A few days ago Lola brought us some great ideas to decorate the Christmas tree in an economical way and I wanted to add one more made from elements that surely we all have at home.
It's about Christmas tree pendants They emulate an ornament ball made with gift wrapping paper. It is a very simple craft that children may like very much.
There is always some wrapping paper left over, or we have the gift that they have given us and we almost never know what to do with so much paper (well, yes, throw it away or keep the one in condition). Well, with this craft we can take advantage of what we like to transform it into a Christmas ornament.
To do this we need:
- Gift wrapping paper
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Glue stick
- Golden thread (I have taken it out of a chocolate to decorate trees). Obviously it also serves normal thread.
Let's do it
First we take the paper and draw on it six circumferences of the size that we want the pendant to have by choosing the part that interests us most in the drawing. In my case I have been fortunate that the only paper I had at home is from the drawings of Winnie the Pooh and also has drawings with a circular shape.
To make the circumferences you can use a compass or a glass or cup. I have used my cup of "Friends", which has a size that I liked.
We cut a strip of paper (similar to the one in the image below) that we will fold in two parts inwards to serve as a "ring" for the thread. We also fold all paper circles in half leaving the reverse side out.
Now it's time to paste everything. With the glue stick we glue the halves, one with another until we have the six pasted. At the moment we want (when we have two or three faces glued together, for example) we glue, next to the fold axis, one end of the strip, and after gluing two or three more faces we glue the other end. I show you a photo so you can see how it looks.
Finally we pass the son through the "ring", we make a knot and we have our Winnie the Pooh pendant for the Christmas tree.
I leave you another close-up so you can see how it looks in the tree of my house.
