Make Your Own Christmas Decorations
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a load of over the top decorations littering the place and making it look a lot like ... well ... a lot like Christmas.
Only you can say whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing ... Bah! Humbug!
Of course, everybody’s idea of what Christmas decorations should look like is different. Some like sober colour schemes that bring a bit of class to the proceedings.
Others just go over the top, mixing colour up, lots of flashing light, tinsel everywhere and even, heavens preserve us, lametta (those cheap looking strings of tinsel that get thrown on the Christmas Tree as a last touch that just makes it all look sort of American). Not that I am trying to say there is a right or wrong way to do things.
If you want to over egg the Christmas Decoration pudding, who am I to stand in your way.
Did I mention humbugs?
A Potted History of Christmas Decorations
Like Christmas itself, Christmas decorations predate the Christian era. When people were all pagans and proud of it, they decorated their homes for a winter festival of some kind. Whether Viking, Saxon, Roman or Celt, they would go a little mad at this time of the year, putting down their war axes and swords, loom weights and carding paddles, then wracking their brains for new and innovative ways to make the home look seasonal.
Back in the day, it was probably just a matter of bringing in as much evergreen plant material as possible and sticking it over the doors, presumably because it still contained the ‘life force’ when everything else had sort of died off.
These days, thanks to modern technology and a crazy consumer economy that will give us whatever we want, whenever we want it at the click of a PAYNOW button on a website, we can really go over the top ... and that is exactly what most people seem to do.
A Brief History Of The Christmas Ornament
Make Your Own Decorations
Of course, it is in the nature of things that although you might derive some pleasure from clicking on a website, waiting a bit and then getting a really nice-looking bauble, or a wreath or a string of tinsel, it is nothing compared will the sense of achievement you will get from making your own.
You don’t believe me?
Well, why not have a go.
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Christmas Decoration Workshops
Craft Fair Contemporary
Nottingham Contemporary
3rd - 5th Dec
We are delighted to return this year with our popular event, Craft Fair Contemporary.
Featuring 40 designers and makers over our festive weekend, from local independents to makers from around the UK. There will be a wide selection of items for sale to help make Christmas shopping a joy this year!
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Winter wreath making workshop
Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens
4th Dec
Join us for a creative afternoon to make your own festive wreath using a range of seasonal hedgerow plants. All resources, equipment, hot drinks and snacks provided. £20 per place or £7 concessions.
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Wreath Making - Fresh & Foraged Flowers
At Debbie Bryan
5th Dec
Enjoy your creativity alongside a chilled Buck’s Fizz on arrival, tea, coffee and Welbeck Bakery breakfast pastry with fresh fruit.
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Willow Weaving Christmas Decorations
Workshop
Idlewells Shopping Centre
8th Dec
Make something special this Christmas with willow.
In these two hour sessions you’ll learn to shape, weave, and complete a festive ornament or two to take home in time for Christmas.
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Christmas Wreath Making
Malt Cross, Nottingham
8th Dec
Create your own personalised Christmas wreath, with our special hands-on festive workshop.
Discover how to select, cut, prepare and assemble a selection of dried and preserved flowers to create a traditional wreath with a contemporary twist.
With the expert guidance of a trained florist, you’ll produce your very own timeless preserved Christmas wreath to take home.
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Christmas Candle Making & Glass Painting Workshop
Debbie Bryan
9th Dec
Ever wanted to try your hand at making your own Christmas candle? Book your place on this 2 hour workshop for a relaxing time of festive creativity, cocktails and cake.
Cosy fragrances of winter honeysuckle, elderflower and Christmas spice, teamed with colour choices of cool vanilla or cherry red.
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Social Collage Club Workshop
Idlewells Shopping Centre
17th Dec
Let your imagination go wild with this contemporary take on classic collage.
Rip, stick, and tape to make an extraordinary picture; or get in the festive spirit and make a Christmas card!
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Families Online Making Workshop
Paper Creations
online
21st Dec
Join graphic designer Bethan Durie for this one-hour online workshop and make your very own paper creation. Let your creativity take over as you craft something beautiful for the whole family to enjoy.
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