Christmas windows

A pantomime theme?

Do you have windows with square glass panes? They are easier to make a story board with different animals in each pane, or a Father Christmas and sleigh theme. A big picture window is harder to dress, so maybe start at the top by dangling baubles and stars on strings of beads, then concentrate on building up the windowsill with Christmas trees, reindeer etc so they almost meet in the middle of the window.

If you have square panes, perhaps you could have just one item per pane - bell, candle, bauble, star, tree… etc. Print off outlines from the internet, cut out the middle, get coloured tissue paper and glue for stained glass effect.

Two plain rectangular panes.

Thanks for the ideas.

Somehow I need them to be light-uppable, if you see what I mean!

I like lit shapes like these - but the other way round, lit from the windowsill outside with led strips. They are easy to do. Ikea have some good, cheap, star lampshades (Strala) this year, too. I have some for hanging inside the window:

That is pretty!

Look at Habitat for light up star curtains etc. Their lights are usually good quality. Then build around it.

Hello I'm new here. I have been reading for a while but just had to join in for this thread. We made this window a few years ago for a village window advent calendar. Tissue paper stained glass on black sugar paper with a lamp lit in the room behind. Have fun.

Hetty58 and Coastpath those are both beautiful ?

That is so very pretty Coastpath!

Love the one Hetty posted too. Sadly we are in the country and can hardly be seen from the road, or I would do this myself.

That's lovely Coastpath and Hetty.

Wow! - that is lovely!

One that my niece did. She does do it professionally, for businesses. She uses special paint but, sorry, I don’t know what sort.

PamelaJ1 That's really lovely.

These are lovely. We too have something similar locally. Last year our neighbour used 'snow' paint (which you can get at craft shops). Mum (who is an artist) did the basic scene, then the 6 year old filled parts of it with her drawings. We all loved it.

Ooh! Beginning to feel inspired ?

Welcome Coastpath - lovely window?

Good job I've more than one window ? - might end up doing the lot pinching these beautiful ideas.

My daughter's estate had advent windows so each of the advent houses were given a number and the children had to find the window with the day number on it. Parents used a WhatsApp group. It was a fun thing not a competition and other houses without numbers took part too. Encouraged them to go out for a walk after tea even if it was cold and wet. The children loved it especially DGS1 who was 7 at the time.

All of these windows are beautiful. I'm not very artistic! DD is a P1 teacher and good at these kind of things. Didn't take it from me ?

A nearby village does and Advent trail, with a new window unveiled each day from 1-24 December, all nativity scenes, so Donkey, Joseph, Mary, Stars, Shepherds, Angels, Stable, Baby Jesus.

If you Google images of… it gives you ideas.
I also drew a dragon with DGS with a chap on utube. Step by step instructions. I was so pleased with it as I am so not artistic.

What a lovely thread.
How old are your grandchildren?

Many of our shop windows are painted with lovely Christmas scenes every year (must be a local artist) and I always find them so cheerful and uplifting.

You can make lovely snow scenes cheaply with black paper and newspaper we did it in a poorly funded school I worked in. Cut the black to make the ground then blue tack to the panes then cut all the scenes out of black print newspaper trees, Father Christmas ,houses, snowmen etc then some snow flakes place a standard lamp near by. Or you can do the same for a nativity , dunes and three wise men in black on one side and a stable with characters in newsprint.Then a few black palm trees on the other. Again snow flakes in newspaper all stuck with tiny pieces blue tack. lights along your window sill.

If you are not artistic ( like me), if you search on Ebay for Christmas Window Decals if will get lots of lovely ideas for decorating windows. They are quite cheap. Make sure you get reusable ones as they are easy to get off.