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Get crafty this Christmas and do up your home with some DIY decorations — plus you could win £50,000 in our raffle


IF your Christmas decorations have seen better days, you don’t have to pay a fortune to update them.

There are plenty of ways to give your home a festive flourish without blowing loads of cash.

 Instead of blowing the cash on new decorations, why not make a fun day out of doing your own DIY ones

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Instead of blowing the cash on new decorations, why not make a fun day out of doing your own DIY onesCredit: Getty

Follow our DIY tips and you’ll be all set for Christmas and have plenty of cash left over for presents.

Get crafty: Bauble wreaths make a great alternative but can be costly — unless you make them yourself.

John Lewis are currently selling a brightly coloured rainbow wreath for £25, but if you make your own using coloured baubles from B&M, £5.99, and pipe cleaners, £3 at HobbyCraft, you can cut the cost considerably — and still have baubles to spare for your tree.

Saving: £16.01

Pine and dandy: Pine cones make fantastic bases for DIY decorations and you really don’t need to buy expensive ones. If you can’t find pine cones while out and about, you can pick packs of four of them up from £1.69 on eBay.

Decorate with glitter or golden paint to add a festive touch, then simply hang from ribbons and you’re good to go. Similar shop-bought decorations cost £8 for three (around £2.66 each) at John Lewis.

Save: Up to £2.66 per cone

Tree-sy peasy: Personalise your tree with your own decorations. Making your own will also be a fun activity for the kids.

Hobbycraft is selling plain ceramic snowflake decorations for £1, you can the add your own colours and designs easily by using brush pens, £4 for a pack of eight different colours, from The Works.

Doing DIY personalisation works out far cheaper than buying — as similar decorations cost £3.95 each at Not On The High Street.

Saving: £7.80 when you make four

Save dough: Making salt dough decorations will keep your kids entertained. Mix a cup of flour with a cup of salt and half a cup of water to make your dough. Then add food colouring.

Kids can cut shapes with cookie cutters and, after they’ve dried out, decorate with glitter, sequins and paint.

Win Christmas with Sky VIP

GET ready for Christmas with Sun Savers and Sky VIP.

TEN lucky Sun Savers members will share more than £20,000 in Sky VIP goodies to get you ready for the festive season.

Each winner gets a year’s subscription to Sky Q including Sky Cinema and Sky Sports, a 49in TV, a Sky Q minibox, a kids’ smart watch and £200.

It means you can enjoy all the TV you love, all in one place. You can watch, pause, rewind or restart live TV.

Plus, watch all of your favourite shows on catch-up, YouTube and Netflix.

You will also get your hands on a new kids’ smartwatch with a year’s free 1GB data plan on Sky Mobile.

Plus, you will bag £200 to help cover your Christmas essentials.

Sky VIP is Sky’s free loyalty programme open to all their customers.

It gives exclusive access to the best Sky tech, plus the chance to enjoy amazing experiences such as sparring with boxing champ Anthony Joshua.

Sky customers can join through the My Sky App, which already has lots of rewards waiting.

To be in with a chance to win our fantastic prize package, download the Sun Savers app or go to sunsavers.co.uk then click “Start Collecting” on the “Win Christmas with Sky VIP” page in the “Offers” section.

Collect TEN Sun Savers codes from those printed daily in The Sun and The Sun on Sunday until December 10.

Then enter or scan your ten codes on the website or app before midnight on December 16 when the competition closes.

  • Terms and conditions: Multiple code collect Nov 23-Dec 10, 2019. Entry closes 23:59pm Dec 16, 2019. 18+ UK residents only – new and existing Sky customers. Netflix account not included. Online access required. For full T&Cs, see sunsavers.co.uk.

Deal of the day

 Treat any Frozen fans to a cuddly Olaf toy, just £4 from Iceland

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Treat any Frozen fans to a cuddly Olaf toy, just £4 from Iceland

ICELAND has Frozen small soft toys half-price. Pick up Olaf for just £4 in-store by Tuesday. The kids will love them.

Save: £4

Cheap treat

 Get your hands on a biscuit box while they're on offer at Tesco

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Get your hands on a biscuit box while they’re on offer at Tesco

EVERYONE loves a biscuit box at Christmas. McVities Victoria selection is just £1.50 at Tesco, down from £4.

Save: £2.50

My Sun Savers fiver

SHIRLEY Farrell, from Benfleet, Essex, says: “I’m saving my Sun Saver fivers for a meal with my hubby on holiday in Lanzarote.”

  • Share your Savers fiver stories at sunsavers.co.uk/fivers and get 28 codes, worth £5, if we print yours here. Please include your name and town.

Top swap

 Don't splash £15 on these Asos snake print espadrilles...

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Don’t splash £15 on these Asos snake print espadrilles…

INSTEAD of paying £15 for Asos’ snake print espadrilles, above, get Primark’s at £6, below. Perfect for next year’s holidays.

Save: £9

 ...when you could pay £6 for these near-identical flats from Primark

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…when you could pay £6 for these near-identical flats from Primark

Shop and save

 Any princesses will love this Vera Wang perfume, down to £20 from £45

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Any princesses will love this Vera Wang perfume, down to £20 from £45

VERA Wang Princess eau de toilette spray is now £20 at Asda, down from £45.

Save: £25

Reader’s saving tip

EMMA Perry, from Sunderland, says: “Get rid of pet smells on the cheap by using talc powder. Spread it across the carpet, leave for half an hour, then hoover it up. Your home will smell fresh.”

  • Share tips at sunsavers.co.uk/tips and you will get 28 codes worth £5 if yours is used. Please include your name and town.

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SAVE up to 80 per cent on top toys at studio.co.uk.

Your paper could be worth £50,000

 Could you be next to win The Sun Raffle

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Could you be next to win The Sun Raffle

EVERY CODE YOU ENTER IS A TICKET: ONE lucky reader is in line for a bumper early Christmas present – thanks to our £50,000 Sun Raffle.

Every month YOU could win the super cash giveaway in our Sun Raffle just for reading this paper.

Entering could not be easier – simply download the Sun Savers app or sign up at sunsavers.co.uk.

Then, opt in to each month’s Sun Raffle by clicking “Yes!” when prompted and start collecting the codes printed daily inside the paper – scanning in the app or entering online.

Saturday November 9’s code is on Page 20.

The next big giveaway is on Saturday, November 30 – perfect for making it a Christmas to remember.

With every code you enter you will earn a Raffle ticket into that month’s £50,000 Raffle.

There is no limit to how many tickets you can collect per month, so make sure to enter as many codes as you can to give yourself the best chance of winning. Remember, you have got to be in it to win it.

Not already a Sun Savers member? Join Sun Savers today.

It only takes a minute to sign up – just search “Sun Savers” in the app store and then download the app, or head to sunsavers.co.uk. To get started, all you need to do is enter a few details.

– T&Cs apply. For full T&Cs see sunsavers.co.uk.

Fancy a free fiver?

YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.

Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.

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Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have ­collected 28.

This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.

For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.

We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.

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Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at sunsavers.co.uk.

To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.

With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.

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