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Easy "Nutcracker" Themed Hanging Paper Wall Christmas Tree: Christmas DIY Using Simple & Recycled Materials + Links To FREE Resources!

Last year I tried making a paper "Wall Christmas Tree", I've seen a couple of wall Christmas Trees in the past but it was only last year that I finally go ahead and do one myself. I'm glad I went through with it, that tree ended up nice and for Christmas this year I decided to make another paper wall Christmas tree in a different style and theme with "Nutcracker" as its elements and decorations. DISCLOSURE:   T his blog and post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you chose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. It’s okay – I love all of these companies and you will too! The elements of this paper Christmas tree was inspired from "The Nutcracker Prince" animated movie and "The Nutcracker Ballet". I had clara , some  ballerinas , the  sugarplum fairy , the  nutcracker  soldiers, assorted colors of  lollipops  (from palace of sweets) along with other traditional Christmas candies such as c...

Chinese New Year DIY | Animal Mask Picture Props: Printable Dog Or Puppy Mask Review + Link To FREE Printable!

Chinese New Year is here. We don't usually pay attention to this event in the past year but this year I decided to do something for it. We are not Chinese but here in the Philippines the celebration is known and accepted by the Filipino public and celebrated by Filipino Chinese. On the day of this event, when you get to go out you are reminded of its celebration in the malls, the Chinese food that is being sold, bought and shared by people, etc. 

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2018 is the "year of the dog", I thought about doing some dog masks that me and Lauren can wear in honor of the day. I used a dog mask template, Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Dog Or Puppy Mask Templates we used. There are 3 kinds of dog templates in blank and colored, I printed the blank ones and painted it with the colors red and golden yellow and added some details inspired by this Chinese event.


Create some for the kids or allow the kids to make one for themselves. Customized a blank mask and paint or color it your way, then add details by drawing or using sequins, stickers or punch various shapes using a hole or shape puncher to decorate your masks. These masks can be worn by both adults and kids, the half mask style fits well for adults like the one I'm wearing while the whole face mask is kinda small and short when worn by an adult, they are design to fit a kid's face. 



Get creative with your own animal face mask and celebrate "Chinese New Year" featuring the animal sign of the year, wear them as picture props for a fun "Chinese New Year" photo. Try the other available printable animal mask templates, Click Here To Check Out FREE Animal Mask Templates for creating some animal mask for Chinese New Year related to the animal sign of the year!


MATERIALS TO CREATE THIS DIY & CRAFT

Shop for materials used in this craft online @ shopee.ph by clicking on the materials highlighted in BOLD below.

printer * white heavy weight paper (specialty board, vellum board or any paper of similar texture) ; * scissors * pencil * black markerpaint (acrylic paintposter  paint or tempera paint) ; * paint brushwhite glue ; sequins or tiny gem stickers ; elastic thread

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It needs a total of 4 ink bottles (CMYK) to refill the tank, you can save even more by refilling with universal ink. Just make sure the ink is compatible with the printer model before deciding on a purchase.

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POST UPDATED: March 2024

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