Wednesday 08 / January / 2025
It’s always fun to get into the festive spirit by decorating for the winter holiday. Using Christmas trees, strings of lights, and other do-it-yourself crafts, making your home feel like a winter wonderland (even in 30-degree weather) is easier than you think. Here are eight great festive decoration to pep up your pad, courtesy of the good folks at Times of Oman.
Family Photo Wreath
Big green wreaths are popular winter décor, but why not swap the bows of evergreen trees (a bit tricky to find here) with a collection of family photographs? Cut cardboard into a circle then wrap it with festive holiday wrapping paper. Next, layer your photos overtop of the paper, gluing them to secure. Dress it up with some pops of colour using red and white striped candy, cinnamon sticks, or faux red flowers.
Make Your Own Snow Globe
Using epoxy glue, a mason jar, and either a miniature tree or a green scrub brush trimmed into a tree shape, you can create your own snow-on-demand. Glue the tree to the inside of the jar lid, and leave to dry. Next, fill the jar a little less than a third of the way up with sugar or salt and then screw the lid on the jar. Flip over and watch the “snow” dust your little tree.
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Make Over-Sized Confetti
Confetti is great while its being gleefully tossed in the air, but cleaning up the bits and pieces can be a total pain. Instead, make large confetti using colourful construction paper. Draw circles using a cup as your guide, cut them out, and tape them all over the wall or tape them to thread and hang them from the ceiling for an instant New Year’s Eve party feel (with a lot less clean up on New Year’s day).
Create Your Own Ball Drop
Take a square of sparkly gold or silver cellophane wrapping paper, thread a string through the centre, and then fill it with as many balloons as you can blow up. Then, affix the balloon-filled square to your ceiling fan. At the end of your countdown, pull the thread and ring in the New Year under an avalanche of balloons. Alternatively, purchase a slew of helium balloons and filling your entire party area with gold, white, and silver balloons. The hanging ribbons will give the space a funky flapper-vibe.
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New Year’s Eve Mood Lighting
Take your Christmas or Diwali lights and stuff them into glass bottles and vases, ideally in dark shades, then switch off the lights for instant party ambiance.
Paper Snowflakes
It’s a classic that we all grew up with, folding and cutting “snowflakes” out of paper. Bring back the tradition and fancy-it-up by using coloured paper, wrapping paper, or the addition of glitter. Display them by clipping them to ribbon hung across your windows or tape directly to the glass.
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Make a Snowman Bowl
Take a glass bowl and decorate it using shapes cut from coloured paper, felt, old fabric, or even tape. Use a triangular-shaped orange piece to make the carrot nose and black circles for the coal eyes and mouth. Fill him up with white candy as a playful centrepiece.
String Wall Tree
Forget the bulky green Christmas tree and opt for a minimalist version this year with a wall tree made of string. Simply use ribbon, yarn, or thin strips of fabric to create a tree shape on your wall. Use a non-damaging, stick-up temporary wall hook at the point of the tree and hook your ribbons overtop, securing them to the floor with tape. Cover the hook with a star and decorate the strings with circular ornaments made of paper, gift notes, or stickers. - [email protected]
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