" Bring sun, ice and a sea of flowers into your home "

The sun shines down from the blue sky. The dew still clings to the leaves and the birds happily greet the fresh summer morning. The days are long and the nights are mild. For most people, a well-deserved vacation is just around the corner. But until then, it's worth embellishing your own four walls with enchanting summer decorations. Today we are giving you inspiration and ideas for making summer decorations. Together with your children, you can bring a real summer feeling into your home.

Making summer decorations with children - great ideas for indoors and outdoors

Unlike in winter, summer decorations can not only be put up indoors, but also in the garden or on the patio. You can even do crafts outdoors. Under a parasol, with a balmy breeze and a well-chilled glass of lemonade, you can get started. You will need the following craft materials for our summer decorations:

• Beads in all imaginable colors and shapes
• Nuscheli fabric in different colors
• Ink colors / wax crayons / colored pencils and brushes
• cardboard
• string
• Hot glue
• Wooden sticks
• Craft wire / chenille wire in green
• discarded socks or foam balls
• Empty glasses

You are also welcome to use other materials such as fresh flowers, stones and small branches. These can usually be wonderfully combined with a handmade decoration. But now it's time to introduce you to the best ideas for making summer decorations:

Ice cream cones

Ice cream is simply part of a perfect summer. Whether strawberry, chocolate or vanilla, the little ones simply love the cold dessert more than anything else. Reason enough to use them as ideas for crafting.

The cones for the ice cream cones are made from cardboard

First of all, make the waffles out of cardboard cones. To do this, draw a pointed cone on the cardboard, cut it out and then roll it up into an ice cream cone. Now fix well with hot glue and leave to dry.

It doesn't really look fancy yet. So take a few colors of paint and paint the cardboard a dark orange or light brown. Once dry, you can trace the lines of the typical waffle shape using a black fineliner. The ice cream cone is finished. All that's missing is the ice cream.

To shape the ice cream balls, use an old foam ball or old socks. Shape them into the appropriate shape. It doesn't have to be an exactly round ball. After all, no ice cream is really completely round. Nuscheli fabrics are used to create the right colors for an ice cream ball. In the colors pink, yellow and brown, you have the right ice cream flavors at hand. Simply wrap them around the socks or the ball.

The ice cream ball is then attached to the cone with the help of glue and the first decoration for the summer is perfect.

Making sunflowers, roses and all kinds of colorful flowers as decorations

Making flowers from fabric

All the beautiful flowers bloom in summer and these naturally provide us with perfect inspiration for other summer decorations. In addition to fresh bouquets of flowers, fabric and beaded specimens also adorn windowsills. As no two flowers are the same in nature, you are of course completely free to choose how you want to shape the flowers. It is best to use thin craft wire for this. Shape the petals and thread on beads as desired. This creates monochrome, colorful and unique flowers.

Tip: You can also use lentil beads, grooved beads or crochet beads here. crochet beadsto create special accents!

After each finished petal, knot the ends of the craft wire well. Then place the individual petals together to form a complete flower. Continue until you have made enough flowers. To make the perfect summer decoration, you now need to attach a few stems. To do this, we simply use thin wooden sticks, which are slightly sharpened at the lower end. If you wish, you can either paint the stem with green paint or wrap it with green chenille wire.

The flowers are now attached with the help of hot glue. Ideally, you should make these summer decorations on longer afternoons, as a little patience is required. The beautiful summer flowers can then be placed in flower boxes or used to create a complete bouquet.

Aquariums at the window - beautifully displaying fish and frogs

There are many suitable summer decorations. In addition to ice and flowers, water is particularly popular in summer.

Let's take a look at the inhabitants of rivers and ponds. Making fish with children is not difficult and you can create a small aquarium at the window.

Fish to hang on the window or wall

Start with the water. This is created wonderfully with the help of blue Nuscheli fabric. Simply attach it to the window pane by attaching it to the window frame. Only lay the fabric in one layer so that some sunlight can still shine through.

Plants are created in the same way as the fish:

For small children

First cut out the appropriate shapes for the fish and plants from cardboard. Be creative and try out different shapes and sizes. The children can then paint them from both sides.

Finger paints are suitable for the little ones to paint the fish

For older children

Use craft wire to make the classic shape of a fish. Try a little variety in terms of size here too. Now take Nuscheli fabric and attach it in a single layer. This creates a beautiful play of colors on the window. Beads can also be used here as small accents.

Summer table decorations - from drinks coolers to lanterns

Most families like to spend sunny days and balmy evenings outdoors. So if you want to make summer decorations, you can combine this with something practical and create drinks coolers and lanterns for the table!

Drinks coolers don't always look very attractive. That's why it's important to conjure up the right decorations for them. Colorful strings of beads, which can be placed around the cooler, look really pretty. Weaving different strings into colorful cords also adds small accents.

You can create a lantern by simply taking a disused glass and decorating it in a similar way. Again, beautiful fabrics, beads and string are suitable for this. However, make sure that the fabric is only laid in one layer. This way, the candlelight can even shimmer through a little.

Children get creative - giant picture as a decoration for the patio

Making summer decorations with children is not just limited to flowers and ice cream. As children spend a lot of time outdoors at this time of year anyway, it's the perfect place to create a beautiful large picture or collage. Starting with a colorful meadow of flowers to a duck pond and a bright blue sky. In addition to paint, you can also use fabrics, cardboard elements and natural materials. The end result is a unique work of art that can be placed on the patio as a summer decoration.