Christmas is coming, and with the festive spirit comes the desire to make decorations by hand. Many craft instructions require newly purchased materials, but a cheaper alternative is a paper Christmas tree ornament made with modest effort and budget-friendly supplies. Here are two simple but effective ideas to inspire you.
Christmas Tree Crafts with Sheet Music Paper – Christmas Stars
For these paper ornaments, you need materials for romantic tree decorations – sheet music or printed note paper, wrapping paper, ribbon, fabric, buttons or rhinestones, scissors, a pencil, glue and a sewing machine.
Prepare cardboard templates in two sizes, then cut the smaller stars from music paper. Mark and cut the larger stars from fabric. Sew or glue the paper stars onto the fabric stars. Glue a button or rhinestone in the center of each star.
Folded Ornaments – Tree Decorations from Sheet Music Paper
To make these sheet-music tree decorations, you will need paper, a compass, a cutter, glue and twine. Cut six circles of the same size from the paper. Fold each circle in half twice, then glue the folded circles together. Add string so the ornament can hang on the Christmas tree.
If you still have paper left over, make a garland from it. Cut the paper into rectangles about 2.5 cm wide and 8 cm long. Glue the two corners of one rectangle together to form a ring, then thread the second strip through the first and glue it into another ring. Continue in the same way and drape the finished garland on the Christmas tree.
Decorate gift bags with ribbon
If you have decorative paper left from last year, use it to dress up simple white gift bags. Apply strips of tape in two different patterns and write a warm message on a greeting card. Ready!
Decorate a gift bag with adhesive tape
Gift bags with a loving message and soft decoration
Materials: sheet music paper, fabric, buttons and string
Cut the star from sheet music paper
Cut larger stars from fabric
Sew the paper stars onto the fabric stars…
Or glue them together…
Finished ornaments with vintage-chic style
Christmas tree with homemade decorations
Each ornament needs six equal circles
Fold each circle in half
Glue the circles together
Anna Lohan
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Yolande A. Bow
