Paper Christmas decorations: Creative, fun, beautiful and cheap!

Whether youre just starting out in your first home, or just want to jazz up your usual Christmas tree decorations - on a tight budget paper Christmas decorations can be a perfect solution, as well as creating a new family tradition. While you can find some lovely paper decorations for purchase, you can also make this a DIY project with some very impressive results! Paper decorations are easy to store and easy to save, which makes it convenient to add to your paper ornaments collection each year. Kids are really good at this activity theyll produce some family heirlooms, I promise! Here, weve got some ideas to spark your imagination.

To get your project launched, youve got a little shopping to do, but the list of supplies is short, sweet and inexpensive. You probably have a number of supplies already on hand. You need not get everything suggested here, just let your imagination and situation serve as a guide. Do keep your eyes open for the sales! Lets see:

Stationery and office supplies stores stock a variety of heavy papers, in textures, colors and sizes suitable for crayons, pen-and-ink, permanent markers or acrylic paints. (Take a look at the different special-effects markers that are on the market today! There are some very cool choices.) Stencils, construction paper, tissue wrap and colored cellophane are other creative possibilities for paper Christmas decorations materials.

As an alternative to stencils, some ordinary kitchen cookie cutters work well as a template for paper Christmas decorations: stars, angels, snowmen and Santa are just some examples. If youre handy with free-drawn designs, do try your hand at a wreath, candy canes or fancy gingerbread men. Each gives you a unique expression of the individual creator.

You can use any or all of these coloring tools on your paper Christmas decorations. When using acrylic paints, try spritzing a decoration with a vial of glitter while the paint is still wet. Excess glitter is easily brushed off the paper when dry, to be used on another decoration as you see fit.

A bottle of school glue can be used to similar purpose, to attach small bows, other trims or found objects, such as tiny pine cones or candy canes.

Kids are especially enthusiastic about this creative activity. Organize an outing to gather materials for your paper Christmas decorations. Bundle up and go collecting found objects pine cones are a natural, but, no matter where you live, a walk in the park, the woods or by the seashore will yield some surprisingly lovely objects you can use. (Kids have a nose for these found objects, so let their imaginations or yours go wild!)

With these few supplies, you can create some truly stunning paper Christmas decorations youll want to use year after year, or at least until you decide to make some new ones!

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