Christmas Tree Decoration using recycled materials

Happy New Year 2026! Every time when I stepped into the new year, I would have thoughts about what I can do, or do better in the new year, aka new year resolution. Among these thoughts would be a renewed effort to save the environment. This is sometimes ironic because December is a time for celebrations, and normally there would be excesses, be it food (buffets, pot lucks etc) or others like gift wrappers.

This time round, post Christmas, I have decided to reuse a few of the items and make a Christmas Tree decorations that I can definitely use in 2026. I had recycled that Nespresso capsule, i.e. one with a nicer design. Not much effort there except to dig out the used ground coffee and clean that aluminum capsule (the ground coffee is visible in the background). I had to widen that three holes in the aluminum capsule as a prep for the next step. The next reused item is a Christmas log cake deco piece with three round red "berries" and golden leaves. Finally I scraped some copper wires from an old spoilt electronic, which took some efforts because it is quite hard to peel off the rubber tubing.

Raw recycled materials

Next step is to poke the Christmas log cake deco straight into one of the three holes, and tie the copper wires around the deco, with both ends of the wires poked into the Nespresso capsule through the remaining two holes. I used a masking tape to tape the wire ends within the capsule (not visible in the photo). Viola, a usable and decent looking Christmas tree decoration for 2026!

Final product - Christmas Tree Deco

Ok, wish everyone a Happy New Year 2026 and great health throughout the entire year!