Fringed Felt Heart for Valentine’s or Another Day’s Decoration

Oh, what fun – an easy felt crafts fringed felt heart to make for Valentine’s Day, give to a friend or use as party decorations.

Take a look at the simple fringed felt heart that can remain simple or be embellished with whatever you have available!

 

Another slightly larger version celebrates Valentine’s Day with the addition of a cut-out portion of a child’s Valentine’s card.

The inexpensive materials and tools along with the simple steps to make this fun and easy crafts project can be found on our page: easy felt crafts fringed felt heart.

With some size increases, the project can easily be translated into a larger heart shape for a door-sized wreath.

Plus, this project is great for children to do after an adult helps with the first few steps. Actually, their smaller fingers are better at adding the felt strips to the wire!

Have fun making the easy felt crafts fringed felt heart and adding embellishments to make it uniquely yours!

 

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 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!

 

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!

 

 

 

Highlighting the Lace Flower Ornament

Last week we showcased the Paper Doily Flower Ornament. Today, let’s take a look at a similar decoration made with lace – the Lace Flower Ornament.

Here are three finished lace flower ornaments made with three different colors of lace:

Three completed Easy Christmas Crafts Lace Flower Ornaments hanging on a tree

Two short pieces of lace from 16 inches to 20 inches long – one roughly half the width of the other, two short pieces of narrow ribbon and an optional embellishment for the center of the flower are the main materials for this simple lace flower ornament.

Now, this ornament does require some simple sewing – very simple sewing – to make the circles of lace.

On our Easy Christmas Crafts Lace Flower Ornament page, we provide the step-by-step instructions along with pictures showing you how to make this pretty white and pale pink decoration:

Completed white and pink easy Christmas crafts lace flower ornament hanging on the tree

A few of these pretty decorations would add interest to a Christmas tree, a wrapped package or even hanging on a drawer pull. One or more would also make nice yet inexpensive gifts for several of the people on your list this year.

Take a look at the Easy Christmas Crafts Lace Flower Ornament page for the details.

Have Fun!

Easy Paper Doily Flower Ornament

This Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Flower Ornament looks pretty hanging on a tree. These were made using 6-inch diameter paper doilies, a few short pieces of ribbon and some yarn. Don’t they look delicate?

Four Paper Doily Flower Ornaments hanging on a tree

These pretty ornaments are easy to make and use only inexpensive materials and tools.

Here’s an up close view of the one we make in the instructions on the Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Flower Ornament page.

An up close view of a finished paper doily flower ornament in our Easy Christmas Crafts series

These simple and pretty paper doily flower ornaments can also add decoration to a wrapped gift. They can also be a place card decoration with the simple addition of a name tag for a dinner party. Your guests could take their decoration home as a simple yet pretty ornament for their Christmas trees.

Use different ribbons to make a variety of these fun ornaments! Oh, for another variation, split the ribbons after they are curled.

You will find the step-by-step instructions accompanied by photographs on our Easy Christmas Crafts Paper Doily Flower Ornaments page.

Have fun!

Construction Paper Fan Ornament

Take a look at our Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament. It’s simple. It’s inexpensive. And, it’s fast.

Our first version of the Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament is purple embellished with a simple artificial flower and 1/4 inch purple edged ribbon.

Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament purple

 The next version uses a different type of paper – tracing  paper – and is embellished with gold wired ribbon and dried flowers. 

Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament tracing paper

The next Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament used glossy tissue paper with a simple flower and ribbon. In addition, the top edge was curved and holes punched to add further interest.

Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament tissue paper

 But, the variations are almost endless when you add wrapping paper as an alternative: 

Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament red wrapping paper

Here, the wrapping paper adds a story among its folds as a snow person family sings in celebration among the falling snow:

Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament blue wrapping paper

But, back to the Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornament…the materials and steps to make this blue version can be found on the main web site:

These simple and versatile Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornaments are inexpensive and fast to make.

They also would make great place cards for a dinner party. And, they would add interest to a prettily wrapped gift.

Have fun making these Easy Christmas Crafts Construction Paper Fan Ornaments.

Bell Ornament – Easy Christmas Craft

This easy Christmas crafts project is a simple and inexpensive bell ornament.

Here are two examples:

Of course, they would be much prettier hanging among other ornaments on a decorated Christmas tree! (By the way, the green floral wire hanger disappears among the green of the tree.)

But, you can get an idea of what they look like from this picture.

The Easy Christmas Crafts Bell Ornament is easy, takes very little time to make and uses inexpensive materials and tools.

Placed on a Christmas tree with other decorations, these small and shiny ornaments would add interest and a jingle or two if someone brushes against the tree.

And, if you have furry friends, some of these bell ornaments placed low on the tree would give them something to play with that is not breakable or costly.

This bell ornament offers fun for individuals, families and groups to make a few or many of the simple yet pretty decorations.

Children can do most of the steps with a little help with the wire depending on their age. Senior citizens can have fun making these as well. Depending on their manual dexterity, a slightly larger bell might be easier for them to thread onto the wire.

Plus, with the inexpensive materials, this project is ideal for school and church bazaars.

Visit our main web page for the list of materials and tools and the step by step instructions illustrated with pictures.

You will find the Easy Christmas Crafts Bell Ornament can be made almost as quickly as it takes to go through the instructions.