Although it may seem unbelievable, even after this and last year’s creating many things from the pinecones (Christmas wreath, pinecone figures and angels), I still have a bunch of this natural material. And since we won´t have our Christmas tree at home this year (we will be celebrating Christmas with our parents back in our home country), I decided to make a smaller version of it from pinecones. So in this post, you will find a how to easily make a lighted pinecone Christmas tree.
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The success of the fall pinecone figures has inspired me to work with this natural material again and try to create Christmas ornaments: Pinecone angles. The tutorial is very simple, and you have a lot of room for fantasy how to decorate your angels.
As you may have noticed on the blog, this year’s DIY crafts were in the spirit of jute (here, here and here). It is no wonder, therefore, that I decided to make a jute ribbon (or burlap) Christmas wreath. It´s really easy to make and I think the result is pretty awesome.
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During our last year´s fall crafts with kids, I realized, that they find the activities where they can imprint or trace their hands as incredibly entertaining. Perhaps because they imprint a piece of themselves on each piece of work? I don´t know. Anyway, great crafts where children can use their hands are trees. And you can create handprint fall trees in several modifications. Today I will show you five handprint trees that we´ve created with the kids. Continue Reading
I don´t know about you, but I really like fall. I mean, not the rainy and misty days, but the early fall, sometimes called Indian summer. The sun rays are no longer so sharp, and everything seems to get warmer shades. Continue Reading
In today’s post you will find a simple guide how to make a fall wreath from natural materials. I didn´t think I would start making fall decorations so early this year, but when I sorted a box of materials for DIY, I discovered a bag full of beechnuts. I totally forgot to have them there. We gathered them last year when our parents were here to visit us, and when we walked from Gurten, the nuts literally fell on our heads. And I started throwing them into the stroller basket with the fact that they would definitely come handy some time! And they´ve come 🙂 Continue Reading
With the Mother´s day around the corner, I´m here with the simple tutorial on how to make a decorative birch twig heart wreath that can be an unordinary gift to your beloved person.
In my today´s tutorial, I´ll show you how to make mosaic easter eggs. It´s nothing difficult, these are eggs decorated with cracked egg shells and making them is really simple. And in this tutorial, I´ll also show you an unusual embellishment! So keep reading!
It seems this year I´m unstoppable in making Easter decorations. Today I want to show you how to use eggs – the symbols of the Easter season – and turn them into candles and then how to make an extraordinary candle holder.