Put On Your Christmas Thinking Caps!

[pita1213]

salt dough or bread dough ornaments. for the last few years, i've cut out the kids' handprints from christmasy scrapbook paper. then there are all the little ornaments the kids make at school. i have a bunch of cute reindeer and wreath ornaments that the kids have brought home from school. you can thread tri tipped beads onto pipecleaners to make candy canes.

[geckoace]

we made "stained glass" ornaments with craft foam, markers and white glue

mardi gras beads or curling ribbon make great garland

old cards cut up with ribbon

paper cones filled with candy or trinkets

[boogiemum]

What a lot of great ideas! All mine have already been listed. I started off with no ornaments, made a whole bunch of these and slowly traded them out. Our tradition is to go to Walmart after Christmas when everything is on a huge sale and pick out one each. My kids don't know, but are building their own ornament collection that I will give to them when they are grown.

[geckoace]

What a lot of great ideas! All mine have already been listed. I started off with no ornaments, made a whole bunch of these and slowly traded them out. Our tradition is to go to Walmart after Christmas when everything is on a huge sale and pick out one each. My kids don't know, but are building their own ornament collection that I will give to them when they are grown.

a friend of my moms gave me the idea to build an ornament collection for my son. so each year, starting with his 1st christmas, I buy him a snowflake ornament they are all different and usually i get them at the craft store and paint them or get one with a pic frame. this way when he starts his own home he will have 21 snowflake ornaments to hang on the tree. i am pregnant now so my daughter will get snowmen for her lifetime. i need to get a hat box or something to keep his separate

[ellebee]

Things I've made:
Pinecones coated in glue then glitter
Walnuts painted then covered in glitter
Pinecones with puffy white paint in spots so it looks like snow
twigs glued into star shapes
crocheted snowflakes

Thats all I can think of but I'm sure there's more - lol

[fluttermuffin]

how bout cookie cutters (after you've already made your Christmas cookies)..
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[Libby]

Take old coloured flyers - cut them into strips and make a ring/circle with them. Using a glue stick, close the ring. Take another strip of flyer and put it through the first loop to make a link/chain effect and keep going until you get a huge long colourful garland. Its very frugal and using what you already have. Other alternative is to go to Dollarama and buy a small book of construction paper and make this garland as well.

[kathtee]

Just about anything looks good sprayed with glittery spray paint! I would give second-consideration to anything (non-perishable) that I was about to throw in the trash. Glitter paint is the the duct tape of the crafting world!

[miss_thrifty]

left over bags or dollar storegift bags in the color u want, cut them in small mini cards and punch holes in it and hang on tree.
Pinecones
cranberries
alumin foil in nay shape you want use pen to make design on them. looks like embossed look.
I know I love my dollar store for ornaments or small bows on the ends of the tips.
paper snow flakes mini ones cut out and strung.
candy canes
cookie cutters
lace to make bows or sew into circles then put tiny bud rosette on them and thread to hang it.
pretzel garland--popcorn/ cranberries