Food Decoration For Christmas by Ella Andrews
December 12, 2014If you want to get creative with the holiday decoration this Christmas, go for food. This will not only give you the opportunity to unleash your cooking skills, but it will also bring tons of joy to the children. In addition, you will save a bunch of money that you will otherwise spend on garlands and candles. On the other hand, if you pick a food decoration you will add a unique and upbeat touch to your home interior. Plus, you will not spend hours in throughout house cleaning after the holidays. Fill your living space with the smell of cinnamon and roasted chestnuts and get in a festive mood.
Chocolate Rudolf
You need to get a package of marshmallows, lollipop sticks, melting chocolate, small pretzels, cinnamon dots and pearl sprinkles. Place the marshmallow on the stick and dip it in the melted chocolate. Put it on foam block and proceed with the next one. After that, you should break the pretzels into two even parts. Put them on the marshmallow so you can create the reindeer horns. Do it while the chocolate is still wet. Use the cinnamon dots for the nose and the pear sprinkles for the eyes. When the sweets are ready, you may tile a little red ribbon on each of them. You can put the foam with the reindeers in a deep bowl and cover it with marshmallows to hide the basic. Use this table decoration or place it over fireplace.
Mug Decoration
You will surely have some friends and relatives visiting for the holidays. Why not make their hot drink extra special. It doesn’t matter if it’s hot chocolate, warm milk or a coffee. This mini gingerbread houses will brighten the mood of your guests. Create the regular mixture for gingerbread and cut out six even small parts for one cleaned house. On one of the cut – outs, make a rectangular that will serve as an entrance and as a way to embed the treat on the mug. Bake the parts, construct a little house out if them and then embellish the cookie with different glazes.
Gingerbread Decoration
This is one of the best materials for creating decorations. Make a regular gingerbread dough and you now have infinitely many possibilities. You can create ornaments for the Christmas tree. Choose a few holiday themed cookie cutters and make a hole in them. Then put a lace through it. Spice up your home interior with gingerbread man garlands. Get a long ribbon and string them. If you are sick and tired of cleaning procedures the garlands after Christmas, this is a perfect solution. If you want to go a little bit more advanced, make your own gingerbread man wreath. You need to place the cookies in circle with their hands overlapping. Secure the gingerbread man with a lace that goes through them.
Reuse the Halloween Pumpkins
If you forgot to throw away your Halloween pumpkin, don’t feel guilty. You can transform them into an amazing snowman. All you need is three pumpkins and white, black and orange paint. A beautiful red ribbon will bring additional festivity. Paint the pumpkins in white and arrange them starting with the larger at the bottom and the smaller on the top. Make two dots as eyes on the smaller pumpkin by using the black paint and an orange one as a nose. Make larger black dots on the medium pumpkin that will look like buttons.
Food decoration is not only beautiful, but it’s also extremely delicious. After the Christmas your children will be happy to help you cleaning the Christmas decoration.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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About the Blogger
Ella Andrews is a passionate blogger and freelance writer with wide range of interests.
She had great flair for writing since she was a kid, and it gradually transformed from a hobby into a profession. Presently she lives in London and generate content for various companies, which extend wide range of home related services. As a writer, she always strives to provide top-notch content and never makes compromise with its quality. In her spare time she tries to keep her focus on activities like home maintenance, interior design and landscaping projects. In her work it is quite an advantage to keep track on the latest trends so she tries to be as informed and up-to-date as possible.
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