Instead of buying expensive ornament sets, explore other creative, cost-saving options for Christmas tree ornaments. It's easy to find instructions on how to make your own Christmas ornaments, how to choose the right materials, and even how to hang these Christmas tree ornaments. Following your artistic instincts, you can create homemade Christmas ornaments that will add a personal touch to your dazzling Christmas tree.
Making personalized Christmas tree ornaments is an experience to treasure. Make a Christmas angel to grace your tree. Use a hot glue gun to combine cotton balls together for the angel's body. Add broken sea shells to decorate your Christmas angel. Other easy homemade ornaments can be crafted from simple materials like shells and paper. To make the head of the angel ornament, take a medium-sized wooden bead and decorate it, using a small tinsel for the halo. To hang one of these homemade ornaments, use a small ribbon. Such simple yet dashing kids’ homemade ornaments bring life to the holiday spirit.
If you're still craving more Christmas ornaments, how to make them depends on what materials you have around. Got unused cinnamon sticks? With some experimentation, you can figure out how to make Christmas ornaments with such simple, common household items like cinnamon sticks. Ribbons, small figurines, and even rubber bands can make your homemade Christmas ornaments extra special. These ornaments can hang alongside glass Christmas tree ornaments, adding personal touches to your tree. Your Christmas ornament tree will also look dazzling once you jazz it up with other homemade Christmas tree ornaments such as a small family photo in a personalized frame.
In spending quality time with your family and loved ones this holiday season, make personalized Christmas tree ornaments part of the celebrations. Not only will you have a fabulous time, the memory of the precious experience experience will also be forever captured by your Christmas tree ornaments. And that would be just another thing to celebrate with everyone you love, year after year.
Showing posts with label family first. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family first. Show all posts
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Family Minute #3
Some Things Never Change
Sometimes change is good. But during the holidays, we take comfort in the familiar — traditions that strengthen our family bond. In my home, you will always find the kids baking cookies, creating Christmas ornaments & other crafts, and being an "Elf" to another needy family. On Christmas Eve, we share the story of the first Christmas. As my children grow and have their own families, they’ll have these traditions to hold onto. So in the busyness of the holiday season, create your own traditions. Because even when all of the other presents have been forgotten, traditions are a gift you can open again and again.
Remember your family first.
Sometimes change is good. But during the holidays, we take comfort in the familiar — traditions that strengthen our family bond. In my home, you will always find the kids baking cookies, creating Christmas ornaments & other crafts, and being an "Elf" to another needy family. On Christmas Eve, we share the story of the first Christmas. As my children grow and have their own families, they’ll have these traditions to hold onto. So in the busyness of the holiday season, create your own traditions. Because even when all of the other presents have been forgotten, traditions are a gift you can open again and again.
Remember your family first.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Family Minute #2
Mom and Dad — here’s a resolution just for you.
Most of us will make New Year’s resolutions. If you’re a parent, there’s one resolution that needs to be at the top of your list — spend more time with your kids. Commit to spending one hour of one-on-one time with each of your children every week. It might not sound like a lot, but the key is "one-on-one" time. Just you and your child — doing what they enjoy. It could be a trip to the ice cream shop, a bike ride around the neighborhood, or simply playing a favorite board game.
Remember your family first.
Most of us will make New Year’s resolutions. If you’re a parent, there’s one resolution that needs to be at the top of your list — spend more time with your kids. Commit to spending one hour of one-on-one time with each of your children every week. It might not sound like a lot, but the key is "one-on-one" time. Just you and your child — doing what they enjoy. It could be a trip to the ice cream shop, a bike ride around the neighborhood, or simply playing a favorite board game.
Remember your family first.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Family Minute
Do the holidays at your house have to be perfect?
The gifts have to be wrapped just so. The decorations have to be hung on the tree like this. The Christmas cookies must have this color icing. Sound familiar? The holidays can bring on a lot of extra pressure – if you let them. To avoid that intensity, be flexible. If traditions turn out a little differently this year, that’s OK. If the kids don’t hang the ornaments on the tree just right...let it go. Instead, focus on enjoying your family and friends in the spirit of the season. In your celebration, forget perfection.
Remember, your family first.
The gifts have to be wrapped just so. The decorations have to be hung on the tree like this. The Christmas cookies must have this color icing. Sound familiar? The holidays can bring on a lot of extra pressure – if you let them. To avoid that intensity, be flexible. If traditions turn out a little differently this year, that’s OK. If the kids don’t hang the ornaments on the tree just right...let it go. Instead, focus on enjoying your family and friends in the spirit of the season. In your celebration, forget perfection.
Remember, your family first.
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