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Simple Christmas Crafts For All The Family

November 30, 2016 by Alice 1 Comment

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Christmas decorations - traditional DIY homemade Christmas decorations for the home to make yourself and with kids. A wide range of vintage and Scandinavian inspired Christmas decoration crafts and ideas including Christmas card trees, Christmas cards plus Advent Calendars Christmas gift wrap and Christmas gift tags. All made with wash tape #christmas #christmascrafts #christmasdecorations #christmasideas

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Every year, as the nights draw in, I look forward to lovely slow weekends in November and December making Christmas decorations.

We’ve have had so much pleasure from making simple stuff from pine cones, twigs and ribbons.

But so often life just gets in the way, doesn’t it?

All the relentless day to day stuff that still has to get done.

Never mind the hurly burly of Christmas.

And I have to confess – when everything gets hectic – any crafting skills, I might have, go out the window and I discover those supposedly simple Christmas decorations I found on Pinterest are anything but simple!

And there’s not a chance of my 7 year old helping out with them.

Which was the big idea in the first place.

But over the years I have discovered one totally reliable trick for making genuinely simple Christmas decorations that kids can help with – or even do themselves!

And that trick is washi tape!

With a small collection of washi tape – and it honestly doesn’t have to be fancy stuff, my stash certainly isn’t – you can whip up all sorts of simple homemade Christmas decorations.

Even if you feel like you’ve got no time.

Or budget.

Or you’re not a bit crafty!

These are just a few of my faves …

Advent Calendars

These Advent Calendar treat bags from The Fox and Star are incredibly simple but look fab jazzed up with bits of washi tape to hold them fast and decorate the pegs.

Advent Calendar - an easy DIY paper Christmas Advent Calendar that is awesome for kids from toddlers to teens and for adults. Super simple to make at home you decide what to put in the pockets as fillers - could be home made fun treats or kindness activities #adventcalender #christmas #christmasideas #christmascrafts #christmaskids

And although, this Advent Calendar from lovely Italian blog Pink Frilly looks a bit complicated – it’s still pretty straightforward with all the decoration of the little paper houses done with washi tape.

Advent Calendar - an awesome homemade Advent Calendar idea for kids. Easy to make from paper and washi tape you can put tiny fun treats and gifts in the paper houses as fillers or if you prefer small kindness activities for the whole family #adventcalender #christmas #christmasideas #christmascrafts #christmaskids #kindness

Christmas Card Tree

The next challenge after the Advent Calendar is always how to hang the cards.

This washi tape Christmas tree from Thyme is Honey really stands out but again is super simple …

Christmas card display idea - simple DIY washi tape tree to stick on a wall or on a door to display Christmas cards. A great homemade Christmas card display idea that is easy to make and will take up less space than a traditional Christmas card holder

Christmas Trees

And Deco Peques has a similar beautifully simple idea for a Christmas tree on a wall, but minus the cards …

Christmas tree decoration - this simple homemade idea for a Scandinavian style DIY Christmas wall decoration combines both traditional and modern themes and in white, silver and gold is both elegant and adorable for kids and uses nothing more than washi tape and homemade christmas bunting #christmas #christmasdecoration #christmastrees #homemadechristmas #washitape #simpleChristmas #Scandinavian #christmasideas

Christmas Tea Lights

This lovely idea from Ghirlandia di Popcorn of brightening up basic tea lights with some Christmas washi tape, is another fabulously simple but effective idea …

Christmas Light  - these Christmas tea lights are an easy homemade Christmas decoration you can make with kids using nothing more than washi tape #christmas #christmaslights #christmasdecorations #washitape #homemade #homemadechristmas

Christmas Wall Collage

As is this beautiful Christmas wall collage from Erin Boyle of the lovely Reading My Tea Leaves blog writing for Remodelista …

Christmas decoration - a simple homemade Scandinavian style Christmas display with traditional fir and silver and gold washi tape for a modern twist #christmasdecoration #simplechristmas #washitape #Christmasideas #Scandinavian #christmasstyle

Christmas Bunting

And this washi tape flag bunting from Nadine at Dreierlei Liebelei is again simple enough for 6 or 7 year olds and up to look at and make for themselves …

Homemade Christmas Bunting Idea - adorable DIY Christmas bunting made with paper and washi tape that would be perfect for a Scandinavian or shabby chic style Christmas decoration theme and easy to make at home with kids #christmasideas #christmas #bunting #washitape #christmascrafts #christmasdecorations

Christmas Gift Wrap

If you’re looking for beautiful simple Christmas decorations, it doesn’t get simpler than this Christmas gift wrap.

I totally love these ideas from Pink Frilly …

Christmas Gift Wrap Ideas - simple elegant DIY Christmas gift wrap with brown paper, gold and white washi tape and for a vintage twist yarn bows #christmas #giftwrap #christmasgiftwrap #simplechristmas #washitape #brownpaper #yarn #christmascrafts

… Fox and Star …

Christmas Gift wrap - vintage style Christmas gift wrap with white paper, red and pink floral washi tape and a simple yarn bow. A beautifully elegant idea for wrapping a small Christmas gift #giftwrap #christmas #christmasgiftwrap #simpleChristmas #vintagechristmas #washitape #yarn

… and from Molly at Almost Makes Perfect …

Simple elegant DIY Christmas gift wrap idea with gold washi tape Christmas trees on white paper #christmas #christmasgiftwrap #giftwrap #gold #washitape

Or if you’ve got the time and wanted something fancier try this idea from Tabula Rosi …

Awesome DIY Christmas gift wrap homemade with brown paper and pink and red washi tape #christmas #christamasgiftwrap #christmascrafts #brownpaper #washitape #christmasideas

Christmas Gift Tags

And to go with your Christmas gift wrap, how about these beautiful simple Christmas gift tags which are totally simple enough for children to help with …

Easy handmade Christmas gift tags - these simple homemade Christmas gift tags look elegant but are a super cute idea to make with kids using nothing more than washi tape #christmas #christmasgiftwrap #gifttags #giftwrap #christmasideas #christmaskids #simplechristmas

(I can’t find the original source for the gift tags but they’re pretty self explanatory.)

Christmas Ornaments

Children could also make these washi tape Christmas ornaments from Creative Craft Love …

Washi tape Christmas decorations

Christmas Gifts Kids Can Make

And with very little help could make as gifts these super simple little vases or pencil holders from washi tape and empty cans …

Washi tape Christmas gifts

Christmas Cards

These simple Christmas cards from Bines Brandle are one of our fall backs every year …

Washi tape Christmas card

So there you go, loads of simple ideas for making Christmas decorations with washi tape.

If you’re looking for more simple Christmas ideas do check out my other posts …

Christmas decorations - traditional DIY homemade Christmas decorations for the home to make yourself and with kids. A wide range of vintage and Scandinavian inspired Christmas decoration crafts and ideas including Christmas card trees, Christmas cards plus Advent Calendars Christmas gift wrap and Christmas gift tags. All made with wash tape #christmas #christmascrafts #christmasdecorations #christmasideas #washitape #scandinavian #christmas #adventcalendar
Christmas decorations - traditional DIY homemade Christmas decorations for the home to make yourself and with kids. A wide range of vintage and Scandinavian inspired Christmas decoration crafts and ideas including Christmas card trees, Christmas cards plus Advent Calendars Christmas gift wrap and Christmas gift tags. All made with wash tape #christmas #christmascrafts #christmasdecorations #christmasideas
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