At Christmas time, children particularly look forward to decorating the Christmas tree. This is one of the highlights of the festival. If you want to carry out this old custom a little differently and at the same time teach the children certain skills, you can make the Christmas tree decorations yourself. Cutting, gluing, sewing – in our article we present you with 7 suggestions for imitation.
Make Christmas tree decorations – snowflakes out of hot glue
Hot glueis an excellent material for making 3D objects. With a few glue sticks and a hot glue gun you can make these simple yet adorable snowflakes.
Materials required:
Hot glue gun
baking paper
Nylonfaden
Glitter
- Place the baking paper in front of you.
- Now draw a snowflake with the hot glue. You can also place a template under the baking paper and trace the lines.
- Sprinkle glitter powder into the still liquid glue.
- Allow the hot glue to cool and harden.
- Untie the snowflake and hang it on a nylon thread.
Create sock gnomes
Scandinavian gnomes, also known as Tomte or Nisse, have a very special charm. According to Scandinavian folklore, they have a floor-length beard. This adorable gnome is ideal not only as a decoration, but also as a Christmas gift for friends and family.
Materials required:
White sock
Gray sock
Nadel
thread
Red felt
Scissors
Filling material
Pompoms
pure wool (faux fur)
Rubber band
1. The base for the gnome consists of a simple andSock filled with light filling material. Close the sock and cut off the excess material.
2. The round nose is made from a circle and some filling cotton.
3. The beard should be made of a fluffy material. Cut a rectangular piece from the faux fur and attach it to the “body” with elastic.
4. Cut the top part of the sock and put the piece over the gnome's body. Hide the elastic underneath. Now sew the nose to the body, it should sit directly above the beard.
5. Make the pointed pointed hat out of red felt. It is then sewn onto the gnome's head. Your Scandinavian gnome is ready!
Make cone men
Rustic pine cones look great as pendants thanks to their beautiful shape. But cone men don't just look good hanging on the Christmas tree. They are also ideal as Christmas window decorations.
Materials required:
Cones
felt
thread
Nadel
Knopf
Wooden ball
Pompom
Hot glue gun
Scissors
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1. Cut out a pointed triangle from felt. The Secret Santa hat is sewn from this. Glue a pompom to the top of the hat.
2. Use hot glue to attach the wooden ball to the cone.
3. Make the scarf from a strip of felt. It is wrapped around the neck of the Zipfelmännchen. Glue a small red button to the front.
4. Then glue the hat to the wooden bead.
Felt house pendant
You can make lots of beautiful things with felt! Let the children choose the colors and create their own houses.
Materials required:
Felt (in 4 different colors)
Hot glue
Scissors
Lineal
Marker
Cuttermesser
thread
Nadel
- On blue felt, draw a trapezoid and an acute triangle. That would be the house and the chimney.
- Then a rectangle is cut out as a door and glued onto the trapezoid.
- Use the cutter knife to cut a small square into the trapezoid. Next, glue a piece of yellow felt to the back to close the hole.
- The roof forms a triangle again. Glue the chimney to the back of the roof.
Christmas Sweater Tree Pendant
If you want to teach your child to sew, the next idea is perfect for you. While making Christmas tree decorations, children can also learn to sew a hem.
Materials required:
felt
thread
Nadel
Hot glue
Pearls
Buttons
Pompoms
Marker
Scissors
- Draw a sweater on the felt with a marker.
- Now hem the edge with thread.
- Then stick on a few beads as decoration.
Christmas tree ball made of buttons
This Styrofoam Christmas tree decoration is onegreat craft ideafor preschool children. Colorful buttons are ideal for decorating, embellishing or embellishing simple objects. This gives them a completely new look in no time.
Materials required:
Styroporkugel
Buttons (various sizes and colors)
Embroidery needles (various colors)
Pearls
Decorative ribbon
- Attach the heads to the Styrofoam ball by inserting an embroidery needle through one of the buttonholes.
- Let the buttons vary in size to fill the spaces. The best thing is that you can simply take out the pins and rearrange the buttons if something doesn't fit.
- Complete the look with a bow.
Colorful snowflake
Shish kebab skewers are also suitable for various things. The colorful buttons look particularly beautiful on the dark green Christmas tree and give the decoration a playful touch. Toddlers can help here by sorting the buttons by color.
Materials required:
Buttons
Pearls
Strasssteine
wooden sticks
Hot glue
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1. Use two wooden skewers to form a cross.
2. Shorten the next two skewers by approx. 2 cm and place them diagonally to the other.
3. All skewers are glued together with lots of hot glue.
4. Now buttons are glued along the wooden skewers. Start from the center and work outwards.
