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I’m always looking for great solutions for affordable, useful, and fun gifts to give my neighbors and coworkers. This DIY is mostly gathering pre-made items and putting them together. You can absolutely purchase all of the items to create similar neighbor gifts or you can use these free neighbor gift printables to create part of the gift.

This is the fifth day of my 12 Days of Christmas DIYs for 2018. Each day for the next twelve days I share DIY projects, recipes, entertainment, and more, that you can incorporate in your holiday season. Most will be super simple!

I personally am a very busy person. Seriously, aren’t we all? So while I love giving gifts to people and want them to be touching and useful… well, I also really like them to be EASY. These gifts have few supplies and can be made quickly and in multiples pretty easily making it the perfect neighbor gift or coworker gift.

Neighbor Christmas Gifts | A Well Crafted Party

Supplies:

Most of these supplies can be found locally in any of your favorite full-service department stores. Below are some suggested links that are affiliate links.  I receive a small portion of sales of these items with no extra cost to the buyer. These purchases help support the content that I create on this blog. Thank you for supporting this blog!

  • Wrapping paper – I purchased this adorable “Is it Christmas Yeti?” paper at Target. However, you can get some great holiday wrapping papers in bulk!
  • Tape
  • Gift Tags (use the free printable or purchase some!)
  • Ribbon
  • Cellophane bags to put the tags and tape in
  • Gift tag to explain gift — Use my free printable or add a Christmas card or tag of your own.
  • Hole punch & Scissors (if using free printables)

Neighbor Christmas Gifts + Free Printables | A Well Crafted Party

How To:

You can get as creative as you want with these gifts. Add in things like ribbon or baubles to really make it an over-the-top gift. However, it is also a great present to give the gift as pictured: wrapping paper, gift tags, and tape. Below are some suggested steps for creating this gift:

  1. Print out the free printables! But out around the edges lined in black. Use a hole punch on all the tags where the holes are located.
  2. Put all of the smaller gift tags into a cellophane bag along with the tape. Fold the bag.
  3. Punch a hole through the cellophane bag.
  4. Thread the cellophane bag and large gift tag on a roll of wrapping paper using ribbon.
  5. Don’t forget to sign the large gift tag!

Happy Gifting!


I tend to get bored with decor pretty easily and like switching things up from year to year. I am not made of money however so I try my best to come up with fun cost-effective solutions that reuse some of my decor, but still give it a fun twist. Last year I went way off the reservation and leaned on my love of balloon garland to create a really exciting Christmas tree! This balloon garland Christmas tree decor was inexpensive, long-lasting, and a big hit with my kiddos.

This is the fourth day of my 12 Days of Christmas DIYs for 2018. Each day for the next twelve days I share DIY projects, recipes, entertainment, and more, that you can incorporate in your holiday season. Most will be super simple!

Balloon Christmas Tree Decor | A Well Crafted Party

Creating this GIANT garland was no small feat. However, though it was time-consuming, it was super easy to create. I’ll walk you through my process and share a few other wonderful tutorials below. I’ll also share some of my favorite supplies so you can recreate this for your Christmas tree or for your next party.

I’ve tried several different ways of creating balloon garland in the past. I’ve tried a method that includes hot glue guns, chicken wire, and fishing line. I loved the look, but swore a LOT and popped a lot of balloons. I’ve tried hot glue and string to great success… yes, hot glue works on balloons! But, my favorite way of creating the garland is actually just with some bakers twine and different sized balloons.

Balloon Christmas Tree Decor | A Well Crafted Party

Balloon Garland Christmas Tree Decor

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Balloon Christmas Tree Decor | A Well Crafted Party

Directions:

  1. Have a good mix of sizes of balloons. For this project, I knew I wanted mostly white balloons with some colorful ones inserted throughout. Blow up as many as you can in one go without being bored. It’ll make the whole process go more quickly. Blow them up without extending it too much. Feel free to blow them up at different sizes, it will give you some good dimension to your garland. You’ll need quite a bit of tie left on the balloon.
  2. Once you have several balloons blown up, select three of different sizes and tie them together at the balloon tops. Create several of these mixes. Then do similar with two balloons. When creating a tree garland you’ll want to start with the smallest sizes and move to larger.
  3. Once you have several of the trios and doubles of balloons pull out the bakers’ twine! Cut off some twine about a foot longer than what you want your total garland to extend. Tie off the bottom on one of the duos of balloons, then string on a triplet and tie it off, continue this process. Move the balloons around as you are putting the garland together to shape your garland.

Other great balloon garland tutorials:

  • Poppies for Grace Balloon Garland Tutorial — I actually just discovered this tutorial when working on this post and it is exactly the way I make my balloon garlands except using duo balloon clusters and fishing line. The same basic idea, however. Really easy to follow video too!
  • Oriental Trading’s Balloon Garland Tutorial — This one is similar to mine as well, but they help tie the balloons to a string using more string. It sounds confusing, but the video makes a ton of sense!
  • Classy Clutter’s Balloon Garland Tutorial— They use more supplies to create their balloon garland including a needle and hot glue gun. I think this method would be really great if you need a bit more structure to your garland.
  • The House that Lars Built Balloon Garland Tutorial— This tutorial is perfect if you need a LOT of structure to your garland. It will help you shape your garland exactly how you want it.

 

Balloon Christmas Tree Decor | A Well Crafted Party

October through January 1st marks my very favorite season. What season you, ask? It certainly doesn’t fit in the normal four seasons of Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. Nope… it’s Party Season! To me, this is truly the most wonderful time of the year as it gives me ample opportunities to enjoy the company of my friends and family. Also, I do love me some party food. When decorating my house a couple of years ago I really wanted to touch on this wonderful season with a cheap and easy holiday decor item— a printable poster! This “Wonderful Time of The Year” Poster printable is super sleek with it’s black and white color scheme. It’ll pop amoung nearly anyone’s holiday decorations.

This is the third day of my 12 Days of Christmas DIYs for 2018. Each day for the next twelve days I share DIY projects, recipes, entertainment, and more, that you can incorporate in your holiday season. Most will be super simple!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Poster | A Well Crafted Party

To create this super simple DIY you only need to download the free printable Holiday Poster File, save to your computer, and then bring to your favorite Staples store. Order this print as an Engineering Print. Frame your poster with a poster frame or post with tacks!