Let’s put a fun, crafty twist on holiday/winter décor this year! Replace those single use wreaths, swags, and garlands with reusable alternatives. Get creative here! Your entries do not have to be faux plants, just reusable replacements for single use plant items. See a few examples below for inspiration!
You must craft a reusable alternative to a typically plant-based winter decoration.
Each member may only submit one entry, which cannot already be posted on its own thread.
Additionally, your entry may not be submitted for any other contest in this community.
All entries must be posted by midnight on January 1st, 2023.
The winner of The Green Holiday “Greens” Challenge will receive a $20 Amazon gift card.
Additional Details:
You should submit your entry by creating a project post on the Completed Projects sub-board.
You are REQUIRED to have a descriptive title and then include “- Green Holiday “Greens” 2022 Entry” (example: Abbee’s Fiber Wreath - Green Holiday “Greens” 2022 Entry). Once you have posted your submission, you need to reply to this thread with a link to your post. If you do not do this, your entry will not be considered.
Voting will happen on January 2-9, 2023.
The winner will be announced on January 10th - we will contact you via Private Message, after the announcement.
If cheating of any sort is discovered, the applicable entry and votes will be disqualified.
If you have any questions, or want to chat about your crafting progress for this challenge, post it here! Let’s have fun!
I admit being personally very inspired by the fiber wreath as well. I’d really like to do something scrappy like that, but it’s possibly overly ambitious for the timeline of this challenge!
Oooh, I love that crocheted garland! I would totally have created something like that for my neutral staged Christmas tree this year, if only I had time!
It’s not a craft, but one of my favourite reusable Christmas decorations is my amaryllis bulb. I got it as a Christmas gift I think 3 years ago and I just replant the bulb every year. If you take good care of it, that one bulb can last years and years.
Oooh! Great question! Our thinking behind this was that the “green” part was reusable vs single use. So, yes, I think using wood for a project counts as long as you reuse it year after year!
Amaryllis flowers are a very popular Christmas decoration here! Amaryllises and poinsetta’s are the kind of flowers you’d bring if someone invited you for Christmas. Like this: Amaryllis voor een sfeervolle kerst: Tips voor decoraties I assumed that would be the case everywhere, but apparantly not! Sometimes the bulb is painted (like this one: https://www.plantje.nl/amaryllis-rode-bol/ ) I’m not sure if those are reusable, but a plain bulb can be used year after year. Mine is white and I put it in a plain white pot in the windowsill. They are really amazing flowers, when they start growing they sometimes grow so fast that you can almost see them growing.
An entry! I made a wreath that would visually pop on my dark door, instead of an old brown grapevine wreath or a new/different fresh green fir wreath every year.
And today it snowed! And my white wreath feels even more appropriate.
I’m going to look for one this year!