Decorations you can make 🧵

Get crafty using sustainable materials

It’s time to decorate your room and shared spaces for the festive season! Crafting together is a great way to share the festive spirit with your flatmates.

The best part? Festive decorations don’t need to break the bank. You can give everyday items, like paper bags or toilet roll tubes, a new lease of life with a fun, sustainable craft session.

For any materials you do need, you can still keep things budget-friendly by making the most of our 20% arts shop discount on festive craft essentials 🧶

💡 Here are some low budget and sustinable craft ideas to get your halls and room looking sparkly and festive in no time. 

1. Paper chains ✂️

Re-use paper you already have lying around to make a decorative paper chain. Paper chains are easy to make and completely customisable. 

Materials you'll need:

• Any paper you have to hand
• Stapler, tape or glue to connect the loops and make a chain

2. Toilet roll tube reindeer 🦌

Once you've finished a toilet roll - don't toss it out. The tube can be re-used for endless crafts. Here's one example of a cute decorative reindeer to put on your shelf.  

Materials you'll need:

• A toilet roll tube 
• Any spare cardboard
• Glitter
• Glue
• White paint/marker pen and a black pen

3. Orange garlands 🍊

All you need is an orange and a needle and thread. Once you've sliced and baked your orange, string the slices together to make a pretty and natural garland! 

Since the oranges are dried, this decoration will last for years.

Materials you'll need:

• Orange
• Needle & twine/thread

4. Paper star chains ⭐

Have some pretty paper bags lying around or spare card from previous projects? Cut them into stars and string them together to create a seasonal star chain.

Materials you'll need:

• Paper from bags or any paper you have spare
• Needle & thread
• Paint if the paper is plain
• Scissors

5. Paper snowflakes ❄️

Paper snowflakes can be made with printer paper, or any other paper you have to hand. Make a few and display them together to create a lovely festive effect. If you have fairy lights, you can place them alongside the snowflakes to make them glow. 

Materials you'll need:

• Printer paper of spare paper you have
• Scissors 
• Glue
• Thread to hang them

Make the most of our 20% discount on craft essentials at the arts shops. It's on until they close for Christmas! 🧶 

For ideas on how to use the arts shops materials to create handmade gifts, check out our article for inspiration. 🎁