Outside ornaments

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What can I do to make outside ornaments? I live in Texas in the Panhandle close to Lubbock Tex.

Lee Cunningham Green · Answer

I made some really great ornaments for outside using grocery bags and ribbon, I giant hard candies, taking advantage of the different color bags it looked quite nice and cost almost nothing . I used the bags to form the shapes and then covered them with colored bags and put a bit of ribbon on each end so they looked like candy that was 12' each. I also created candy canes/ candy sticks using PVC leftover piping and colored ribbon and good old fashioned duck tape so the pipes could be used again for something else if I wanted to .

Marion Nesbitt · Answer

You could also cut designs from Styrofoam and spray paint. We're lazy. My daughter just bought various coloured really large Xmas balls and hung them from her fruit tree at the front of her house.

Jewellmartin · Answer

Howdy from Mesquite, Tx. Yep, in Lubbock at Christmas, you might have an early snow, a late blistering hot week, or 65 mph winds--or all three in the same week. Whatever you choose to make, it's a good idea to stake things into the ground or to the side of a tree or fence. If several of your neighbor's strung white lights on each side of their walkways last year, maybe you could do that, too. Then your house looks like part of a neighborhood plan, and you can be as original as you like inside your own yard. Check yard sales all through the year to pick up other people's Christmas discards. They will be new to you, and you can put twinkle lights on about anything.

Michele Pappagallo · Answer

These are made from pool noodles...very cheap at the dollar store and completely weatherproof. If you are doing a candy-themed holiday, they might work for you!

Liz Toone · Answer

Here are a bunch of ideas:

https://www.thespruce.com/diy-outdoor-decor-projects-452730

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