Homemade Christmas Decs

Christmas is such a jolly time of year and there is no better way to prepare for the festivities than with homemade Christmas decorations. We've made a vintage inspired Christmas tree decoration, which can be made in different sizes for a hanging decoration, or be made slightly bigger for a table top decoration! It will look great with the rest of your Christmas decorations this festive season!

Firstly get all your materials together, now you don't have to use music score sheets, you could alternatively use Christmas wrapping paper or old pages from a book. You will need some scissors, 10 sheets of your chosen paper and a pencil and stapler.

Cut out a Christmas tree shape from all your sheets of paper. You should have about 10 sheets in total.

Pile your sheets up and then staple them all together in the middle of the tree shape.

This means you can now fold over all the sides of paper to start making the structure stand up

Voi La! You now have a standing Christmas tree decoration! This one is slightly too big to hang on the tree but if you make it smaller you can easily attach some string to attach it to the tree! 

Happy making! 

It's Christmas! Make your own Christmas Decs!

It's time to put up your Christmas tree and Christmas decorations and properly get into the festive spirit! Although many people have been talking about Christmas for what seems like for ever, there is just over a week to go until we can all tuck into our Christmas dinner, spend time with our families and eat chocolate!

Before all that fun stuff happens here are some great ideas if you are up for making your own Christmas stockings and Christmas decorations. It's a great way to spend time with the kids and as a family and they will be something you can treasure for years to come and get out every year with a smile on your face with the thought that you and your family have made something special!

Here are some fun ideas for Christmas Stockings, whether using old jumpers or old quilts and tablecloths that have been laying around the house all year. There are some great designs and fun touches that you can add too!

 

Here are some great ideas to decorate your house this Christmas! These fun scrabble letters with festive words are an Ellie Ellie favourite and the upside down wine glasses for candle holders are a brilliant idea! Turning jam jars into snow globes is a great idea too! 

 

 

Christmas Bunting!

Getting crafty and creative is a great way to spend time with the kids this festive season, and get them involved in making great decorations for the home. It's also a great way to spend some downtime and decorate your fireplace or the front door of your home.

There are some great ideas for Christmas bunting and Ellie Ellie loves the idea of getting creative and crafty. You can spell out Christmas with your bunting, or Merry Christmas, or just have lovely Christmas patterns that will fill the home with festive joy this season!

Here are some great ideas:

This bunting has been made by using old sheet music, with the word joy! It's a great idea to mix it up with different shapes and colours, which make it more interesting and fun!



This is more traditional bunting, with great Christmas patterns and colours! Hanging bunting under a shelf with all your Christmas cards adds another bit of Christmas magic to a room.

 

 

If you prefer a more neutral colour scheme to your Christmas decorations, these are a great mixture of a simple pattern with Christmas robins, snowmen and cake.

 

Bunting is an easy and great way to make your home more festive this Christmas!



Ideal Home Show at Christmas and freebies!

We are so excited about the Christmas Ideal Home Show!

            

       

Ellie Ellie HQ has been working overtime to make sure we make a huge impression  - after all, the place is going to be littered with celebrities! We're going to be rubbing shoulders with Gino D'acampo, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Myleen Klass - and we are SO excited.

All the staff have been pitching in to make sure it is the most Christmassy and lovely few days possible. We have so many exciting things on offer - deals for bargain hunters and exclusive pieces for the stall - it's going to be fab! If you're going to be there, quote 'Love From Ellie Ellie' for a free lucky dip while stocks last.

Above, left to right:

Giant wall letter tiles, upcycled music sheet decs, family word definition decs, vintage wrapping paper wooden star decs. All available here