Would you like one at Christmas timeDecorate the Christmas tree in the garden? Then you should make sure that your Christmas tree decorations are weatherproof and can therefore withstand all kinds of weather conditions. With the right materials this is no problem at all. We'll show you ten ideas on how you can make cheap and original Christmas tree decorations for outside.
Natural materials are ideal for outdoor decoration. Simply collect a few pine cones and decorate them with colorful pompoms. By the way, this is a great craft project forChildren between 3 and 5 years old. When buying the pompoms, just make sure they are the right size so that they fit perfectly between the scales of the pine cones.
Colorful Christmas tree decorations for outside
Snowflakes made from wooden clothespins
Wooden pendants are also wonderful decorations for indoor and outdoor Christmas trees. These snowflakes made from wooden pegs, for example, are very easy to make and look very impressive.
To make the poinsettia, the wooden pegs are first taken apart
For each star you need 8 clothespins, hot glue or wood glue, white spray paint and a string for hanging. Carefully remove the metal springs to disassemble all the wooden brackets. Now you have 16 wooden elements. Glue all halves together precisely with hot glue. To build your snowflake, glue four of the glued together elements together at right angles. As a result, a cross is created. Add the remaining four elements using the same principle. If you want, spray the snowflake with white paint or decorate it with rhinestones or glitter. Glue a string to the top of each snowflake for hanging.
To make a 3D snowflake, you can glue two different sized snowflake shapes together
Make sparkling stars as Christmas tree decorations for outside
Wooden sticks and toothpicks are also inexpensive materials that can be used to make weatherproof Christmas tree decorations. These can either be shortened or used full length.
Stars made of toothpicks
Make your tree sparkle by carefully inserting whole and halved toothpicks into a Styrofoam ball. Then apply a coat or two of silver or gold spray paint. While the paint is still wet, sprinkle the ornament with fine glitter powder and use a dab of hot glue to attach a string for hanging.
Stars made from cotton swabs
You can also achieve a similar look using cotton swabs. You can dip the tips of the cotton buds in paint or glitter to make them beautifully colorful.
Stars made of straws
Plastic drinking straws may no longer be produced from July 3, 2021. However, you can try this cool paper straw idea. To make them weatherproof, you can spray the crafted stars with clear varnish and thus protect them.
You will need about 25 to 30 straws per star. All you have to do is gather these into a bundle, wrap a zip tie around the middle of the bundle, and then pull it as tight as you can.
Mini pasta wreath
Noodles offer numerous optionsMaking original Christmas tree decorations. They are used dry and attached to very different materials with hot glue.
To make this mini Christmas wreath, draw a larger and a smaller circle on a piece of cardboard and cut them out. Then stick the wreath blank with farfalle pasta until it is completely covered. Have the children color the pasta colorfully and then attach the hanging loop to the wreath as shown in the picture above.
Make star pendants out of salt dough
With salt doughYou can make beautiful Christmas pendants, Christmas figures or small gifts. The best part is that you may already have the ingredients for the dough at home.
This is how it works:
- In a bowl, mix 290g salt, 250g flour and 180ml water (and possibly food coloring) and knead until everything is well mixed.
- Roll out the dough and cut out stars using cookie cutters.
- Use a kebab skewer to poke a hole in the dough for hanging.
- Bake at 170º for 10 minutes.
- Glue on decorative sequins with hot glue.
Make cinnamon stick and rosemary Christmas tree decorations
Cinnamon sticks are not only suitable for mulled wine and Christmas desserts. They are also suitable for these homemade ornaments that look like adorable Christmas trees and smell like Christmas.
Make Christmas tree decorations from twigs
If you want to add some Christmas cheer to your outdoor Christmas tree without spending a lot of money, these tree pendants are for you. Collect twigs of different thicknesses with the children and then use them to make these beautiful, nature-inspired ornaments. To add some color to the wooden figures, wrap colorful yarn scraps anywhere around the branches.
Branches are the perfect craft material for natural Christmas tree decorations
And here is another variant for a natural Christmas tree decoration made from branches. A popsicle stick is used as the basic structure for the tree pendant. You have to pre-cut the branches to the right length so that a Christmas tree shape is created. After you have glued these to the popsicle stick, you can decorate the pendant with beads and other elements as you wish.
The Christmas wooden figures are very easy to make
Also attach a hanging string to the top of the figure
