Christmas Paper Decorations

This Christmas, decorate with hand made paper decors. Here are some samples and easy steps to make them:

1. Three Dimensional Christmas Tree
   
   

• Green construction paper
• Crayons, markers, glitter glue, or tempera paint
• Scissors
• Clear tape
• Optional: Other colors of construction paper, glue, hole punch, stickers

• Fold a piece of green construction paper in half, then cut it in half
• Put the two pieces together, and fold them in half again.
• Draw half a Christmas tree opposite the fold
• Cut along the line to get two identical trees.
• Fold the trees in half, just barely creasing the center line
• Cut a slit along the bottom half of the center of one tree and along the top half of the center of the other tree.
• Slip the two trees together along the slits.
• Using clear tape, tape the bottoms and tops together
• Decorate your tree with crayons, markers, glitter glue, or tempera paint.
• You can also glue on tiny construction paper decorations or use star stickers.
• You can cut out tiny paper balls using a Hole punch.
• Cut out a small construction paper star and cut a tiny slit in it.
• Put the star on the top of the tree as Christmas tree topper.
• Now you have a really nice 3-dimensional Christmas decoration.

1. Paper Christmas Signpost
   
   

• Thick sheet of paper and red and green colored papers
• A large craft stick
• Craft Knife
• Permanent marker
• White glitter
• 5-inch piece of ribbon.
• Glue

• Coat a large craft stick (up to 5 inches long) with white acrylic paint and another with green paint.
• Let them dry
• Then add stripes of red paint to the white stick.
• Use a craft knife to cut a 3-inch section from the green stick, notching each end to create an arrow shape. Write "North Pole" on the sign in permanent marker
• Then glue the sign to the red-and-white craft stick.
• Cut shapes of felt holly leaves from green paper red mini pom-pom berries from red paper.
• Glue these on to the red-and-white craft stick
• Add dribs of white paint, and then sprinkle on white glitter to give the effect of snow.
• Finally, glue both ends of a 5-inch piece of ribbon to the back of the signpost for a hanger and let the glue dry.
• This would be a perfect Christmas paper decoration hanging from your Christmas tree and pointing the way to Santa's place.