Make it, love it! DECK THE HALLS

Adorn your home with beautiful handmade wreaths, garlands and decorations to prettify your Christmas table and tree

- STEPHANIE DURRANT

PAPER FOLIAGE WREATH

YOU WILL NEED

• Satin ribbon
• Polystyrene wreath base
• Pins
• Card
• Decorative papers
• Scissors

1 Wind a wide satin ribbon around the wreath base until completely covered, then pin the ends on the back to secure.

2 Cut leaf templates from card – we used three sizes. Trace the templates to cut around 90 leaves from different decorative papers. Fold the paper to cut several leaves at once. Crease each leaf down the centre.

3 Secure groups of leaves to the wreath with pins, working in one direction and overlapping them so the pins are hidden by the tips of the next group (you can adjust their position later). Pin a ribbon to the back of the wreath to create a hanging loop.

FRUIT NAME HOLDERS

YOU WILL NEED

• Pears
• Knife
• Old newspaper
• Gold spray paint
• Black paint or pen
• Cocktail sticks
• Strong glue
• Black beads
• Scissors
• Self-adhesive labels

1 Wash and dry several pears, depending on the number of guests you will have. Remove the stalks, then slice off the bottom of the pears with a knife.

2 Spray the pears with an even layer of gold paint. Leave to dry on newspaper.

3 Use black paint or a fibre-tip pen to colour the cocktail sticks black. Once dry, glue a bead onto one end.