Christmas time is the most popular time of year for many children and adults. The front doors are decorated with Christmas wreaths, Christmas decorations and garlands hang everywhere in the house and the Christmas tree lights up in the living room. However, if you want to decorate your home with handmade Christmas decorations, you should start crafting for Christmas in good time. In this article we present some great ideas and instructions for Christmas decorations made from popsicle sticks, which are also perfect for crafts with children.
The ice cream sticks are perfect for homemade Christmas decorations because they can be made into different shapes and figures. Of course, you will need a few other materials to make the decoration colorful and fun. You can create a beautiful one using bright colors, felt-tip pens, googly eyes, buttons, rhinestones and any other craft materialsMake Christmas decorations. An important material that is absolutely required is a good glue.
Christmas trees and reindeer for the Christmas tree
With thePopsicle sticksFor example, you can easily make Christmas trees and reindeer. These craft ideas are perfect for DIY projects with children and can then be used as part of the Christmas tree decorations. All you need is some wire or string to make a hanger.
If you have a hot glue gun at home, you can use it to glue the individual ice cream sticks together. Hot glue works quickly and cleanly and the results are always good. However, the hot glue gun is not suitable for children and they should always be supervised when doing crafts.
These beautiful snowflakes are each made from just three popsicle sticks that are simply glued together with hot glue. The special thing about it is the unusual decoration with colorful buttons that have different sizes and shapes and do not follow any specified template. So here you can let your creativity run wild and design the snowflakes completely individually.
An alternative to the button design is this glittery snowflake, which is first painted with white paint and then decorated with glitter colors. If you then want to decorate the Christmas tree with the snowflake made of popsicle sticks, you can make a hole with the hole punch and insert a hanger into it.
Using this method, you can make as many snowflakes as you like and decorate various places in the house with them. So you can make your own Christmas decorations using inexpensive materials and have a lot of fun at the same time.
Crafting for Christmas is certainly more fun when done together with the family. For example, you can leave a weekend free and make beautiful Christmas decorations with the children.
Wall decoration DIY
Larger snowflakes can also be made from ice cream sticks. Here we have presented three different ideas that are perfect for wall decoration for Christmas. You can either leave the snowflakes in one color or paint and decorate them as desired.
Make simple Christmas tree decorations
If you are short on time, you can make this simple Christmas tree decoration for the Christmas tree. You should simply create a triangle out of popsicle sticks and glue it. As an additional decoration, a star or another Christmas motif on the upper part is completely sufficient. This means you can make your own Christmas decorations in a relatively short time.
One of the most popular motifs for Christmas decorations are actually Christmas trees. They are very easy to make yourself from ice cream sticks and can be decorated as desired. You can paint the wooden handles with a green felt-tip pen or green paint and then decorate them with colorful sequins and rhinestones.
little snowmen made from popsicle sticks
Another great idea are these cute snowmen made from ice cream sticks. First you should paint the stems white and use a black pen to create the eyes and mouth. Then make the nose out of craft paper, glue on buttons or beads and cut out scarves from old fabrics. If desired, you can also cut hats out of construction paper and glue them to the top of the popsicle stick.
Olaf the snowman
With popsicle sticks you can make one of the most popular characters from the film “Frozen – Completely Unabashed” – Olaf the Snowman. Some popsicle sticks are first arranged vertically next to each other and then glued to the back with two horizontal popsicle sticks. Next, the front is painted with white paint and left to dry. Then glue two wiggly eyes, use a black pipe cleaner as hair and an orange pompom as a nose. Finally, draw the mouth and eyebrows and the funny Olaf the snowman is ready.
Santa Claus made of ice cream sticks
In a similar way you can create a Santa Claus. For the hat you can use red felt and a white pompom. The beard is best made from larger cotton balls and attached to the bottom with a glue stick.
If you want a snowman with a hat, you can use the method shown above, leaving an extra popsicle stick for the brim of the hat. Note that you want this popsicle stick to be longer than the snowman's face.
To finish the snowman you need to create the eyes, nose and mouth. Googly eyes are perfect for the eyes, the mouth can be drawn with paint and the nose can be cut out of orange foam rubber. You can decorate the hat with a cute ribbon and make a hanger.
Glittering stars for Christmas decorations
Stars can be made from ice cream sticks and then decorated as desired. If you particularly like sparkling decorations, you can decorate the finished stars with matching glitter powder.
You can use the homemade stars to decorate the Christmas tree or make hanging decorations for the living room. This DIY project is also perfect for crafting with children.
Nutcracker
The wider ice cream sticks can be painted with felt-tip pens and converted into beautiful nutcrackers. You can also make arms with two small ice cream sticks and a black sponge can be used to make a great hat.
Simple Advent calendar made from ice cream sticks
If you have several popsicle sticks available, you can even make an Advent calendar out of them. The individual popsicle sticks are glued together with hot glue in vertical and horizontal directions until a Christmas tree is formed. Then you can make 25 small boxes of sweets for the branches and use them to decorate the tree.
