Let's Make Some Christmas Decor & Gifts

Are you looking for some DIY Christmas gifts? Do you want some fun new DIY Christmas décor? The four crafts in this post were made with materials I had on hand and if you are a crafter, there is a good chance you will have the materials on hand too! If you are not a crafter or don’t have leftover supplies, no worries, they are inexpensive and available at thrift stores & the Dollar Store. Let’s get crafting! If you prefer to buy the items on this post, I have a link to my Shoppe at the bottom of the post.

Table Of Contents

Gather Supplies
Wine cork Christmas tree process
Finished Trees
Small Wine Cork Christmas Tree process
Finished small trees
Wooden Package process
Finished wooden packages
Wooden Snowman process
Finished Wooden Snowmen

Gather Supplies

Wine Cork Christmas Trees

These trees use 11 wine corks. If you haven’t been saving yours or you are not a wine drinker, you can buy them in bulk on Amazon. I’m sure there are other places but I haven’t searched around. You’ll also want to gather some embellishments such as little Christmas bells, buttons, old jewelry pieces – earrings with posts work well. A hot glue gun & wire cutters (to cut the shank off of buttons if using) are used in this project.

Supplies Needed

Wine corks – 11 per tree
Embellishments: Christmas bells, old jewelry, buttons, bows
Glue gun
Wire cutters
Green craft paint (*optional)
Small artist brush (*optional)

Instructions

Pick out 11 fairly uniform wine corks
With green craft paint, paint the end of a few of the wine corks (*optional)
Glue 4 wine corks, long sides together to make the bottom row
Glue 3 corks to the top of that row for row two
Glue 2 corks to the top of row two to make row 3
Glue 1 cork to the top of row three
Cut one cork in 1/2 with a knife ( I used a serrated kitchen knife)
Glue the cut pieces to the center of the bottom of the first row
Add embellishments using your glue gun

Wine cork Christmas tree process

Finished Trees

Small Wine Cork Christmas Trees

These are super quick to make! You can decorate them with little bows or ribbons or bells. Your tools will be wire cutters, scissors, drill & drill bit.

Supplies Needed

Wine corks – 1 per tree
Embellishments: Small Christmas ornaments, bows, bells
Glue gun
Wire cutters
Garland on wire
Drill with 1/8 drill bit
Scissors

Instructions

Choose 1 wine cork
With drill & bit, drill a hole in the center of one of the ends of the wine cork about 1/3″ to 1/2″ deep
With the wire cutters, snip off a small length of garland – 1 1/2″ to 3″
Trim the garland greenery from the wire on the garland from the end of the piece that you snipped about 1/3″ long
Twist that end into the hole in the cork
Trim top of tree if needed to look like a Christmas tree
Add a bow, bell, or small ornament if you want decorations
You can add a hanger to the top if you’d like to use it as an ornament

Small Wine Cork Christmas Tree process

Finished small trees

Wooden Christmas packages

Another quick craft that can be used as decoration or given as a gift. This is another craft you can create easily with some reclaimed wood, ribbon, paint & embellishments. Make them any size you want. I like the 3 different sizes so they can be used as a set.

Supplies

18″ – 1″ x 6″ board
Saw – I used my miter saw
Sander or sandpaper
Glue gun
White paint
Paintbrush
Ribbon
Embellishments

Instructions

With sander or sandpaper, sand all surfaces smooth
With your saw, cut 3 lengths of board
- 12″
- 9″
- 6″
Paint one coat of white interior paint, allow to dry
Distress each piece with sandpaper
Wrap as you would a package with ribbon
Add embellishments if you desire
Use glue gun to secure ribbon & embellishments

Wooden Package process

Finished wooden packages

Wooden Snowman

This snowman is made from scrap wood. He is easy to make and goes together quickly – you just need time for the wood glue & paint to dry. His height is about 9” . Additional details can be found here.

Supplies

1′ – 2″ x 4″ board
4″ – 1″ x 4″ board
2″ of a round dowel
Saw – I used my miter saw
Sandpaper
Glue gun
Wood glue
White & black craft or interior paint
Paintbrush
Small wooden pieces for nose and eyes – (or draw them on yourself)
Orange Sharpie & Black Sharpie
12″ ribbon or one inch wide material for scarf
2 buttons
Embellishments for hat – garland, bells, leaves, bows

Instructions

Using a sanding block, sand wood before cutting & after being cut
Body: Cut 2″ x 4″ in the following lengths
- 5″
- 4″
- 3″
Hat brim: Cut the 1″ x 4″ in a 4″ length
Hat: Cut the 2″ dowel into a 2″ length
Paint the body white, the hat brim, and dowel black. Allow to dry
With wood glue, glue the body pieces together beginning with 5″ then 4″ then 3″
Glue the hat brim to the 3″
Glue the dowel to the top of the brim
You can glue the hat to the body at this point
- or wait and do it when you decorate the hat
Either paint the eyes & nose by hand or use small wooden craft pieces
With wood glue, attach the eyes & nose to the top block
Embellish hat as desired
Add buttons to the body with hot glue
Using ribbon or a piece of fabric, tie a scarf between the 2nd & 3rd blocks of wood.
- Secure with hot glue

Wooden Snowman process

Finished Wooden Snowmen

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2 Comments

Rachel

December 2, 2019 at 3:36 pm Reply

I LOVE these ideas! So cute and unique! They look like items I would find at a cute little antique store 😀

Jeanne

December 7, 2019 at 11:22 pm Reply

Thanks! That’s a great compliment! Antiques are my favs! I was surprised at how easily they went together.