10 WAYS TO DECORATE WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

The soft glow of string lights can lighten up any room in your house. Now that Christmas is approaching we dress up our home and one of the best way to do so is to use string lights. Apart from putting them on the Christmas tree there are so many other ways to use them. You can add them to your Christmas decor as bed canopies or ambient lighting. One of the best thing about the following projects is that you can keep them whole year long, most of them at least. We have rounded up ten gorgeous ideas and DIY projects to add a touch of whimsy to your space with Christmas lights.

1. String-Light Wall Christmas Tree

This is a cute idea that you can create easily by using some adhesive hooks, felt star ornaments and a string light. Perfect for any empty wall, placed in the hallway or in the kid’s room. Don’t forget to add some gift wrapped boxes!

Mini art project: "Black Square"

Mini art project: "Black Square", which will please everyone

How about to decorate the wall with something not only decorative but also useful?

Forget paintings, photographs, murals and decorative plates. Today we will be tinkering a decoration that will not only delight but also help with the organization of time preparing a shopping list, but still allow plenty of exercise in drawing. And all this with a minimum of cost.

What you will need:

• simple frame for picture or photo with the long side of about 45 cm,
• 1 roll of film for drawing with chalk (available in shops)
• smooth sheet of plywood under the internal frame size (can be packaged with a frame)
• fixing the adhesive strips, for example, Command ™ (sold in shops and good that they are not left traces on the wallpaper)
• stationery knife,
• level,
• a pencil,
• a couple of unnecessary papers,
• stands for crayons (any rectangular box without a lid, suitable in size to small)
• crayons.

What do we have to do:

1. Remove the frame from preset picture and fanerku.

2. Fold the paper in a pile on top and expand the film to put the black chalk drawing down. Top with fanerku from the frame and draw her to get a rectangle:

3. Using stationery knife, cut a piece of film on the lines drafted. Then you and the paper will be useful: they protect the table surface from possible scratches:

4. Separate from the corner of the rectangle of the resulting protective layer and attach to the corner of the cardboard, then slowly separate the protective layer, the film is well proglazhivaya above to below the left air bubbles:

5. Insert the resulting board back into the frame and secure:

6. Follow the instructions on the package with mounting strips, glue them to the underside of the frame:

7. Use the spirit level to determine the place of mounting paintings on the wall, mark them with a pencil - and stick your board, then press it to the wall and wait for about 30 seconds so:

8. Repeat the operation for gluing with a box of crayons for.

Hooray, you're done! Now you can remember your childhood, draw chalk on the wall, making his dosochki the picture (or paint and enjoy their own "black square"). And on it you can paint your immediate plans, make to-do lists and shopping, write poems and write sudden idea. So, enjoy!

Photos: thekitchn.com

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5 ideas for joint creative decorating a child's room

Young children - undemanding creatures. As long as their world is made of painted fairy tales and imagination, it is not too important as framed children's room.

Yet there are ways to please your baby, a little to update the interior. Today we have prepared for you 5 ideas that do not require special expenses, but the process will attract the smallest host room.As a result, enjoy the process and the result will get it!