Christmas Decorations from Cardboard

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Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - three trees and two red ball ornaments Are you doing a lot of online shopping for the holidays? If so, don't toss those boxes just yet! Recycle them into fun crafts for your entire family and the kids.

You can make miniature Christmas trees, ornaments, or even other holiday shapes (reindeer, snowflakes, etc.) and decorate with paint, glitter, ribbon, yarn, stickers, embellishments, foam paper, construction paper, glitter glue, and anything else you have on hand!

Once decorated you can attach a ribbon to make actual homemade ornaments, or hang to make into a wreath, or leave as is for decorations, the possibilities are endless! Also this makes a nice fun indoor rainy day art and craft project!

Total Time: Time varies depending on how many you make

Supplies:

cardboard box
scissors
hot glue
ribbon
stickers
pom poms
foam paper
paint + paint brush
your choice of decorating supplies

Steps:

Cut holiday shapes from cardboard. *This task will need adult supervision, it can be a little difficult to cut.

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - cardboard tree shape

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - tree and ornament shapes

Paint cardboard pieces and allow to dry. Or you can decorate with markers, scrapbook paper, etc. (the option is yours).

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - painted pieces in cardboard box drying after painting

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - painted trees and red ornaments

Ready to decorate! I made a star from yellow foam paper and used ribbon and hot glue to decorate.

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - tree with yellow foam star and adding red trim

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - red and green ball trim added to the tree

I used sticker pearls as ornaments. Or, you can use cut ribbon pieces and pom poms. Get creative with items you have at home, there is no right or wrong method. :)

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - sticker pearls added

Christmas Decorations from Cardboard - optional ribbon strips in place of ball trim plus red pom poms

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attosa
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November 20, 20180 found this helpful

So cute!

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