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Fun Paper Crafts and Decorations for Christmas

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If you like the idea of crafting Christmas items from paper, or if you just like to embellish the paper goods

you already have, then invest in a good paper-crafting stash of items and create any of the following to

decorate your home for a Christmas gathering:

Paper garlands:Using die-cut holiday motifs, cutouts, or combinations of individual letters, you

can create your own holiday garland in just a few minutes time.

ine up the cutouts side by side on a flat surface. !ape or connect them together with string and then

hang them around doorways, on the front of buffet stations, across front porches, and so on.

Cut out beautiful paper snowflakes and string them together for a one-of-a-kind garland. Use your

own imagination, as well as current offerings at your local craft store, to piece your garland together.

Paper ribbons: !ape paper ribbons to the edges of open shelves, around cake plates, or to gift wrap.

!he easiest way to make paper ribbons is to cut "-to-#-inch-wide strips of paper with a paper cutter

and then follow these instructions: $"% !rim one edge of the paper strips with decorative-edged

scissors. $#% Use a hole punch or craft punch to cut out designs every few inches. $&% 'dhere double-

sided tape to the back top edge of your paper ribbon, and join the edges of the lengths of ribbon

together as needed.

Place cards:(lace cards on your holiday table can be anything but boring. )ou can make your own

place cards out of inde* cards or specialty paper. +ake them so that they tent fold, or insert flat place

cards into place card holders.

Notecards greeting cards and in!itations:If you want to make your own stationery items, decidehow detailed you want to get. o you want to cut and score your cards yourself, or do you want to

just embellish premade blanks

"ift tags:)ou can make gift tags from scraps of your best paper, hang tags from an office supply

store, or use metal foil cutouts

!o create holiday motifs, trace the outline of a cookie cutter onto paper and then cut out the design

and embellish it as desired. (unch a hole at the top of your design and string yarn or ribbon through

it.

Pinpric#ing paper:(inpricking paper is a techni/ue that 0ictorians used to punch decorativedesigns into paper. 1y using a simple pattern and a pushpin, you can create pretty, impromptu paper

chandelier shades that fit over your regular ones for the holidays.

(inpricking paper is /uick and easy, and it looks best when wrapped around a light source. !ry

applying pinpricked paper to luminarias, glass votives, flameless candles, and window shades.

$o% to &a#e a Pop'(p Christmas Tree Card

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+aking your own Christmas cards is a great way to save money. !his simplepop-up card is a great craft

project for older children. Using a single sheet of card and no glue at all, you can make simple but a great

looking Christmas card.

)ou do need to use a sharp craft knife, so make sure you supervise small children or do the cutting for them.

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Gather your materials.

)ou need " sheet of thin white card2 pencil and eraser2 ruler2 scissors2 sharp craft knife2 cutting mat.

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Using a pencil and ruler, mark out the card.

raw the curves freehand, trying to get them centered over the center crease.

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Score along the dotted and dashed lines with the point of a pair of

scissors.

3lder children should have no problem with this step, but younger kids may need some help.

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Cut all the internal cut lines with a sharp craft knife.

!o make a cut with a sharp craft knife, place the piece of paper in the middle of a cutting mat and carefully

cut out the shape. If you are supper accurate, the spare pieces will drop out as you pickupthe card.

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Fold the card in half and push the inner pieces toward the center as

you do so.

4ith the pop-up card folded closed, run a fingernail over the crease lines to make sure they5re crisp and

sharp.

6or a more finished look, you can glue the single-sheet surprise to another piece of card 7 being careful not

to glue down the tree 7 to give it a backing. 6old a full sheet of card in half and use a glue stick to put thepop-up inside.

$o% to &a#e a *'D D+coupage Christmas Card

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ave money this Christmas by making your own d;coupage Christmas cards with a &- effect. !hese

d;coupage holiday cards are fun to make and easy for children to do. (eople enjoy getting homemade cardsbecause they reflect the love and care you put into making them.

!o achieve the &- effect, you use multiple copies of the same image. Use these copies to make layers in the

picture and give the impression of depth. )ou can buy actual decoupage kits from your local card shop, but

making pictures from your own source materials is more fun. ook for ine*pensive greeting cards,

postcards, or multiple copies of your own photographs.

!his project uses sticky foam pads, which you can get from your stationery shop, usually near the sticky

tape. !hey come in packs with a do


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" sheet of double-sided sticky foam pads

". et aside one card for your base2 use the others for the cut-outs.

#. (lan your card5s design.

!he design depends on the card you5re using. 6ind one that has three or four subjects on the card 7

for e*ample, a couple of carolers and a Christmas tree. ecide which parts of the card that you want

to look >raised.>

&. Cut out the pieces for the different layers.

Use scissors where you can. 6or complicated pieces bits or holes, use your sharp craft knife. )ou end

up with a collection of bits.

!he lower-left image is the base2 the lower-right is the second layer. !he cut-out arm and book form

the third layer.

". tick the first layer of your picture into place.


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Use the double-sided sticky pads to put the pictures into place. tick the pads to the back of the new

layer. (eel off the backing of the sticky pad and carefully apply the layer to the base card, making

sure that it5s lined up accurately.

)ou can also separate the layers by using blobs of thick, silicone-based glue. +ake sure you don5t

s/uash the glue when you build up the layers. )ou need to leave the glue to dry overnight.

#. Complete the card by adding the e*tra layer parts.

Use the sticky pads to fi* the remaining parts into place. +ake sure they5re lined up accurately.

6or smaller parts, you may need to cut the sticky pads into smaller pieces so that they don5t stick out

of the sides.

)ou can use this techni/ue to make all kinds of pictures on all sorts of scales. !ry making &- decoupage

from your own photographs or from prints of classical paintings. !he layered effect and the shadows that the

layers cast have a wonderful effect. )our pictures look really three-dimensional.

$o% to &a#e a &ultila,ered Pop'(p Christmas

Card

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?omemadepop-up Christmas cards don5t have to look like amateur work. )ou can create a beautiful,

multilayered pop-up Christmas card by using maga


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F. (lace your hill, building, and person where you want them to be in the final project.

B. Using white school glue, glue down the picture tabs.

ine up each picture tab with the crease of the greeting card or with the layer before it. 1e sure to

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Jow you5re well e/uipped to do some e*perimenting on your own. )ou can have all sorts of fun with

multilayered pop-up cards. on5t forget that you5re not limited to one item per layer.

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