Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle tinsel and Christmas decorations?

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:54:58 +0000

Tinsel is fabby when laminated, make some Christmas table mats for last year.

By: gretta

gretta — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:55:30 +0000

I use any unwanted items form holidays to decorate unique wreaths and sprays for over my curtains and doorways. Even broken items can be turned to the nice looking side. I always like to have several wreath in and around my home anyway! LOL

By: StripyPixieSocks

StripyPixieSocks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:26:28 +0000

You can re-use old scrappy tinsel to make Wreaths for next year: http://eatdrinkbecrafty.blogspot.com/2009/01/christmas-tinsel-wreath-tutorial-basics.html

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:44:12 +0000

I am in need of a lot of these ‘foil’ type christmas decorations for an art project im doing. I am particularly interested in gold/silver/copper coloured ones. If you fancy donating them to me then they will be put to good use! I left it too late to buy a lot of them in the shops.

If anyone else has any unwanted/broken foil christmas decorations then I would be more than happy to take them off of you.

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:59:15 +0000

use it in boxes when sending packages to add a coulourful padding to fragile objects.
cut bits off to make diy chrissie cards
save it till next year and put round the bottom of the tree to glam it up and reflect the lights

By: prockstar

prockstar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:40:07 +0000

you can buy clear, undecorated glass bulbs meant for crafting and stuff cut up pieces of garland into them.

By: Poitghy

Poitghy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:23:18 +0000

I usually make my decorations out of old stuff to start of with. The kids love getting involved and the best ones get saved and reused every year. But if you need new decorations every year, then they make great bits for craft boxes.

By: Bernadette, London

Bernadette, London — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:35:34 +0000

Fold the decoration down flat and study the way the foil is attached either side of the tear. Use Pritt as it is strong and adaptable to many surfaces. It is a huge shame to discard this sort of item.

By: Elouise

Elouise — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:56:44 +0000

Use strips of old tinsel to make angel’s halos for kids, e.g. when they do their nativity plays at Christmas. Or else one could make fairy accessories, by adding tinsel bits to hair accessories, alice bands and so on. Little girls are made about fairy wings. I’m sure bits of sparkle could be added to them. My niece only wanted to buy her first bicycle because it was half-draped in tinsel. (The bike itself was irrelevant.)

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:22:10 +0000

I was thinking that they could be used to decorate packages, instead of bows.

By: FactoBrunt

FactoBrunt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:11:35 +0000

One possibility is to use them for bird scarers on vegetable patches or allotments instead of the old AOL CDs!