How to decorate with recycling at Christmas
Christmas is a time when the house is adorned with typically Christmas objects and decorations. Figures of Santa Claus, the Christmas tree and different decorative objects are scattered around the corners of the house. In we believe in living an ecological Christmas that's why we propose to decorate with Christmas recycling and contribute to the conservation of the environment without giving up Christmas magic.
In this article we show you how to decorate with Christmas recycling and get to create a recycled Christmas tree, a Bethlehem made by yourself and a variety of very funny and recycled decorative elements.
Recycled Christmas trees
To know how to decorate Christmas with recycling and build a recycled Christmas tree, you should know that you can create one with recycled plastic bottles. You will only need cardboard, green paint, 1 liter and a half plastic bottles and scissors.
You can also make a Christmas tree with other recycled materials such as old magazines, green glass bottles or stamped gift paper. To decorate the Christmas tree with recycled garlands, you can choose to use old CDs, nuts painted in different colors, colored cards, pieces of cardboard or pieces of A4 size paper. Here you have all the instructions to achieve recycled Christmas decorations.
Make a recycled Bethlehem
The cribs are also a Christmas tradition and riding it is an adventure to do with your family. Since we propose, in addition, you make the figurines yourself with recycled materials and enjoy, well, an ecological Christmas .
- A crib with corks : The corks from the wine bottles can be used to make recycled decorations at Christmas . To do this, we just have to clean the corks, draw a face and dress the characters with fabrics or pieces of felt. The result is hilarious and very original, try it!
- A Bethlehem with eggshells : another possibility of making a recycled crib is using empty egg shells. To empty it without breaking the structure is worth boring the egg with a wool needle and pour the contents; Then you only have to carefully clean the egg, paint it and dress it with fabrics and Christmas decorations.
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Christmas decorations recycled
One of the most characteristic elements of Christmas is the decoration with which we fill our house. And it is that the Christmas spirit invades us and makes us fill each corner with Christmas figures, with decorations and fun objects ideal for this time. Here's how to make recycled Christmas decorations :
- Christmas decorations with pineapples : the pineapples are an ideal item for Christmas because they can be transformed into whatever you want, for example, in mini Christmas trees if you put them on a pot and the pints of green. They are also perfect for sticking a rope at one end and hanging them from the Christmas tree. A good option is to paint them gold or silver to make them completely Christmas.
- Ornaments with rolls of toilet paper : here we give you a great idea that you will love. It's about using the cardboard rolls of toilet paper and transforming them into different Christmas figures: a penguin, a reindeer and even Santa Claus. You only need pieces of cloth and paint to create your dolls. The result is very original and ecological!
- Christmas ornaments with light bulbs : You can create different recycled ornaments with light bulbs that you do not use since the shape of these objects is perfect to create different characters such as penguins, reindeer, the Magi, and so on. You only need matte paint to create your Christmas characters and a little imagination.
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