament.

Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Greeting Card Ornament with a Christmas mouse waiting for Christmas morning

The simple yet interesting ornament showcases the cards you receive. Or, perhaps you have some cards that would add pretty decorations to your home. 

Our Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Greeting Card Ornament page lists the materials and tools, the how-to instructions and provides pictures showing the steps.

The ornament decorates the tree and also allows you to pull out the card to view the entire scene:

Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Greeting Card Ornament showing the greeting card scene

It’s fun to figure out which part of the Christmas card to show inside the paper doily. The part showing above the paper doily can tease and entice for seeing more of the scene.

The Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Greeting Card Ornament is fun, fast and inexpensive to make. A few can fill in the bare spots on a Christmas tree. They can decorate a mantel. Or, they can highlight a doorway.

Use your imagination to find ways to decorate with the Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Greeting Card Ornament!

Have fun!

 

New! Spiral Wire Angel Ornament

Take a look at this Easy Angel Crafts Spiral Wire Angel Ornament:

Easy Angel Crafts Spiral Wire Angel Ornament finished and hanging on tree

Isn’t she pretty with her golden wings and curly golden hair?

She can also stand on a mantel, a table, a sideboard or hand on a door knob or in a window. In other words, she’s versatile and can add some whimsey where ever you want an angel to be.

The materials and instructions are easy. You can find them on our Easy Angel Crafts Spiral Wire Angel Ornament web page.

We outline all of the materials and how-to steps with accompanying pictures. We also suggest alternative wire if you cannot find the natural covered floral wire shown here.

The natural covered floral wire can be found in the floral area of craft stores. It’s inexpensive. One roll of the wire will make many of the Easy Angel Crafts Spiral Wire Angel Ornaments.

Several made of slightly different sizes and shapes of the spiral could decorate a tablescape for a dinner or stand among greenery above a fireplace.

The Easy Angel Crafts Spiral Wire Angel Ornament is fun, easy and inexpensive.

Enjoy!

 

 

New – Spiral Beaded Christmas Ornament

This pretty little Easy Christmas Crafts – Spiral Beaded Christmas Ornament can be make quickly and easily using inexpensive beads, wire and ribbon.

Take a look at these four different ornaments hanging on a tree:

Four hanging Easy Christmas Crafts Spiral Beaded Christmas Ornaments

We like to purchase inexpensive beads found in quantity or by weight from discount or craft stores. Using a few zippered plastic bags, we separate the beads into colors and styles for future projects.

On our main Easy Christmas Crafts Spiral Beaded Christmas Ornament page, we show the materials and tools and each of the steps to make these pretty little ornaments.

In particular, we describe, and show with pictures, the steps while making this pretty ornament:

Each of these can be made quickly and easily.

These pretty little decorations can be added to the Christmas tree or as an additional little remembrance on the outer wrapping of gifts. They would also add sparkle to place settings at dinner parties and be a small gift for guests to take with them.

With the variety in beads – colors, sizes and shapes – along with the variety in ribbons, many of these Easy Christmas Crafts Spiral Beaded Christmas Ornaments can be made quickly and  uniquely.

Have fun!