2 instructions and 65 ideas for making and decorating poinsettias yourself

We have already shown you how to fold origami Christmas stars out of paper and how you can hang illuminated stars on your windows and use them to decorate them. Now we will show you 2 more super easy instructions and 65 ideas for making poinsettias yourself. Scroll through and check out projects Pasta, Salt dough, felt, thread, drinking straws, etc. Your children are welcome to join in with all of them and make handicrafts a real family activity.

Make your own poinsettias out of straw and decorate them in a natural way

Why not made from cinnamon sticks, cloves and star anise?

Simply wrap yarn around cardboard and hang it up – it couldn’t be easier and yet the stars look super decorative

Effectively reuse old sweaters and scarves

Crochet poinsettias and tie them into a pretty garland

Colorful accents with a garland of crocheted poinsettias in a completely white decoration

Make great borax-crystallized poinsettias yourself

These poinsettias are super easy to make and the effect of the crystallization looks absolutely enchanting, especially when there is enough light. Pipe cleaners and fringed garlands are the best surfaces for growing crystals and their bright colors shimmer beautifully through the borax. However, the process must be waited for about 24 hours. You also need to use boiling hot water and let the borax melt in it. When the water cools down, the crystals then form.

This is how your stars made of fringed garlands will look like after 24 hours in borax

Pipe cleaners give more colorful results

First, bend your pipe cleaners or wrap the garland around a wire base. Tie a thread to each star and hang them in large mason jars or bowls so they don’t touch the sides or the bottom. Now mix 2 cups of boiling water with ½ cup of borax and stir until it melts. Pour the borax-water mixture over the stars and cover them completely. Let them sit like this for up to 24 hours and then you can take out your stars, dry them and hang them up.

First, make the shape you want out of your pipe cleaners

Hang the stars in large mason jars and put the borax in them

After a few hours, your stars will look like this

Carefully remove the stars and let them dry before hanging them up

Make blooming felt poinsettias yourself and tie them to other decorations

These tropical plants have already become a popular Christmas tradition. Despite proper care, their flowers last very short and only fall off after a few days. But you can also make poinsettias that never lose their flowers – those made of felt. You can then tie them into wreaths, use them as brooches, decorate a hair clip or diadem or make garlands out of them.

Bend a string of lights into a wreath and simply glue some felt poinsettia flowers onto it

Almost as pretty as the real flowers – worthy even for a vase

You can then determine how big the flowers are – simply cut out several sheets of felt and glue or sew them together to form a larger flower. Start with 5 overlapping small flowers. Fold the stems of 5 more larger leaves and secure them over the smaller ones. Complete your poinsettia with a few small pearls in the middle. If you like, you can also attach green leaves to the bottom.

Make very light poinsettias yourself and decorate with them as you wish

Simple instructions with great results

To make a brooch out of the flower, all you have to do is glue a brooch pin to the back. You can make a garland with a long rope that you hide under flowers and green leaves. Use felt glue or hot melt glue. For the wreath, you first need to get a base made of straw or twigs and wrap it with fabric. Then just glue the flowers to it right away.

Pretty felt garland made of flowers and leaves on a rope

Which an original chain or chair bow as part of the Christmas table decoration

So creative and original

These poinsettias are made of paper and cotton balls in a similar way

Conclusion: Making poinsettias yourself is a great opportunity to gather around a table with the whole family and create beautiful decorations. Dedicate a full day to this activity and make Christmas very personal.

You can find wire bases in the craft shop or bend them yourself with pliers

Here wire was wrapped in old denim and jute and hung from a piece of driftwood

Very original idea – create a Christmas tree on the wall from many small and large wire stars

Old table corners and scraps of fabric can also be reused

Simply sew or glue onto a piece of felt and attach a button

Beautiful ornaments for the Christmas tree are made from thread and cardboard

Wrap gifts creatively with drinking straws

And so you can make this star yourself out of drinking straws

You can also make whole garlands and other ornaments from drinking straws and paper stars

You can find these star boxes in every craft shop and turn them into fancy advent calendars

You can hang this advent calendar from a wooden ladder, for example

Use jute to give your ornaments a retro look

Effectively recycle old bicycle chains

Yarn will hold its shape if you dip it in all purpose glue and shape it first

When the glue dries, the thread will become very solid

Tinker Lego blocks into a star and take them apart again after the party

Don’t throw away small and broken krayons – melt them into a large, brightly colored stick in silicone baking molds

Salt dough is very easy to make and looks like clay after baking

Make long garlands for the Christmas tree from salt dough stars and wooden beads

You can also easily paint the salt dough after baking

Noodles are surprisingly versatile as a decoration

Did you realize that these lids are from salt and pepper shakers??

Santa Claus also needs summer vacation

Old scraps of fabric, buttons, rusty bells and bed springs can still be used as decoration

Peppermints melt in the oven and can be shaped for a short time

Never simply dispose of old newspapers and magazines again

Make a beautiful paper lantern yourself – instructions here