Christmas Crafts That Will Turn Your Average Walls Into Festive Canvasses
These gift paintings are simple -- but look anything but average
Your parents have probably told you at some point in your life that Christmas is not about the gifts. For the sake of these Christmas crafts, gifts are everything! You'll prove your parents wrong and brighten up any room in your house. Trust me!
These gifts are creative Christmas craft projects that are simple or as elaborate as you would like them. When painting your gifts, think of your favorite holiday colors, images, words, or gift wrap designs. The goal is to have fun while designing your own masterpieces.
What you will need for this craft is simple:
-- (1-6) 12x12 canvasses
-- Acrylic paints
-- Paint brushes
-- Holiday ribbon
Canvas wall gifts
Use these Christmas crafts ideas to design your ideal wall decor. If you are like me, you look for versatility in everything you make. I kept my canvas paint simple so that it looked good hanging on my wall all year round. I used my holiday ribbon to make it more festive for Christmas. Here's what you do:
1. Paint each canvas to your liking. For all intents and purposes, let's pretend that you are painting 6 canvasses. We will imagine painting 2 canvasses of each color: red, green, and red with green polka dots.
2. After your paint has dried, it's time for the ribbon. Wrap your ribbon around the canvas and leave room to tie it in the back. Cut and tie. Arrange so that your gifts have ribbons of various shapes, colors, and layouts.
You can center 1 gift's ribbons to form a "+" by cutting 2 pieces of ribbon of the same size and tying into that shape. For another, consider using 1 ribbon up the middle horizontally. For yet another, run the ribbon vertically up the center. Get creative and have fun! Think of it like wrapping Christmas presents!
Once you finish your canvasses (embellished to your liking, of course) arrange them on your wall or on shelves throughout your house. I created 6 square canvases and hung them horizontally on my wall, in 2 rows. Each canvas is spaced 2 inches from the ones around it. It looks great -- since I painted my canvasses to match the colors of my living room. I can change out the ribbon each season to make it festive for that holiday!
These are fun Christmas crafts ideas that your kids will enjoy helping to make, should you choose to share the fun with them. Make these and many more Christmas crafts from this site. You'll love your Winter Wonderland!