Christmas Decorating in the Nursery

I recently purchased a little nursery in a wooden display box at my local Op Shop (or thrift shop) for $10. It is very cute, and came with a little cot, rocking horse, a mat, chest of drawers, change table, miniature toys, and miniature bedding. But it needed a little festivity added for Christmas. So I spent a happy afternoon creating miniature decorations for the nursery.

The wreath was made from half a green pipecleaner twisted around into a little circle.

To add the detail, I threaded beads onto cotton:
I wrapped the beads & thread around the pipecleaner wreath, and tied it off at the end.

I cut out pictures from a book of Christmas Scrapbooking Paper, and glued them on gold card.

The Christmas Tree wall decal was a basic tree shape cut out of green card; and embellished with stick-on gems.

To make the stocking, I cut out two stocking shapes out of a scrap of red felt, and two small rectangles out of white felt to go around the top. I layered the the white felt over the top of the stocking and sewed a row of sequins along. I then did the same with the other side of the stocking, and sewed the two sides together.

I have been playing around trying to make ballerinas out of yarn-wrapped pipecleaners and fabric scraps. I put one of them in the nursery to be "Mum", and gave her a little baby to hold.

The robin was cut out of a book of scrapbooking paper and glued onto gold card.

 

 

The stars were cut from fabric and glue onto card to make them stiff. When dry, I pierced a hole through the star with a needle and thread, and threaded some beads on, leaving a loop for hanging.

The bunting was made from folding fabric scraps in half and cutting triangle shapes out. I created a paper template so that my bunting would all be the same size.

When I had cut out lots of folded triangles (or diamonds, when unfolded), I cut a length of thread to go around the nursery, and began gluing the diamond pieces over the string to create the bunting.

A letter to Santa to be sent in the overnight mail.












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