Christmas: decoration throughout the house
Idea 1: Window decoration Blooming view! Here, ivy-inflorescences were wrapped with flower-wire in a magnificent garland and hung on the window. This is a great way to show off balls and stars at Christmas. Decoration from nature is not only beautiful, but also makes Christmas mood.
Idea 2: Be my star Your loved ones are allowed to fly high. Because the stars cut out of cardboard were glued together with beautiful pictures and photos of family members. If you want, you can decorate the edge with glitter pens.
Idea 3: Christmas in bonsai formatThere's no easier way to decorate a candle in a tree, plus two little fawns - this idea also pleases Christmas muffles. Tip: wrap a flower pot with aluminum foil.
Idea 4: fairytale uncle Do not leave the talking just to the pastor. Our top 3 of the Christmas read-aloud stories: For romantics "The Gift of the Wise" by O. Henry; for children "Pelle moves out" by Astrid Lindgren; for the whole family "Not only at Christmas" by Heinrich Böll.
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Idea 5: Snow falling on firs A tree covered with hoarfrost and snow makes you want mulled wine and a winter walk. Environmentally friendly spray snow from starch and snowflakes from wheat semolina are available in the craft supplies.
Idea 6: Taking root After successfully straightening your tree, you should crawl underneath one last time and cover the Christmas tree stand with moss. Your tree will look like it has grown together with the ground.
Idea 7: external effect Some packaging is just too beautiful to last only one evening. Pile empty cardboard boxes into double-sided wrapping paper and stack gift mountains - as decoration.
Idea 8: Bead lettering Packaging becomes much more personal if you decorate it with a first letter. To do this, thread small beads from the craft shop onto a wire, bend to the desired letter and hang on the gift.
Idea 9: Snowball fight If we wait in vain this year for snow again, we make ourselves the snowballs themselves: Styrofoam balls provided with hangers, spray with spray adhesive and roll in artificial snow. Everything from Rayher in craft supplies.
Idea 10: Ideal fir For traditionalists, whose tree is to carry heavy jewelry and real candles, the blue spruce is suitable. Her branches are strong and grow floor-shaped, and she also smells wonderful. However, their needles prick a lot. Families with children prefer the softer Nordmann fir. Although this is more expensive, but she was often trimmed in her youth already in the perfect A-shape and meets the ideal of the perfect Christmas tree. Tip: Protect the environment and buy a tree from the region (seal of origin).
Idea 11: Simplify your tree Oversized snow crystal pendants sparkle in the candlelight. The crystals are composed of pearls. From 6,60 Euro, House Doctor.
Idea 12: Freshness cure Put a tablespoon of sugar in the water from the tree stand, and the fir will last until well after New Year's Eve.
Idea 13: German cultural property German shepherd, deer and garden gnome - on 66 meters of tape they are all united. 9,95 Euro, Donkey Products.
Idea 14: To dig An hour of dredging turns men into real guys. From 99 Euro, www.jochen-schweizer.de.
Idea 15: To practice This book will be his Bible: "One Man, One Book" - how to land a Boeing 747, being a commissioner, accompanying a birth, and even more useful knowledge. 19.90 euro, Süddeutsche Zeitung library.
Idea 16: Knot scarf Homemade, without knitting! This chubby warm scarf made of thick wool is only genknotet - and is a great gift. For guidance
Idea 17: Crafting Event Why work alone, glue and pack? Invite friends to work together. This is more fun, and cheaper it is: each brings with them after consultation materials that are then shared.
Idea 18: Family reunion Picnic in winter? Properly dressed makes a lot of fun. To warm up a fire basket is taken - the lower part of a grill or other refractory container with coal. A punch in thermoses, finger food, Christmas cookies, thermal blankets and lots of good mood make the trip under the clear winter sky an unforgettable experience.
Idea 19: Masterful mint muffins It does not always have to be studs, and these tender green muffins are a feast for the eyes. Its pretty color comes from the mint liqueur, which is mixed with icing sugar to the shining cast hood. To the recipe
Idea 20: Glade Actually, the Christmas tree candles have their radiant appearance only on Christmas Eve.However, if you do not want to wait that long, cut a branch - here from a gnarled magnolia - so that he can lie safely. Attach clips with candles and be happy.
Idea 21: Perspective and Insight Instead of a name tag you can mark your gifts with the photo of the recipient in a transparent Christmas ball from the craft supplies. In it, even small gifts can hide.
Idea 22: For the Tuscany Group Do you know someone who would like to move to the South? Give a good reason to go to Italy twice a year: an olive tree sponsorship. Nobody has to pick and cut them himself, but watching on the estate of Luigi Perrini in Vinci near Florence is definitely welcome. Sponsorship for one year and 1.5 liters of the finest olive oil from "your" tree for € 69.90, www.mondland.de.
Idea 23: confetti intoxication What a surprise! Who opens these packages, is in confetti rain. A great fun for gifted and hobbyists. Because kids love confetti making with the punch. To do so, wrap the present in colored paper, lay out a layer of tissue paper, sprinkle confetti on it, wrap the gift in the tissue paper. Decorate with a bow at the end.
Idea 24: Christmas ladder Original alternative to the Christmas tree: set up the ladder and insert shelves as shelves. Gifts are presented, candles are lit and Christmas decorations are distributed.
Idea 25: Chain reaction Unusual Christmas chain made of wire stars and golden and green beads, 19 Euro, House Doctor.
Idea 26: rubber feet The walk is fun even in the December drizzle with these colorful, warm-lined rubber boots. Approximately 55.90 euros, Giesswein.
Idea 27: Great role This delicious straciatella biscuit roll looks like a snowy birch trunk. The best thing is: even untrained people can do it! For the decoration simply white chocolate is melted and poured thinly on a sheet of baking paper. Then let cool and break into pieces. Unfortunately, cutting cuts the great look - but your guests have come to dinner, not to look. To the recipe
Idea 28: Taps Simply stick small cones and star anise with hot glue on the gift ribbon. A printed poem glued to a card adds a poetic note.
Idea 29: Silently confessed Do not miss your very own moment of silence in all the hustle and bustle. Leave the living room for a short time during the holy evening and look out the window from the garden or balcony at your loved ones. for a big, warm feeling of happiness in the stomach.
Idea 30: The beautiful glow You can already recognize books and CDs before they are unpacked. It is all the more important that the packaging is lovingly designed. Tissue paper wrinkles nicely and should be folded generously, that looks nobler. Woven is not with banal Tesa, but with homemade glitter stripes. For this Tesafilm in glitter from the craft shop dive. Do not worry, the gluing works anyway. Also nice: take pretty old stamps instead of Tesa. There's the department store. Quick Tip: Label sticky labels with gold pencil.
Idea 31: Candlestick Instead of clamping the tree candles to the fir, decorate them with simple boxes and make them to noble decorative elements.
Idea 32: Storage Roller Christmas Eve is overloaded with exaggerated Harmony Expectation. The magic word is: leave space. Adult children may go out after the banquet; At noon, everyone can do what they want for two hours; and the daughter does not have to put on the scratchy tights if she is happier in soft corduroy pants.
Idea 33: Ice Bomb Bark chocolate, winter berries and pistachios are hidden in this cassata. If there are no children, you can also mix in fruit water. To the recipe
Idea 34: Snowflake Dance The hit - make snow globes yourself! White Christmas is guaranteed. To do this, glue plastic figures in small glasses, fill with glitter and water with a drop of detergent. Pre-paint cover.
Idea 35: Letter secrets In times of e-mail and SMS, a real letter is like a mysterious sign from another world. Lotte and Jan send your child a letter full of stories and game ideas every 14 days. Six months letter subscription for children from 5 to 10 years, 42.50 euros, annual subscription 79 euros, www.lotteundjan.de.
Idea 36: Bottle Coronation Taking a bottle of wine with you to an invitation - always a good idea. The gift is crowned to the host with a pretty wreath around the neck of the bottle. All you need is a few twigs and flower wire to wrap around. We took rosemary and privet here. Fir and berries are also great.
Idea 37: To me or to you? Holiday mood often ends in highway frustration between mother-in-law and one's own parents. But Christmas is also your party! Announce in time and without discussion, to visit his parents on the 4th Advent and your parents on the 2nd Christmas Day. Next year, you will do it the other way around.
Idea 38: Chocolate dream 28 guests can eat their fill of this cake artwork! The impressive coating of chocolate requires a lot of skill, if necessary, you can just run the couverture from above the cake. Enjoy each piece - this cake is a sin ... To the recipe
Idea 39: Top performance Send beautiful floral greetings - with these fragrant homemade cake-topped cards and carded-out photo carton. For the left card individual motifs were cut out of cake lace and glued as flowers on a card. They were supplemented by stems, which are cut out of colored paper and glued on. For the right card, a motif was first painted on a thin piece of paper or printed. This paper is placed on the cardboard. Place both on a felt pad and puncture the motif with a needle at regular intervals.
Idea 40: hemp confectionery The intoxicating thing about it is the taste of the crispy Knabberhanfes (about hemp nature) in it. And the noise gold on it ... To the recipe
Idea 41: Hidden message Anyone who nibbles a sweetmeat, discovered on the chocolates paper (department store) written words that make a sweet sentence. Simply write with gold pen on the paper bottom.
Idea 42: Running Dinner "Food and walking", this idea can be summarized for a Sunday of Advent. And this is how it could be: The appetizer is available, for example. with grandma and grandpa. After that the whole family wanders to the next station - to you? - to enjoy the main course. Dessert is then, after the next walk, with the aunt.
Idea 43: Food for the Table Advent calendar to make yourself. Simply box numbers (craft supplies) or even numbers cut from cardboard with cloth remnants (this is also suitable for decoupage technology). Stick a magnet (craft supplies) on the back of the numbers. Paint fields on a magnetic board (such as Ikea) and pin small presents with the magnets.
Idea 44: Greetings and kiss Omi certainly never got such a heartfelt Christmas card. The fun starts even before the first shot. There are four hearts cut out of cardboard with the little ones and each provided with a word in black edged gold script. Stick the hearts on a wooden stick. Keep message in the camera, quite friendly, flash, print photo - and off to the post office.
Idea 45: Nest heat A roebuck family salvaged between branches and artificial snow - that's how easy family happiness is. Figures eg from Schleich.
Idea 46: Food break The magic of a nocturnal forest is indescribable. Even toddlers are very quiet. A dim light walk to a deer enclosure is the perfect program for one of the Christmas holidays. If you wait patiently, you may be able to feed some deer.
Idea 47: In the bucket A few branches from the garden in a sand-filled enamel bucket with the right decoration for a slim tree replacement. Tip: keep the sand moist and cover with moss.
Idea 48: Nesting With a bit of wire, moss pieces can be formed into small branch fork nests. Petite birds make the look perfect. Twelve Birds, 58 Euro, Overbeck and Friends.
Idea 49: Box memory Fill small items in two matchboxes each. For example, pine needles, raisins or rice grains. Matching couples must be determined by shaking. Shortens the waiting time before the mess.
Idea 50: One Minute Finger Yoga At the top: hold the flower mudra for a minute: bring in the middle. Top left: No desire for anyone? Ring finger and thumb merge increases the contact ability. Top right: SOS Mudra: index finger under the thumb gives serenity. Bottom left: Breathe deeply for more power and bring the ring and little finger to the thumb. Bottom right: meditate with the Gabenmudra, that you get something back for every present - a feeling of happiness, for example.
Instructions for the knot scarf
Approximately 3 meters long and 17 inches wide
You need this: Langyarns "Andina" (100% baby alpaka wool, length about 50m / 100 g), 300-400 g in gray (color No. 0024)
That's how it works:
Cut 28 threads with a length of 5.5 meters each.
Lay the threads in 4 bundles of 7 threads parallel on the floor.
The scarf is started in the middle (at 2.75 meters). First connect the left two and the right two bundles of fibers with double knots, then join the two middle bundles of fibers together, then the two left and two right, and so on. The distance between the knots is 6 to 7 centimeters.
Make so many knots until a fringe length of about 30 cm remains. Now tie again from the middle to the other end of the scarf.
If a thread is too short, a new thread can easily be added. Simply cut two short ends of the thread after the knot of the double knot and use a thick needle to draw a new thread through the double knot.
Instructions for hemp confectionery
You need this: 300g semi-bitter chocolate, 2-3 tbsp nibbler hemp, 200g whipped cream, 1 tbsp butter, 1-2 tbsp hemp tea leaves (health food store), 3 tbsp cocoa powder, possibly gold leaf (e.g.Ambienti) to roll.
That's how it's done:
Finely chop the chocolate. Punch nibbles either in a mortar or finely chop on a board with a knife.
Bring the cream, butter and tea leaves to a boil, pour through a sieve and heat briefly. Remove from the heat, dissolve the pieces of chocolate with stirring and finally fold in 1 tbsp of pickled hemp.
Make the chocolate mixture firm. From the mass with the teaspoon form small cams. Sprinkle with the remaining Knabberhanf and dust with cocoa and possibly gold leaf.
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