Update: PDF for Christmas candle wraps

I have created a PDF to make these Christmas candle wraps.

You can access the PDF at the bottom of the original post.

Craft: Christmas Decoration

A Christmas Craft.

I wanted to make a simple decoration to set on the table for the holiday brunch and Christmas dinner that we are hosting.

A PDF with the red and green patterns can be found at the bottom of this post.

I had a bunch of battery-operated tea lights so I decided to put them to use and this is what I made.

Here you can see the difference with one light off and one on. The battery-operated tea lights that I used flicker and it looked really neat.

A few close ups.

 I made the paper designs in publisher. In a landscape document I split the page into three sections. After finding various images (Santa, stocking, Christmas lights, a tree and an ornament) and repeated the image across the document in each section. I also created lines in red and green and used different line settings. Explaining things in words is not my forte so maybe this picture will help. :-)

I was able to make six candle covers per page. I cut along the light gray lines and then cut each strip in half.

I trimmed down the paper as I taped it around the candle. To get the paper around the candle I just rolled the paper around the candle and taped the edges on the inside.

It only took tape and two pieces of paper - a very cheap decoration since I already had the tea lights.

They were a hit at our holiday brunch. :-)

Supplies: Paper, battery operated tea-lights, tape, scissors/paper cutter

Cost: $0 (I already had all of the supplies)

Updated 1.12.2010
You can download a PDF for these candle wraps!

Candle Wraps 1  
Candle Wraps 2

More Christmas Decorations!

Christmas lights. We had fun putting lights up the weekend after Thanksgiving. I love that you can see the red and green felt ornaments in the window. You can't tell from the picture but along the sidewalk we have light up snowflakes.

Christmas tree. We normally have a mix of random ornaments but we decided this year to just use our red and silver ornaments.

Christmas tree. A close up of our tree. I love the red glittery snowflakes.

Living room. Ignore the chairs at the bottom, we had to set up a table for 10 in our living room for a family brunch. I  hung foam snowflakes on the wall around the room. This is definitely our most decorated room. :-)

Snowflake. A closeup of one of the snowflakes from the living room.

Decorations. Here are some of the decorations on our end tables. I just found the clear glass container at a thrift store for 39 cents - only 39 cents! I was so excited about it and wanted to use it right away so I put the little gnome man inside of it.

Christmas Cards. I wanted to display out Christmas cards so I took white ribbon I had in my craft supplies and put in on our cupboard doors in the kitchen. I used coloured paper clips to hang the cards. I think it turned out great.

Gingerbread Casa. Each year we make a gingerbread house with N's family. This year ours features pac-man in the front yard.

¡Feliz Navidad!

Christmas Decorations!

Christmas is my all time favourite holiday and I love decorating for it! I was excited to decorate our casa this year.

Here are the decorations in our living room - it usually has red and blue accents but for Christmas I just took out the blue accents and added green.

I bought red and green ornaments at the dollar store and put them in an extra vase that we had. The red vase was already in the room and I removed the blue vases that had been on the table and put a green vase on it.

 I bought the green and red tea light candle holders at Target for $1 - there are usually red and blue candle holders. The nativity set is a set that my godparents bought for me - they get me a new piece each year.

We don't have a fireplace so we bough a stocking holder - we purchased this one. I bought the big felt ornaments at the dollar store. I also bought four little ornaments that we put in the corners of the small windows but I put them up after taking this photo.

I put felt ornaments in the upstairs dormer window and the front bedroom window as well. They look really nice from the outside and can even be seen behind the closed curtain in the living room.

I'll end my post with some Christmas cookies!