If you’re looking for an easy Christmas gift idea for a neighbor, teacher, or friend—look no further! We’ve come up with a few crafty ways to make some quick and easy gifts for the Christmas holiday using your ribbon stash! A lot of us tend to think of ribbon in two ways, the lone strips on a card or scrapbook page and sometimes the additional bow. Today we want to show you just how much more fun there is to be had with these embellishing trims!

First up is a ribbon tree! This little tree was made using a 9″ foam cone decorated by 3″ ribbon strips that were folded into a loop and attached with pushpins. The star topper is simply one of our gold glitter stickers from the Silver & Gold Complements attached to a toothpick with a glue dot! And, don’t miss those gold glitter gems circling the very top layer of ribbon. This project comes together rather quickly, is easy to make, and all of your friends will want one! Don’t be fooled by the size of this tree: it will require a lot of ribbon—approximately six spools of it. If you like the look but don’t want to use that much ribbon, talk to your Consultant for an alternate option where you use paper instead!

Now, if you have a larger stash of ribbon, consider a ribbon wreath! This wreath is an easy assembly as well; all you have to do is tie 5″ pieces of ribbon onto a 12″ wire wreath frame.

Once all of our ribbon was tied on, we added a few silver glitter snowflakes made from our Cricut^® Flower Market Collection and created a banner for the center (also with our Cricut^® Flower Market Collection).

Don’t have the time or the ribbon to make these first two projects? Try the following ornaments out!

Crafters of all ages will enjoy making this little guy. Made up of ribbon scraps, this ornament comes together as quickly as you can tie the ribbons to a small twig (or cinnamon stick)! Once all of your ribbons are tied on, trim the edges to create the triangle shape, attach some string at the top and embellish with a sticker. That’s it!

This last one is a slightly more sophisticated ornament, but still quite easy to assemble, making it a beautiful gift idea. Simply pick up a few small embroidery hoops at your local craft store (we used a 3″ and 4″) and add some weaved satin ribbons. Trim off any excess, embellish with Complements if you’d like, and hang with another piece of ribbon or twine.

As you’re thinking of gifts for your neighbors, teachers, and friends this holiday, consider making them one or more of these simple crafty ribbon projects.

And it just so happens that all of our fundamental ribbon packs, which we used in all of the artwork in this post, are on sale this month at 30% off! Make sure to take advantage of this offer while it lasts!

Recipes

Ribbon Tree
1385 White Daisy Cardstock, X7226C Silver & Gold Complements, Z3361 Whimsy Ribbon Pack, Z3364 Basics Ribbon Pack, Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems, 9″ Foam Cone, Straight Pins, Toothpick

Winter Wonderland Wreath
1385 White Daisy Cardstock, X5947 Mink Cardstock, Z3239 Silver Glitter Paper, Z3361 Whimsy Ribbon Pack, Z3362 Adventure Ribbon Pack, Z3313 Blush Shimmer Ribbon, Z3285 Cricut^® Flower Market Collection, 12″ Wire Wreath Frame

Cricut^® Shapes:
Flower Market
2½” Title <a> (p. 21, MD43227)
2½” Shift + Title <A>  (p. 21, MD43227)
2″, 2½” Shift + Icon <A> (p. 21, MD432F6)

Ribbon Tree Ornament
Z3363 Enchantment Ribbon Pack, Z3362 Adventure Ribbon Pack, Z3361 Whimsy Ribbon Pack, Z3364 Basics Ribbon Pack, Z3323 White Burlap Ribbon, X7226C Silver & Gold Complements, Grapevine Wire

Embroidery Hoop Ornaments
1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z3364 Basics Ribbon Pack, Z4014 White & Gold Twine, X7226C Silver & Gold Complements, 3″ and 4″ Embroidery Hoops

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