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The Christmas tree can be untraditional. You can easily build one from planks of different lengths. The cardboard houses and crocheted wheels hang from nails. The colourful balls were made by adding crocheting on large papier-mâché balls. Susanna Vento & Jenni Juurinen / photo Kristiina Kurronen
Here is a DIY-mobile suitable for any season. It’s made from geometric cardboard shapes that are attached with strings to two plywood sticks. You can find the instructions for the cardboard ornaments in here. When the ornaments are done, drill hol…
Crown your Christmas table with a chandelier. We made one ourselves using barbwire. The Christmas table is set on an old bed sheet with beautiful lace decoration and a rag rug. Susanna Vento & Jenni Juurinen / photo Kristiina Kurronen
In the course of the ever-darkening nights you can make your own Christmas calendar or mystery wall. The colourful Christmas calendar was made from cheerfully striped gift bags attached directly to the wall with tape. The gift bags can also be attached to a string with clothes pegs. Those who are not so keen on…
Keep and store the numbered pages of an old diary or dig up last year’s calendar. Arrange them into a Christmas-tree shape on the wall. You can also use Christmas cards instead of calendar pages. Susanna Vento / photo Jorma Marstio
The soft nursery rug was knit from five-fold weft rags using moss-stitching. The size of this rug can easily be adjusted to the space; this one is 90 x170 cm. The 90-cm width took a cast-on of 28 stitches. Make a sample piece to check the size and cast-on. Piia Kalliomäki / photo Mirva Kakko
You can decorate ceramic tableware using cure-on decorative film. The film is easy to use, so even the youngest family members can cut out decorations. Cut the film into the desired shapes, let them soak in water for a while and then remove the backing paper. Let the plate dry for 24 hours. Harden by…
Cardboard furniture will surely not knock over anyone’s budget. Sturdy storage boxes and paper clips make for a practical shelf that can easily be adjusted and rearranged when necessary. When building shelves from removal boxes, use glue to make the unit sturdy and prevent the boxes from twisting around. If you have any boxes left…
