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Floating baubles

Silver and crystal baubles are amazing at reflecting light. Hang a group of them above candles on the kitchen table for a decoration that’s a blaze of light glittering on surfaces.

You will need

 Clear fishing line or invisible thread

 2 small carpet tacks or short nails

 Hammer

 Selection of silver or crystal Christmas decorations

To make

• Attach the two tacks to walls either side of your table, then stretch a piece of fishing line or invisible thread between the tacks, so it reaches from one wall to another. Make sure the line is tight and well secured at either end as the weight of the baubles may stretch the line and cause it to sag.

• Hang the decorations above the table by tying a length of fishing line or invisible thread to each bauble and hanging them at different heights from the stretched length of fishing line.

• Place small candles or nightlights below the baubles and light them. Enjoy the view!

Tips

This idea can be adapted to use any groups of coordinated decorations, even paper baubles or small pompoms, but make sure they hang well away from the candles. Ask your children to make some little trinkets to hang over the candles, and hang them alone or among glittering baubles. Children really enjoy seeing their work go centre-stage, especially at Christmas.

Groups of items on wire, line or thread make great decorations all round the house. A natural selection – using items such as fir cones, leaves, dried orange segments, cinnamon sticks and thistles – looks wonderful hanging across a window, especially if you lightly spray the elements with glitter and hang them from the line using festive ribbons.