How to Make Your Own Christmas Table Decorations
Making your own Christmas table decorations is a great way to bring your home's decorating theme into your holiday festivities and create family heirlooms in the process. Gather your children together for an afternoon of crafting, to create a cowboy or vintage-toy-themed tabletop Christmas centerpiece. Take this family time together to relate special stories of your own childhood, as many craft supplies can be found in your own closets or picked up inexpensively at thrift stores and flea markets. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 14-inch artificial pine wreath, two
- 18-inch artificial pine Christmas tree, two
- Utility rope
- Children's cowboy toys (sheriff's badge, holster and pistols, horses, children's books)
- Craft wire
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Red bandanna
- Dried babies breath
- Jump rope
- Vintage toys (Slinkies, old game pieces, dominoes)
- Old card games
- Hot glue gun
- Small vintage story books
Instructions
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Cowboy Christmas Centerpiece
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Fluff the wired branches on the wreath and Christmas tree so they are full and have an even silhouette. Lay the wreath in the center of your table and set the tree inside the wreath. Drape and wind a utility rope around the tree like a garland and among the branches on the wreath.
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Attach the sheriff's badge to the top of the tree and the other assorted children's toys to the branches of the tree and the wreath, using craft wire.
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Rip the bandanna into 1-inch strips. Cut the strips 6 inches long. Evenly space and tie the 6-inch strips around various tree and wreath branches.
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Break off 3-inch branches of dried babies breath and tuck into the empty spaces of the branches of the tree and wreath.
Vintage Toy Christmas Centerpiece
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Fluff the wired branches on the wreath and Christmas tree, so they are full and have an even silhouette. Lay the wreath in the center of your table and set the tree inside the wreath. Drape and wind a jump rope around the tree like a garland and among the branches on the wreath.
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Attach larger toys to the branches of the tree and wreath, using craft wire. Choose a special doll or toy to attach to the top of the tree. Hot glue game pieces on the branches and insert Old Maid and Go Fish cards into the branches, all over the tree and wreath.
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Finish by inserting vintage story books between the tree and the wreath on the bottom.
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Tips & Warnings
If you will be moving your centerpieces, craft them on top of pizza pans. Many vintage look-a-like games and toys can still be found at dollar stores.
