It is believed that centuries ago, at Christmas fairs, merchants used decorated Christmas trees to lure people to come buy gifts, food and other items in the days leading up to Christmas. Another belief is that each ornament used on the Christmas trees has a spiritual meaning behind it. Like the star on top of the tree symbolizes the star of Bethlehem, leading the three wise men to the stable where Jesus lay.
So this Christmas to teach your kids the importance of these symbols, why not make handmade ornaments at home? We have rounded up a few easy DIY ornaments crafts to give your Christmas tree a beautiful and loving touch.
Button Christmas Tree Ornament
These button Christmas tree ornaments are super simple to make. Pull out your collection of unused buttons to create these adorable ornaments. String the buttons through the cord or wire to make your Christmas tree ornament. For the trunk use small brown buttons and gradually move to large green buttons and then decrease the size to make it look like a tree. Finally, add a star and make a loop to hang. Read more here.
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You need craft sticks, paint, buttons, felt and glue to make this lovely snowman hat craft. All you need to do is is arrange the craft sticks in the shape of a snowman hat. You might need to help your child cut the craft sticks to various lengths. Glue two craft sticks across this arrangement to help secure the shape. Paint the hat and decorate it with a mistletoe using felt and buttons. Read more here.
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All you need for this craft is a styrofoam ball, glue and pompoms. It takes a lot of time and patience to stick the pompoms over the styrofoam but the end result is beautiful. Make a tiny hole on the styrofoam ball to insert the thread for the loop. Finish decorating it with a ribbon bow. Read more here.
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All you need to do is to cut straws to various lengths. Join two equal straws vertically for the trunk. Start sticking the smallest straw horizontally from the top gradually moving on to the larger straws on top of the vertical straws. Place a star on the top of the straw tree and make a loop using a ribbon. Read more here.
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These cute paintbrush ornaments will add a unique touch to your Christmas tree this year. You could make a Santa, snowman or a Grinch using paintbrushes. Create the faces using felt, pompoms and ribbons to make these adorable Christmas ornaments. Read more here.
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For this gorgeous ornament, you need a pipe cleaner and coloured beads. Start stringing the beads onto the pipe cleaner and twist it around to your desired shape and length. Tie a piece of ribbon to make a hoop. This looks very pretty on the Christmas tree and is very simple to make. Read more here.
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Make these super cute angels using your collection of seashells you picked up on your last beach holiday. Start by sticking pearl and a scallop shell together for the body of the angel. Next, stick a small shell on each side to represent the wings. These pearl and shell ornamental angel looks so pretty hanging on the Christmas tree. Read more here.
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Mansi Zaveri
