Hi there
Fancy making your festive decorations this year? 10 minutes with google and a handful of words like ‘handmade’, ‘paper’, ‘unique’ etc and you’ll be awash with ideas. But some of the DIY guides online are a lot trickier than they first appear – I know this because every Christmas get an overwhelming urge to make a new, more elaborate christmas decoration, and I go in search of instruction. If you are not confronted with a confusing and expensive looking ‘essential equipment’ list, you are covered in sticky glue within half an hour!
So here’s a quick, simple, clean and very effective little decoration I came across a while ago. It can be strung on thread and hung on your tree, or attached to ribbon and used to liven up your wrapped parcels. Perfect for last minute decorating.
You will need:
Scissors
A ruler
A glue stick
A stapler
A sheet of wrapping or coloured paper, A4 or larger. I have used sheet music, which has a nice vintage feel to it.
Cut at least 8 strips of paper, about one inch wide and at least 8 inches long.
Lay all the strips on top of each other. If you are using paper with a white side, lay all the strips with the white side facing upwards.
You should now have a stack of paper strips. Fold the whole stack in half, so you can find the central point in the paper strips. Staple all the strips together at this central point.
Now, apply a small stripe of glue to the end of one of your paper strips and bend the strip towards the centre. press down so that the paper strip stays bent into a loop. Repeat with every strip, tucking them one behind the other, so that you start to get a flower shape.
Once all the paper strips are stuck down, you’re done! See, very simple but effective.
Merry Christmas!
Rosie
