Isn’t it time we celebrated Christmas with colors other than the traditional red, green and gold? Let’s make it a kaleidoscopic Christmas in sparkly rainbow colors this year! We give you Christmas inspiration and festive decoration ideas that are fit for a unicorn.
To get a really colorful gingerbread house, forget the less-is-more Scandi-style minimalism. ‘Tis the season for extra everything – and channeling a My Little Pony vibe.
Go really over the top and use colorful sweets, rainbow sprinkles and icing dyed with different food colorings. Once your house is finished, create a lovely yard around it and try not to eat it, at least for a few weeks (by which time it will be too dusty to eat, anyway).
By the way, do you like the cone fir trees? Scroll down to find out how to make them.
At the end of this article, you’ll also find helpful tips for how to build a gingerbread house.
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Decorate the yard around your gingerbread house with cone fir trees (as above). Later, your guests can fill them with ice cream and eat them up.
Melt white chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of warm water. Brush the melted chocolate over the cones, one at a time, and cover with rainbow sprinkles before the chocolate hardens. Keep them in your fridge until you use them. Make sure you cover the chocolate with sprinkles, so the cones don’t melt in your guests’ hands.
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Everyone loves a festive Christmas cracker! All you need are empty toilet rolls and some sheets of tissue paper. Mix different colors and add something your kids will love to each cracker, e.g. a small gift or tasty treat. These crackers are made using two sheets of tissue paper per cracker. Decorate them with stickers, glitter tape and pretty ribbons and hang them on your tree or on doors or walls. Your Christmas party is sorted!
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Sparkly Christmas tree inspiration! Fill clear plastic Christmas tree balls with lots of brightly colored bits and pieces. Get a fantastically festive look by using different sizes, textures and colors, for example by mixing confetti, glitter and sequins. Use a paper cone as a funnel when filling the balls or your home will be covered in glitter for weeks!
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Here’s your opportunity to go all in and stack a dazzling pile of presents under the tree this year. Be creative and use wrapping paper and ribbons in as many different colors as possible. Glitter ribbons add a fabulously festive touch.
You’ll find more gingerbread cookie decorating ideas here
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