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Deck the Walls with Christmas Wall Displays
Author : Johann Erickson
Creating festive Christmas wall displays is simple and fun. Here
are some great ideas that anyone can make with simple,
inexpensive items:
Christmas Art Gallery
Create your very own Christmas art gallery with simple,
inexpensive items. Use favorite holiday snapshots or the covers
from leftover Christmas cards as art. Use holiday themed fabric,
felt or heavy paper for matting. Frame your artwork in
inexpensive matching frames. Paint them in traditional holiday
colors, this season's hottest jewel tone colors, or neutrals
such as black, white, or gray, which are also hot this year.
Hang them in a row, a few inches apart, just above eye level.
You can also use the same idea for framing children's artwork.
Add a bow to each frame if desired. For a twist on this idea,
use different sizes and shapes of picture frames to create a
wall collage. This idea works great in the living room, the
hallway, or any space.
Gifts Galore
Wrap
several different sizes and shapes of thin boxes with Christmas
wrapping paper. Pretty foils in rich colors such as burgundy,
sapphire, or topaz will create an elegant effect. Decorate each
"gift" extravagantly with satin ribbon, bows, flowers, and other
stylish trinkets. Use monochromatic tones for subtle elegance or
embellish using colors with strong contrast to create more
drama. Hang the faux gifts in a geometric arrangement. This idea
will help you create elegant, three-dimensional wall displays
for the home or office.
Children's Rooms
Make whimsical three-dimensional wall displays for a children's
rooms. Select a medium sized piece of foam core in a bright
color and glue a small hat and a pair of mittens to it. Cut a
Styrofoam ball in half and glue it to the foam core to imitate
snowballs. You can also make a snowman wall display with small,
medium, and large Styrofoam balls. Cut in half, glue to foam
core, and decorate with twigs for arms and a real hat, scarf,
and mittens. Add black buttons for eyes and mouth and a toy
carrot or one cut from orange felt for the nose. Spray the edges
of the foam core and the mock snowballs and snowmen with spray
snow to intensify the effect.
*These Christmas
wall displays are simple to make even for those that don't
usually engage in craft projects. Have fun!
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