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Tag Archives: Christmas decorations

Gingerbread People Ornaments

12 / 4 / 1412 / 1 / 18

Gingerbread People Ornaments | Mama Papa Bubba

One of my very favourite things about the holidays is making all kinds of fun homemade ornaments with Miss G.  I just love it.  We gather up our materials, put on some music, chat while we create side-by-side, and in the end, we’ve got at least a couple of new colourful and quirky ornaments to add to our colourful and quirky Christmas tree.  

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Cranberry Popcorn Garland for the Birds

12 / 4 / 131 / 6 / 14

Cranberry Popcorn Garland  for the birds | Mama Papa Bubba

When I spotted fresh cranberries at our local grocery store here in Kuwait, I grabbed a bag immediately, knowing just how we’d put them to good use.  Cranberry popcorn garlands are just one of those things – a craft so classic that it’s a shame to not try at least once.   

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Puzzle Piece Wreath Ornament

12 / 16 / 1212 / 19 / 12

Puzzle Piece Wreath OrnamentNot too long ago, Miss G ‘s advent calendar pouch included jigsaw puzzle pieces and the instructions required to make a snowflake ornament.  Gracen really enjoyed the project and loves her sparkly snowflake hanging on the tree, so she was excited to find more puzzle pieces and a note saying that they could be used to make a wreath ornament today.

IMG 3586This time, we started with an ‘O’ shaped cardboard base.  Gracen glued her puzzle pieces (this time using just regular white glue) onto the cardboard doughnut, overlapping them as she went along.

IMG 3589When the ‘O’ was covered to her liking, we set it aside to dry for a while.

IMG 3592Later in the day, she came back and painted the puzzle piece wreath all green.  She quickly discovered that dabbing the paint on gave much better coverage than brushing it on, so she went with that method.

IMG 3599When she was done painting, we let the wreath dry again.

IMG 3601Next came the really fun part – decorations!  She chose magenta sequins as holly berries, but you could easily use buttons, mini pompoms, foam circles, or dot stickers too.  Just add some dots of glue to the wreath and pop your decorations on.

IMG 3697The last step was adding a little ribbon bow I’d quickly made for her… Regular white glue worked just fine for this job too.

Later on in the evening, once the frontside was dry, I flipped it over and added a ribbon loop using my glue gun (I had it out already – you could just as easily use white glue or craft glue) and the pretty little ornament was ready for hanging.

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Christmas Nature Wreath

12 / 11 / 1212 / 11 / 12

Christmas Nature WreathFor the last few days, Gracen’s been working on these sweet little nature wreaths at her creative table.

IMG 3425It started out as a very simple painting station with a few cardboard o’s and some paint in different shades of green.

IMG 3433When the paint was dry, I added a few other things into the mix…  Glue, mini pinecones, bits of evergreen tree, and dried out red berries from her autumn nature shelf.

IMG 3435Though this creative table set-up didn’t take off quite like the paper christmas tree one did, it’s been something that she’s come back to each day.  She’ll spend a little bit of time adding to one of her wreaths, move onto something else, and come back another time.

IMG 3437IMG 3439This morning, after walking past the wreath on our door, she asked if she could have some bows for her wreaths, so I brought out my glue gun, cut up some ribbon, and added a few to the table.

IMG 3441After adding her bow, she put on the finishing touches…

IMG 3454And voila!  A beautiful little Christmas wreath made of things {mostly} found outdoors.

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Puzzle Piece Snowflake Ornament

12 / 5 / 1212 / 7 / 12

Puzzle Piece Snowflake OrnamentToday, Gracen’s advent calendar pouch included a handful of jigsaw puzzle pieces (from Urban Source) and a handwritten note telling her that they could be used to make a snowflake ornament (I originally found the idea here). She of course was ready to begin the project the very instant she opened it.

IMG 3261While puzzle pieces are the main material, a few other things are needed to make this pretty little ornament… Glue of some sort (craft glue or hot glue would probably work best), some white crafter’s acrylic and a paintbrush, a scrap of cardboard or card stock cut into a circle, a small piece of ribbon or string to hang the ornament from, and some glitter (completely optional, but not in Miss G’s opinion).

IMG 3262To get started, glued 3 puzzle pieces onto our cardboard circle, evenly spaced like this.

IMG 3269During the process, we quickly realized that pieces shaped similarly to this one were going to work the best, so we dug those out and put the others aside.

IMG 3264Next, we added 3 more puzzle pieces.  We tried to place them on top of the original 3 as the instructions say to do, but when it didn’t work out very well for us, we slid the original 3 out closer to the edges, and added the next 3 onto the edges of the cardboard circle too.  It worked out perfectly and was much easier for Gracen to do.

IMG 3271When our snowflake was completely dry about an hour later, Gracen gave it a good once over with white paint.

IMG 3272While the paint was still wet, she did the job I think she looks forward to most when crafting…. She sprinkled on a very generous amount of sparkles over the entire thing.

IMG 3283Later in the evening when her snowflake was dry, I hot glued a little loop of ribbon onto the back, and voila – a new handmade ornament to add to our tree.

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…

12 / 1 / 1212 / 6 / 12

It’s officially December and we’ve started preparing for the holidays.  Here are a few snapshots from our our house today…

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