Decorating your Christmas tree with handmade Christmas tree ornaments for the holidays can be pleasant and exciting rather than nerve-wracking and expensive. This is more true if you start early investigating the different types of handcrafted colorful copper Christmas ornaments your family can make together.
Many of these handmade Christmas ornaments can be made with minimal expense for the needed supplies to make your tree personalized and unique. Never underestimate that there are many different ways to decorate your tree, by using your imagination and a little patience you can decorate your Christmas tree with pride. A new tradition can be created and joyfully experienced by deciding that each year you will add a new type of handmade Christmas ornaments to decorate the family tree.
A good place to begin adding to your Christmas tree decorations is with the leftover wrapping paper products from last year. Unused or partially used rolls of wrapping paper make new decorations a snap, especially if you’re on a limited budget for this season. Paper can be measured to any size you desire, and then folded into the designs of your choice. Some popular shapes are stars and delicate fan shapes. Attach to the paper by gluing a brightly colored ribbon, and if desired hang a hook through the ribbon. Also, beautiful origami nature shapes such as birds from left over holiday paper are another option.
Old greeting cards can be used to liven up a Christmas tree. Simply cut the back off the card and hole-punch at the top and add a ribbon, and cards may be cut into different shapes and a lightweight frame added to set it off too. Other crafty type projects can be created using Christmas cards by saving Mason Jar-type lids that have a flat underside. Cutting and gluing felt can be placed on the underside along with a beautiful card holiday scene, and add some yarn around the edge of the top and hang on your tree.
Other craft ideas which are especially fun for kids are mixing flour and water and using a cookie cutter to create the holiday shapes. Gingerbread cookies can be hung on the tree along with some stringed popcorn or construction paper chains in place of the traditional metal garland or icicles.
Another type of beautiful handmade Christmas tree ornament is made from tin. Supplies for making them can be found in a home supply and repair store, or a craft store. You will need snips for the tin, and a specialized hole punch to make the decorative holes for the design. Thin sheets of tin are not expensive and can be bought rolled or in single sheets. This type of Christmas decoration would probably work best for older children due to the fact that a certain amount of hand strength is needed for cutting and the use of sharp tin.
Handmade Christmas ornaments can be made from plastic craft balls. These balls have a hollow clear design allowing for painting on the outside of the ball and inside. Painting the inside is as simple as filling it with paint and shaking. Allow twenty-four hours for drying. Stencil design patterns or freehand painting allow for any holiday scene to be painted on the outside. Dating your handmade Christmas ornaments is always a good idea too. You are creating a precious memory.
There are many ways to make handmade Christmas decorations for your tree. You can even add your own designs. Most craft stores carry kits to make Christmas decorations, but you can buy wire for and string your own ornament. Kids can make cute ornaments for the tree by using precut foam from a craft store too.
Whatever type of handmade Christmas tree ornaments you decide to make it is a sure bet that along the way you will make a lot of good memories from interacting with family or friends, you may even find a lot of personal fulfillment by reminiscing about Christmas days of yesteryear. Handmade Christmas ornaments mean that you care about adding a personal touch to the holidays.
Our Christmas tree is filled with photo-frame Christmas tree ornaments, one for each year for each child. Not only are they beautiful they remind us of when the children were young. Traditions and keepsakes are treasured things that are passed down to those that come after you, so make sure to experiment, be creative, and have lots of fun handcrafting an ornament that you will be proud to hand down and display on your tree this Christmas season.
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