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Christmas decorations

Unicorn Ornament – DIY Christmas Tree Ornament Craft for Kids

How to make a DIY Unicorn Christmas tree ornament for kids - Even adults will enjoy this cute little craft which is made with glitter, an ordinary glass or plastic clear Christmas ball, pipe cleaners, some jewels, and craft foam. Illustrated tutorial. Handmade holiday decorations.

I think I have written about this before, but Grace is obsessed with unicorns. She had a unicorn birthday party this year, and about 3/4 of her clothing has at least one unicorn on it. She is even getting unicorn leggings and a Pusheen unicorn for Christmas. I have seen this super cute unicorn DIY ornaments all over Pinterest this year, and I knew we had to try them. All of the ones I’ve seen have glitter inside and a horn made of clay and ears, but Grace wanted to change ours up a bit. I reached out to my … Read more

How to Make a Sparkly Snowflake Wreath

Isn’t that pretty? I made it last year. One day last December, I happened to be in Walmart when I saw these pretty snowflake ornaments. I knew they would be perfect for a wreath, and I bought two packs. For under $10, I had all the materials I needed to put it together. Snowflake wreath materials: 2 packages of flat snowflake ornaments A glittery bow A wreath form (you’ll see mine below) Hot glue gun How to make a snowflake wreath 1. First, you have to remove the hangers from all but two of the ornaments. (I used two of … Read more

3D Paper Snowflakes – Christmas Crafts for Kids

3D Paper Snowflakes - Christmas Crafts for Kids

About a week ago, a man from my church told me that he needed to talk to me. My pastor said, “Run, Tara. Run!” I wasn’t sure if it was a joke, and I was supposed to stay or if he was serious, and I was supposed to run away from what was sure to be a forced volunteering. I stayed. (The pastor told me later, “The next time I tell you to run, run!” So now I know.) Anyway, the man in charge of our annual church banquet asked me to be in charge of decorations for the event. … Read more

How to Make 3D Paper Poinsettias

How to make 3D Paper Poinsettias

My kids say I’m neglecting them in favor of my new Silhouette CAMEO, which is absolutely not true at all. I totally involve them in almost all my crafty projects. And also, this is not going to become a Silhouette projects blog. I’m just excited about my new toy, so I want to share some of the things I have done. I love this poinsettia so much (I knew I would as soon as I saw the file for it on the Silhouette store.), and it came out perfectly the very first time I made it. I think you could … Read more

A Tour of Our Substantial Christmas Tree

A few days ago, I wrote about our substantial Christmas tree. I thought you might like a look at it. I got a little carried away and took pictures of 32 of our ornaments (and that’s not even half of them). I didn’t want the page to take forever to load, so I made them into a slideshow. Each picture has a caption explanation. You can either view them as slides or view the itty bitty thumbnails below. [nggallery id=1 template=caption] What’s your favorite Christmas ornament?