Your Christmas decorations are already up and conjure up the familiar atmosphere in your home. But somehow the windows are still missing one or two decorations? A beautiful Christmas garland would be just the right idea! It's a good thing that we have a few pretty variants for you that you can make yourself quickly and easily. Made of paper or natural materials such as dried fruits, for the living room, kitchen or children's room - decide for yourself which window garland you like best for Christmas!
Dried fruits and spices as decoration for hanging windows
With dried fruits and spices you can make a truly beautiful window garland for Christmas that not only fits the occasion but is also subtle and delicate. Especially those who value natural decorations will discover exactly the right idea for themselves here. You could also use the finished Christmas garlandfor the stair railing, use the Christmas tree or the mantel.
Limes instead of oranges as Christmas decorations
Everyone knows dried orange slices as a traditional Christmas decoration and you have probably already used them enough. If you want to use something different without losing the traditional charm, try using lime instead for a whole new color combination. Combine as desired with cloves or cinnamon sticks or – ears of wheat!
Thread thread onto a needle and poke through the dry slices to line them up. In between you can add any other materials. The combination becomes particularly purist if you just tie ears of corn in between. The star garland also fits in very nicely, for which ready-made cardboard or plywood stars from the craft shop were simply glued to yarn.
Christmas tree baubles and figures are only intended for the Christmas tree? Not at all! Use mini-format models to make a horizontal window garland for Christmas or several vertical ones that you can hang like a curtain.
Such jewelry is available in a variety of designs these days, so you're sure to find exactly the right one for your needs. Of course, it would be best if the models chosen also match the rest of the decoration. Tie yarn to the eyelets of the pendants and create a Christmas window garland using just the pendants or combine them with other materials. For example, we really like the idea with the orange slices and fir trees, which creates a great color contrast.
Decorate windows for Christmas with paper Christmas trees
Paper is great if you want to do crafts with the children. One of the following ideas is actually intended for exactly this purpose. Check out how to fold origami fir trees for a window garland for Christmas and how toa fir garlandMake your own paper trees as Christmas window decorations for the children's room.
Window garland for Christmas - Cut out simple Christmas trees
If you would like to make this window decoration yourself for Christmas, fold paper in half and draw half a tree on the fold, which you can then cut out and use as a template for the other trees. Feel free to combine several paper colors (green and white in the example). Then glue long strands of yarn along the folds and glue white pompoms between the individual Christmas treesImitate snowflakes.
For example, hang the Christmas window decorations on the curtain rod or find a nice branch that you can use for this purpose if you don't have curtain rods. Of course, you can also design these garlands horizontally.
Ideas for window decorations with origami for Christmas
Origami paper, which is usually square, was used for the trees. In this case it has a length of 15 cm. After you have folded the base, cut the triangle with scissors to get the typical spikes (Christmas tree branches) at the end. The best way to see exactly how to proceed is to watch the video.
After you have made enough Christmas trees, thread the string lengthwise through the trees. This probably works best with a needle as it makes it easier to get through the tip. To keep the fir trees in place, you'll also need to tie knots in the twine, otherwise they'll slip down.
Christmas garland in white and black
With the printable templates you can create them quickly and easilyMake a pendant, which you can then either use for a window garland for Christmas, as in the example, or decorate a Christmas tree and other areas with it. Either way, the craft project is really easy. You can also implement the idea with patterned paper and create a colorful children's garland for the children's room together with the little ones - just as you like.
Print and cut out the templates. Fold each element in half lengthwise. Take an element and glue half of the other element to one of its halves. Do this with two more parts until the Christmas tree is created. So you need four elements per tree. However, before you glue the first and last together, place a small loop of yarn in the top for hanging.
Of course, you can also combine different patterns for one tree.
Templates for the Christmas trees:
vertically striped, with diamonds and black stars
Zigzags, snowflakes and white stars
black, white and horizontal stripes
