4 Cheap DIY Christmas Decorations To Make Your Home Merry

Winter is almost upon us, which means Christmas is just around the corner. The most magical time of the year, perfect for spending time with family and making special memories to remember for a lifetime. Arts & crafts are a great way to keep the kids occupied over the winter holiday and give them the opportunity to make their own special keepsakes.

We know Christmas can be tough on the budget, so we have found 5 cheap DIY Christmas decorations to help take away the stress.

1. Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments

Salt dough Christmas ornaments are easy to make and great for making with kids. Give them to friends as gifts or keep to hang up on your own tree. All you need is just 3 ingredients to make Christmas ornaments that will last a lifetime.

You'll need: 

• 4 Cups All-purpose flour
• 1 Cup Salt
• 1.5 Cups Water

Plus: 

• Mixing bowl & spoon
• Baking paper
• Rolling pin
• Cookie cutters
• Drinking straw
• Acrylic paints, glue & glitter 
• Ribbon or string for hanging

Step 1. In your mixing bowl combine the flour and salt stirring well. Then slowly start to add in your warm water and continue stirring until all water has been added.

Step 2. Once your dough has become too hard to stir with a spoon start kneading it with your hands. Do this for a few minutes until your dough is smooth and flexible.

Step 3. Next, roll out your dough over the baking paper until it's about 1/8″ thick.

Step 4. Now use your chosen cookie cutters to cut into the dough, do not remove the cut pieces as they need to remain on the baking paper.

Step 5. Once you've finished cutting the pieces, remove the excess dough leaving the shapes on the baking paper.

Step 6. Using your drinking straw poke a hole into the top of each ornament for your ribbon to hang from.

Step 7. Preheat your oven to about 150°C, transfer your cut-out shapes onto a baking tray and cook for about an hour. When they're cooked they should feel hard, let them cool.

Step 8. Time for the fun part- decorating! Use your chosen paints and glitter to create unique patterns and designs. Then thread on a ribbon and hang up on your tree.

2. Lolly Stick Snowman Decoration

There are so many different Christmas designs you can make out of lolly sticks like a Christmas tree, snowman or reindeer. Lolly sticks are cheap to buy online or find at your local supermarkets.

For a Snowman you'll need:

• Lolly sticks
• Craft paints (white, black & orange)
• Glue
• Ribbon

Step 1. Start by gluing 7 lolly sticks together vertically to create the shape of your snowman's face.

Step 2. Then stick one lolly stick horizontal to make the brim of his hat

Step 3. Once your glue has dried use the craft paints to create his eye, nose and mouth

3. Paper Snowflakes

Paper snowflakes are so quick to make and all you need is paper and scissors. There's so many beautiful snowflake designs to make and they're a great craft idea for kids to create independently. 

An inexpensive way to add some festive cheer to any room, stick them up on windows, hang them up on walls or create a snowflake wreath. 

What you'll need:

• Craft scissors
• A4 Paper
• Pen or pencil
• Snowflake templates (optional)

Step 1. Start by folding your paper diagonally, cutting off the excess paper at the bottom so you have a triangle shape

Step 2. Fold your paper in half to make a smaller triangle

Step 3. Fold your paper into thirds, do this by bringing the right point to the left by one-third. Then do the same with the left side, making sure the edges line up perfectly.

Step 4. Cut off points horizontally to flatten the top of your paper

Step 5. Draw your snowflake pattern on the wedge, and check out templates online to help you out

Step 6. While keeping the paper folded cut out the marked sections and unfold them to reveal your snowflake

4. Toilet Roll Penguin

Toilet roll Penguins are so easy to make and fun to decorate. Plus the great thing about these decorations is that they're made with everyday household items like toilet rolls and cotton wool. 

What you'll need:

• Paper roll
• Craft paper (white, black & orange)
• Googly eyes (optional)
• Scissors
• Glue

Step 1. Start by cutting your black paper so it will wrap around the whole toilet roll 

Step 2. For the penguin's belly cut out an oval shape using the white paper and glue on

Step 3. Cut out 2 wings for your penguin using the black paper. Also a beak shape and 2 feet with your orange paper

Step 4. First stick on your googly eyes then the beak, glue the legs on the inside of the paper roll 

Step 5. Finish by glueing the wings on each side of your penguin and leaving to dry

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