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Santa Claus and Presents

With You Mizonokuchi: December Calendar Craft – Christmas

The gold coins that Saint Nicholas threw into poor households happened to land in stockings that were drying by the fireplace.

Thanks to those coins, everyone became happy.

From this anecdote came the custom of putting Christmas presents in stockings.

It’s a lovely story, isn’t it? Did you also receive presents in your stockings when you were children? Let’s use Santa and presents as decorations for the calendar.

Presents can be box-shaped, a big sack, or of course the stocking type—anything is OK! It would be great to create a colorful calendar!

poinsettia

[Christmas Origami] Easy and Cute Poinsettia Folding Method / Winter Origami Flower - Origami Poinsettia

When you think of plants in December, what comes to mind first? If you’re into gardening, you might say pansies or cyclamen.

Kale for New Year’s is also quite charming, isn’t it? But after all, December really means poinsettias.

These days there are white and even green poinsettias, so you can choose a color to match your mood.

A poinsettia-themed calendar would surely boost the Christmas spirit.

You can make poinsettias by cutting colored paper, but it seems you can also make them with origami—so if you like origami, give it a try!

Christmas tree

Sky-blue tissue paper Christmas tree – Paper Christmas Tree

How about making a fluffy, stylish Christmas tree using tissue paper? First, cut tissue paper in your favorite color into a rectangular piece about one-quarter the original size, then fold it in half lengthwise to make it long and narrow.

Make lots of slits along the folded edge.

After cutting the slits, open it up once, fold it back in the opposite direction of the original crease, and glue it in place.

Make several of these, then take a cone-shaped tree base made from construction paper and wrap and glue the tissue paper around it in tiers.

Finally, decorate with beads and stickers, and you’re done.

You’ll end up with a very whimsical, cute tree, so give it a try!

100-yen shop snowman and reindeer

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It’s a cute mascot with a reindeer peeking out from behind a snowman.

Attach evenly cut, narrow strips of paper to a plastic cup base to form the snowman’s round shape.

Then stack two circles and add the facial features and other parts to complete the snowman.

The reindeer is simple—just cut the parts from construction paper and layer them to create a three-dimensional look through the paper overlaps.

Leaving gaps in the snowman is also an important point; letting light pass through conveys a soft, gentle feel.

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Fluffy tissue-paper poinsettia wall decoration

Kimie Gangi December wall decoration: “Fluffy Poinsettia” — A hearty poinsettia decoration

Let’s softly craft a poinsettia—an essential for Christmas—using tissue paper.

Fold the tissue paper in an accordion (screen-fold) style, then fold it in half, secure the center, cut it, and gently open it while adding creases to shape the leaves.

Make these pieces with both red and green tissue paper, layer and glue them together, and place yellow in the center to finish.

The angle of each leaf is also important; because they spread softly in various directions, the piece gains a strong three-dimensional presence.

It would look beautiful not only as a wall decoration but also as a tabletop ornament.

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