Handmade & Homemade Christmas Ornaments

By: Kerry Beck

It's the holiday season again and your hard-earned money should be used wisely on Christmas decorations. As a frugal and fun way to make gifts for your loved ones, here are three handmade and homemade ornaments you can make with household items. These simple craft ideas for Christmas ornaments are great giveaway items for family and friends.

1. Cute Cookie Ornaments: Find whatever cookie cutter designs you have and bake cookies in those shapes. Next, trim the tree with your cookies. If you don't have cookie cutters, you can try other methods. One example is by making your own hand-made pretzel from cookie dough. After you form and mold it, hang it on a Christmas tree branch and decorate it with ribbons.

Here is how to do it. Roll out a small piece of your favorite dough to about 3 inches. Take the two ends and overlap them at the top to form an upside down letter "Q" or make any loop shape. After the pretzel is baked, you can tie a ribbon through the hole in the shape of a bow, and hang it on the tree.

2. Paper Tree Decorations: Take several pieces of colored paper and cut out different Christmas tree designs. Let your kids personalize each cut-out tree with his name, color stickers, a picture, or drawing designs on the tree to look like ornaments. Line these up in your child's room to make a border or link them together and put them around the Christmas tree.

3. Custom Christmas Stockings: You can make your own custom Christmas stocking by using any material you can find in the house. Different fabrics and colors work best, especially brightly colored ones. To make it look cute, sew in bows, beads or colored ribbons. Why not personalize it by putting your kid's name? After making the stocking, get a piece of fabric that will act as a loop and sew that to the stocking. Hang it on the Christmas tree.

Making homemade and handmade Christmas ornaments is not only an enjoyable activity for the entire family, but also allows your child to exercise his imagination. It is much more rewarding to make something yourself than buying it. These simple craft ideas for Christmas are good activities to do during the Christmas season. These homemade decorations make great memorable presents as well.

Before you decide to go shopping for Christmas ornaments, first take a look around your house. You'll be surprised at what you may find!

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