DIY Paper Christmas Decorations: Your Secret For Success!
At Create and Craft we just LOVE Christmas – because it’s the craftiest time of the year! With cards to be sent, decorations to be hung, and gifts to be given, every day is an opportunity to get creative and craft something original for the festive period. And if you’re a papercrafter, then we think you’ll love this fantastic honeycomb tissue paper, because it makes creating DIY Paper Christmas Decorations so easy! Check out our step-by-step tutorial below, and discover how to create eye-catching snowballs, baubles, and other festive shapes with ease, to add to the tree, table centrepieces, and more!
You Will Need:
- Honeycomb paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Double-sided tape
- Thread to hang (optional)
How to Make DIY Paper Christmas Decorations:
Step 1:
When creating a bauble shape using your honeycomb paper, remember that the lines on the paper should be horizontal as you work. Begine by creating a semi-circle template (if you wish to create a spherical bauble) and draw around this.
Step 2:
If you are creating a bauble or snowball with a diameter greater than 7cm, cut out this shape twice from your honeycomb tissue paper.
Step 3:
Once fully cut-out, carefully unfold your shape by gentle pulling from either end of the layered honeycomb sheet.
Step 4:
Next, add lines of double-sided tape onto one of your semi-circles of honeycomb paper. These lines must overlap the straight edge of the semi circle as shown – you can use the straight lines in the paper to help guide your application!
Step 5:
Now, place your two semi-circles beside one another to form an entire circle. Turn the circle over, and add double sided tape in exactly the same way as you did before.
Step 6:
Now, remove the top protective layer of the double sided tape, and fold the circle over to complete your sphere!
Step 7:
That’s your first decoration complete… but don’t let it be your last! There’s a whole variety of gorgeous DIY Paper Christmas Decorations you can create using this fantastic honeycomb paper – the only limit is your imagination!
Want to see more of our Christmas projects, tutorials and articles? Check out all our festive crafty ideas right here on the Create and Craft blog!
