Christmas decoration made of crepe paper

1 Pomegranate: Cut the parts using the template – red for the apple and green for the stem and leaves.

2 Cut a serrated edge at one end.

3 Shape and stretch the crepe paper with your finger to fit around a polystyrene ball.

4 Glue the crepe paper around the ball – the ends of the paper must be able to reach at one end and there should be excess paper at the other end.

5 Close the top of the ball and glue the ends to the ball.

6 Make a slight twist at the end and glue the crepe paper to the ball so that it becomes a small rosette at the bottom of the ball.

7 Dip the tips of the rosette into glue and then into the glitter.

8 Shape the leaf by pulling it in the middle around your thumbs. Roll the long strip to make the stem and glue as you roll.

9 Glue the stem and leaf to the ball and allow to dry for 2–3 hours.

10 Drums: Cut the drum pieces using the template. There is a template for the harlequin pattern and the triangle pattern on the side of the drum.

11 Glue crepe circles at both ends of the cardboard tube. Cut notches around the edge of the circle and glue them flat onto the cardboard tube.

12 Cover the sides of the cardboard tube with strips of crepe paper. Glue on the strips and allow to dry.

13 Glue decorations on the side of the tube. For example, decorate the drum with triangles or red crepe paper windows. Also make triangles with gold string glued to the top and bottom. Place the triangles around every 1 cm.

14 Glue ribbons around the drum on both the top and bottom. Also glue a hanging cord to the top edge.

15 For drum with cord: Cut 16 × 4.5 cm gold cord.

16 To ensure equal spacing of the drum cords: Place four pieces of cord in a cross shape and mark the drum edge with a pencil at the end of each cord.

17 Apply glue to the marked points and allow it to dry until tacky (approx. 3 minutes). Glue two cords at each mark, then glue them together in pairs between the marks on the bottom of the drum.

18 Glue the edge band and the hanging cord in place.

19 Crepe rosette: Cut a strip for the rosette.

20 Fold the paper on the narrow side (1 cm). Fold the entire paper alternately on one side and then the other.

21 Cut 30 cm of gold string and double it. Tie the string tightly around the centre of the folded crepe paper.

22 Unfold the rosette into a circle and glue the sides together. Glue the string from the middle to one side and tie a knot for hanging. Tip: Hold the rosette together with a paper clip until the glue dries completely.

23 Glue a circle of crepe paper to the centre of the rosette.

24 Apply glue to the centre and edge of the rosette and then sprinkle/dip with glitter.