Grab some scissors and scrap paper, steal the ribbon off your sister's box of chocolates, switch off all those screens and get creative with our DIY Christmas decorations...

Tree

• Plain white (for decorating yourself)
• Coloured

Lantern

• Plain white
• Coloured

Snowflake

• Plain white
• A coloured snowflake? Are you crazy?!

Cracker

• Plain white
• Coloured

Tips

• If you're not a grownup yet, find one to help you with the cutting.
• If you're a grownup and need an excuse to muck around with ribbons and glue sticks, find a child to help you with the excusing.
• Print on the back of a sheet you've used for something really boring. Thin paper works best.
• Decorate with spare ribbons, glitter, tinsel – whatever you've got lying around!
• Use a ruler to get nice neat folds.
• When you need to cut a hole in the middle of the sheet (for the tree and the cracker), pinch the paper to make a little fold, then snip it.
• Try printing the plain templates directly onto coloured paper.

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