Eco-Christmas Craft Book, The: 30 stylish festive projects that wont hurt the planet

by Marrianne Miall

Overview

Learn to make beautiful, stylish Christmas decorations using eco-friendly materials that won't cost a fortune or harm the planet!

If you love Christmas, you'll love this book! It's filled with lots of ideas to create your own stylishly beautiful, eco-friendly Christmas.


All you need to do is save up some recyclable or foraged items such as cardboard, newspaper, wine bottle corks, twigs and pine cones. You can choose your own color scheme to match your home and, because the materials are recyclable, you could make new ones every year!

Including all the things that make Christmas special, such as tree decorations, advent items, Christmas cards, table decorations, wreaths and many more, there are 30 fabulous projects to make, and ideas for many more. So start collecting and learn how to make gorgeous, professional-looking decorations cheaply, without harming the planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782219729
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,060,899
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Marrianne Miall is a graphic designer for a book publisher and is a general all-round crafty creative. When she’s not decorating her home or growing her own in the garden, she is taking on all kinds of crafty projects from sewing curtains, to making beaded jewellery and festive paper ornaments.
She particularly enjoys upcycling items around the home, her most recent projects having been painting bedroom furniture, re-covering a lampshade and creating a dartboard cabinet.
Marrianne is a published author of two previous books by Search Press: Twenty to Make: Button Jewellery and My Handmade Wedding.
She lives in Kent with her husband and two cats.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Materials 8

Tools 10

Techniques 12

Making an origami star 12

Making a tassel 16

Making a bow 17

The Projects

Christmas Crackers 18

Ribbon Tree 22

Felt Bauble 26

Milk Bottle Fairy 30

Yarn-wrapped Cardboard Tree 34

Foliage-filled Bottle 38

Cork and Rosemary Place Cards 42

Cardboard Star Garland 46

Cardboard Tube Snowflake 50

Cardboard Angel 54

Christmas Cards 58

Napkin Rings 62

Origami Star Wall Hanging 66

Paper Strip Bauble 70

Cork Christmas Tree 74

Cork Rudolph the Reindeer 78

Cotton Twine Tied Wreath 82

Hessian Ruffle Wreath 86

Branch Christmas Tree 90

Mini Envelope Advent Calendar 94

Cardboard Tube Advent Calendar 98

Decorated Jars and Tins 102

Santa Sack Fabric Advent Calendar 106

Gift Wrapping 110

Hanging Twig Star 118

Folded Book Tree 122

Pine Cone Tree 126

Cork Wreath 130

Concertina Christmas Tree 134

Dried Orange Slice Decorations 138

Templates 142

Index 144