Flower box decoration for the winter

Making decoration yourself is the key - tips for the original winter decoration

The Flower box(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) Stylishly decorating for the winter is the ideal project for the whole family. If the Gardening reduced to a minimum, there is plenty of free time for cozy handicrafts. In the following we have put together a colorful range of smart ideas for you and your children to do yourself:

• In the forest pinecone collect, spray paint or paint
• Cut off twigs from hardy conifers and spray them with artificial snow
• Wrap pieces of birch wood with fairy lights
• Form mushroom hats from white modeling clay and glue them to wooden sticks with hot glue

Small ones can be made from plaster Make figures yourself. Equip the little men for winter with self-crocheted hats and scarves. Wrap wire around the feet of the mini-sculptures and insert them through the bottom holes in the flower box to fix them here so that they are storm-proof. In this way, other decorations can also be attached to the balcony box.

Decoration and winter protection in one go - that's how it works

If you have your Flower boxes(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) make it winterproof, you can conjure up an attractive decoration out of it at the same time. Wrap the box in advance with bubble wrap to protect the root ball from frost. After this duty, the freestyle follows by removing the slide from the viewer's gaze. The following options are available:

• Wrap balcony boxes with colored jute ribbons, intertwined into lush knots on the front
• Place coconut or straw mats over the foil so that they protrude 5-10 cm from the edge and tie with jute ribbons
• Form a winter coat for the flower box from mottled gray, brown or white sheep's wool

You can add the finishing touches to the decorative winter protection with stickers, ribbons or fairy lights.