What crafts can you make with coffee filters? I like to decorate with things that can be left up for a “season” meaning 3 months so I get more enjoyment out of them. Did you know that you can make holiday decor that’s inexpensive, easy, and fun with coffee filters? I made some projects that I’m super excited about and wanted to share them with you.
For most of these projects you’ll take a coffee filter, place the center at the bottom, and squeeze up the filter to make a “flower” shape, and twist the bottom to hold in place.
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I took a styrofoam ball from Dollar Tree and started hot gluing these twisted coffee filters around it. There is no right or wrong way to do it. I started by making a circle around the middle, and then added more and more until the top was full. Then I began filling the bottom.
I hot glued on a candle holder from Dollar Tree to be the base. I then filled in any holes left with more coffee filters until I got it to be as full as I liked.
You can leave it plain or I added a little Mod Podge around the edges of the coffee filters and then sprinkled fake snow onto it.
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How do you make a snowman out of coffee filters?
I hot glued 2 different sized paper plates together.
I filled them with the twisted coffee filters until I got it as full as I wanted. For this one I started at the bottom and worked my way to the top.
I added a scarf, hot glued on button eyes and nose, a yarn mouth, and a top hat I found at Dollar Tree. I put a piece of fish line on back so I could hang him.
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How do you make a coffee filter wreath?
Any wreath form will work, and any size you like. I had this one on hand. I started hot gluing the twisted coffee filters onto the wreath working around in a circle. I started on the inside, then moved my way to the outside until it was as full as I wanted.
I added some battery operated LED (cool lights) I found at Dollar Tree. I hot glued the battery pack onto the back side to hide it.
I kept the original hanging tag on it so I could hang it from that.
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How do you make a coffee filter Christmas tree?
I cut holes of different sizes and layered them onto a recycled bottle. I used a little hot glue to hold each layer in place.
I added a strand of battery operated LED (cool lights) lights that have a “cork” on/off switch on top.
I cut out a tinfoil start and glued it to the “cork” on/off switch, and I also added some Krylon Glitter Blast spray paint to the filters to give it some shimmer.
If you like this you might like to see my post on coffee filter hacks
I cut the letters “J” and “Y” out of cardboard. I hot glued on some twisted coffee filters onto the letters until I had the look I wanted. I added my wreath from before to the center to be the letter “O” and created the word Joy. I used gaffers tape to hold up the letters and wreath onto my mirror.
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That is so creative!
Thank you so much Tamar 🙂
Lovely! Great idea!!
Thank you!
Thank you Mary Ann 🙂
Awesome! Awesome! I really love the topiary! Then there’s the snowman. Oops, and the wreath. The tree! And the J O Y. Yikes how to decide my fav. 🙂
Thank you so much Linda, it was so much fun and got them all done in one day. It really is hard to decide which one, I like them all as well 🙂
I love your snowman, and the lighted wreath! Way to go for inspiring the rest of us to step up to the plate and decorate for the holidays
Thank you Barbara, I am really excited about how they turned out. I have them ready to go but won’t put them up until after Thanksgiving 🙂
So many different ideas and they’re all so pretty! I like how inexpensive coffee filters are, so these projects are right up my alley!
Thank you so much and you are so right, I got these all done in one day and with 1 1/2 packages of filters.
All of these creations are beautiful, my friend. I especially like the snowman 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful ideas.
Happy weekend! Hugs! Stephanie-The Enchanting Rose
Thank you very much Stephanie 🙂 I’m so excited with how they turned out. You know how it is, you start on something with hope – sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Hugs to you my friend!
You had a lot of fun with your projects. I don’t need coffee filters anymore but I’m tempted to buy some just so I can make a wreath now. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
Thank you Donna, and I totally know what you mean as our coffee maker uses cone filters. I did go buy some of these coffee filters just to make these projects 🙂
How cute and simple! Thanks for linking up to #trafficjam
Thank you Tracy and thanks for stopping by.
Love the lighted coffee filter wreath! Very clever.
Thank you Lisa, and that’s one of my favorite s too 🙂
Such cute ideas. I especially love the Snowman. Thanks for sharing at To Grandma’s House We Go.
Thank you Amy and the snowman is one of my favorites too. Thank you so much for participating in our link party, we really appreciate it.