The tasks this past weekend were to finish up some gifts for Nana & Grandma, and complete some final pieces of decor.

Now, Lilly got a little sidetracked when she spotted this giant wall butterfly in the craft supplies. It is a craft I have been meaning to get to for her bedroom. I figured it was a good one to keep her busy while I worked on something that involved hot glue.

What I worked on in the meantime, was a pretty little DIY ribbon Christmas tree specifically for Lilly to decorate her room. I love how it turned out.

To see the results of all of our Christmas crafting, check out the Pinterest House Project: Christmas Edition.

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I decided to highlight some of the Christmas crafts I did as a special edition of the Pinterest House Project, since this fits the same theme as the rest of the series; bigger house, lots of space for decor, so many ideas on Pinterest!

I want to start with my favourite project. When I spotted this light-up Christmas canvas on Pinterest, I knew I had to make it. First off, it’s beautiful. Secondly, this is my all time favourite Christmas song. This craft was meant for me

I love the way it looks on my mantel. It’s the star attraction!

Once I realized how easy it is to write on a canvas (I used paint pens, by the way. So easy!) I went hunting for some other canvas ideas. That is when I spotted this very cute and simple Believe DIY canvas.

Next up was some plain old painted foam Christmas trees. I found so many beautiful DIY Christmas trees on Pinterest, but didn’t have time to make them all. This was a super easy craft that Lilly and I were able to do together. She did the first coat of paint on each one. I followed up with second coat and sparkles. That was it! Easiest craft of the season.

The next craft was also fairly easy, if you like to paint. I loved the idea of a mobile of clear, painted Christmas balls, hanging in front of a bright window. It took me a bit to find the clear ornaments, but finally spotted them at Walmart in packs of 4. I loved how this turned out. So pretty!

I had bought packages of styrofoam balls last year, with the intent that we would make some Christmas ornaments with them. Being a sewer who hoards fabric…these easy fabric covered Christmas balls seemed perfect. Lilly helped out again with this one. it was as simple as cut, wrap and tie.

We did a whole garland, highlighting these fabric Christmas ornaments from the main entrance way of the house.

I wanted to do a few crafts that were specifically on the cuter side for Lilly. This adorable DIY snowman scene was actually not an idea from Pinterest. This one came from my own flowing creative juices! You can read the full tutorial here.

I also wanted to make something that Lilly could keep in her room. My mom always had some decorations on hand for us to add a festive touch to our rooms. That is a tradition that I would like to pass on. I saw this DIY ribbon Christmas tree making the rounds on Pinterest last year and LOVED it. So very pretty! Given all of the crafts I have been doing for Lilly’s bedroom, I had a lot of ribbon on hand that would match her decor. Many of the tutorials online call for just pinning the ribbon or paper in place. I decided to use hot glue. It took a little longer, but I also feel it will last.

The last craft we pulled together was a DIY advent calendar. This is the first year we have had an advent calendar for Lilly at all. She is starting to understand time and old enough to really enjoy the countdown. With her Celiacs Disease, I always figured an advent calendar would be one of those things we make. I just never know if the chocolate in the store bought ones is truly gluten free. This is the one craft I made the hubby help out with. We used our existing weekly menu chalk/cork board. Lilly so was excited the first morning she saw it!

The last photo shows another idea I got from Pinterest, but it really wasn’t a craft at all. Like most homes, we have a ton of empty vases kicking around at any given time. I loved the idea of filling them with Christmas ornaments for a very quick and easy piece of festive decor. I’ll be doing a bit more of these for the dining room table before family dinner…since right now it is 95% covered in crafting supplies…

Now, while it looks like I got to a lot of crafts this year, we still didn’t even touch doing anything festive for the basement… I will be on maternity leave through most of the holiday season next year and will ideally get even more accomplished! *Crosses fingers for a good sleeper*

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Tis the season! Last year for the holidays, I had a lengthy list of DIY projects…that I never got to. We had just moved into our new home at the beginning of November and I underestimated how much work it is to move and settle a family. This year I have decided to start on my festive projects early. I started with this super easy DIY Christmas card wreath.

I found these large snowflake decorations at Walmart last year for only $3.49 each. Add to that some small clothes pins, glue & paint, and you have yourself a very fast and adorable way to display all the Christmas cards from your friends and family.

What you need:

• Snowflake or circular wall decoration
• 1 package of small clothes pins, found at craft stores
• Hot glue gun
• Paint, anything metallic will look festive
• Small paint brush

Instructions:

1. Glue craft clothes pins onto all sides except the top of your wreath
2. Paint the wood pins a festive colour
3. Let dry
4. That’s it!

The painting of the pins is optional. They can be seen peaking out form behind the wreath when they are not holding a card, so I thought a splash of silver helped blend them into the finished look.

After thought – You could speed this up a bit by pinning the clothes pins onto a piece of cardboard and spray painting them. I did that when I made my DIY Instagram photo frame for my study. Although then you have some wait time, so it boils down to how quickly you want to have this completed.

When all said and done, I was able to create 3 cute and festive looking Christmas card wreaths for under $15. That’s about half of what you would likely pay for one purchased at a home decor store.

This has to be one of the easiest crafts that I have ever done. Naturally, I did have help. Lilly was responsible for guarding and handing me each pin as I glued them on. She also has requested the job of adding new cards when they come in.

Ideally speaking, all of my Christmas DIY projects will be this easy…but I’m guessing that won’t be the case

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