[Handmade Winter Decorations] A collection of stylish, heartwarming creations you can make with everyday materials

Tree-shaped advent calendar

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Advent calendars are a fun item for kids who can’t wait for Christmas! There are many types on the market, but most let you enjoy small sweets or gifts from December 1st to 25th as you count down to Christmas.

In this idea, candies are placed into paper cups and three boxes, then sealed and arranged in the shape of a tree, so it can also be used as a Christmas wall decoration.

The lids are made of thin tissue paper and are designed to tear easily with a light tap.

Try making one by sticking your favorite date stickers on each paper cup.

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Fluffy wreath made with tape cores

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Here’s a perfect idea for when you want a little winter decoration for your room.

Attach strong double-sided fabric tape to the core of a tape roll, then stick a thick yarn all the way around the center.

Apply another layer of double-sided tape over that, and this time wrap a fluffy, long-pile yarn around it to cover the whole surface.

Wrap it several times to build thickness, and your wreath base is complete.

Glue on your favorite accents like sparkly pom-poms or ribbons in a balanced way, then tie a string for hanging to finish.

It also looks cute if you display a favorite character figurine inside the wreath.

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Pompon Tomte

[100-Yen Christmas DIY] How to Make a Yarn Pom-Pom Tomte

Here’s an idea for making a Tomte, a Scandinavian fairy, out of yarn.

First, use white yarn to make a small pom-pom that will be the Tomte’s face.

Wrap yarn around a pom-pom maker, cut along the looped edges with scissors, tie the center with twine, and trim it into shape—simple, right? Once the white pom-pom is ready, make the hat.

Slice a toilet paper tube into rings about 1 cm wide.

The ring size will determine the hat size, so adjust it to fit snugly over the white pom-pom.

Take a length of yarn folded in half, loop it through the cardboard ring, and pass the loose ends through the folded loop to secure it to the ring.

Repeat all the way around, then gather and tie the ends at the top to form the hat.

Finally, attach a cotton ball for the nose and decorate the hat with a star embellishment.

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Poinsettia made with pipe cleaners

[Flowers made with pipe cleaners] Christmas decorations, Christmas ornaments, poinsettia | How to make easy pipe cleaner flowers (poinsettia) | Simple handmade craft to do with kids

The poinsettia is famous as a Christmas flower.

In fact, you can easily make one using gourd-shaped pipe cleaners.

Prepare one green pipe cleaner with six gourd segments and bring its ends together.

Pinch it so that two gourd segments form one leaf.

Do the same with the remaining four segments to create a total of three leaves.

For the red bracts, prepare six pipe cleaners each with two gourd segments, and layer them in a radial pattern.

Place the red leaves over the green leaves and secure them with a gold pipe cleaner.

Curl the tips of the red leaves to add movement, then wrap a short piece of pipe cleaner around the end of the gold one to make three little legs, and you’re done.

It’s nice that you can make it using only pipe cleaners.

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Ribbon tree

[100-yen DIY] How to make a ribbon tree 🎄 Christmas tree

On a 15 cm sheet of drawing paper, draw a fan shape with a 100-degree angle.

Cut it out with scissors, then glue it into a cone shape.

Wrap an arrangement ribbon (available at 100-yen shops, etc.) around it and attach it with a glue gun.

If you use a ribbon that’s already pleated, simply sticking it on will give it a strong tree-like look.

Finish by decorating the top of the tree with a star and a ribbon.

Adding small gem stickers can represent lights and might make it look even nicer.

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Hanging ornament of fans

[Simple ✨ Good Luck] Hanging Fan Decoration Made with Origami ✨ [New Year’s Ornament] Auspicious ✨

We’d like to introduce a hanging fan decoration that’s perfect for New Year’s.

Prepare two sheets each of three types of origami paper: plain 7.5×15 cm, patterned 3×15 cm, and gold 0.5×15 cm.

First, leaving a 0.5 cm margin at the top, attach the gold strip to the plain paper.

Then attach the patterned strip directly below it.

Make two of these and accordion-fold both pieces.

Overlap the mountain-folded ends at one side to create one long accordion, then fold it along the creases and staple the base.

Open the accordion to both sides and shape it to finish.

Make fans in various colors and patterns, and hang them from a string.

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Hand-holding gingerbread men

[Christmas Craft Play] Hand-in-Hand Gingerbread Men — A recommended craft activity for Christmas decorations — #play #childcare #nurseryteacher #kids #athomeplay #craftplay #Christmas #garland #stars #December #indoors

Among ginger cookies, the human-shaped ones are called gingerbread men.

There’s a story that they were inspired by Henry VIII, who recommended eating ginger to prevent the plague.

They’re also famous as Christmas decorations, and you often see gingerbread men holding candy canes.

Here’s a craft idea for making gingerbread men: prepare a rectangular sheet of paper, accordion-fold it, draw a gingerbread man, and cut it out with scissors.

When you unfold it, you’ll have a chain of gingerbread men holding hands.

Finish by drawing their faces and adding round stickers to their bodies.

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