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The holly, berries, bow, and white branches as well as the tree frame were purchased at a 100 yen store. The decorations were simply poked into holes on the frame. The white branches for this tree, and the wreath were both cut from a hundred yen store Christmas tree.
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Is the bear having hot chocolate, or mint tea with his candy cane? The bear and rocking horse are the only items not purchased at the 100 yen store, though, often cute bears can be purchased there as well. The holly leaves and berries were the only pink decorations I could find at the 100 yen store. The leaves were on a “vine” so I pulled them off to decorate this tree, and the wooden tree frame above. The candy canes were made of sculpy. If you want to make them yourself, just roll out a rope of white and a rope of red, twist them together and shape them into cane shapes and bake.
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This gingerbread village is not edible, but is just as fun to look at. The houses and train were purchased at a dollar store, and embellished with "candy" and "gingerbread men" from a craft store. If you want to make one like it, you could make a similar village from cardboard boxes and embellish with decorations you make from Sculpy, or a light weight medium such as "Hearty"
Link to craft site that sells Sclupy and Hearty
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These rustic stars add a bit of Christmas to the space, and are a welcome change of pace from a wreath. The maroon decorations blend in better than a fire engine red would. Although these were not purchased at a 100 yen store, often they do sell rustic star shapes just like these that you can embellish yourself with a bit of greenery, ivy, and Christmas ball ornaments. also sold at 100 yen stores.
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Pink is a twist on the usual red, but it can be a refreshing change, especially if the whole house is swimming in red. The dark brown of the vine wreath anchors the candy confections and makes it stand out against a white background. Wreath, bow, branches, and berries were all purchased at hundred yen stores, and were used to make the matching tree as well.
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This small ceramic nativity figure sits on a kitchen counter, but would work just as well in a bathroom--either place, it won't be damaged if splashed with a little water. This was purchased at Keio D2 home center.
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The Tree is decorated in maroon, this time. The gifts are wrapped styrofoam cubes. The tree ornaments were bought at hundred yen stores, but you can make cute ones from Sculpy or Hearty. If you get small cookie cutters at the hundred yen store, it is pretty simple to make gingerbread men with brown dough. You can use an “8” cookie cutter to make snowmen, or make 3-D ones by making 2 small balls from the white clay, and stack them on top of each other. Draw facial features with fine tip markers, and add details, such as scarf and hat from different colored modeling clay. Even children can make these.
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A small shelf allows you to display a number decorations that would be too small to stand alone. The gingerbread house was made of felt, including the felt m’n’m’s. The wreath on the front door is made with rick-rack, as is the garland on the roof. There is batting “smoke” coming out of the chimney. The shutters were made of striped cloth covering felt rectangles to resemble gum, and the porch pillars are felt tubes with narrow ribbon coiled around them.