Paper cut-outs of Christmas shapes, including a stocking, tree, bauble, and bell, are scattered on a speckled worktop—perfect inspiration for your next SmART Attack or Shredder Challenge with Fellowes products!.

Fellowes SmART Attack Shredder Challenge

ByLouise

If I am honest I am the least crafty person I know, in fact I am pretty sure I mentioned this in our pumpkin carving post a couple of weeks ago. So when I was asked to take part in the SMART Attack Challenge by Fellowes I was just slightly worried. But I had no reason to be. The challenge was pretty straightforward and lots of fun to complete.

To take part in this challenge we needed a Shredder. We already have a Fellowes shredder as we reviewed the Fellowes Powershred a few months ago. You can read this review here.

As Christmas is on its way we decided to use our shredded paper to make some Christmas tree hanging decorations. James loved this part of the challenge and really got stuck in.

To make these you will need:

  • Some Christmas shaped templates (we used a tree, star, stocking and bauble)
  • Some shredded paper
  • Glue
  • Paints
  • Ribbon to hand them
Paper cut-outs of Christmas shapes, including a stocking, tree, bauble, and bell, are scattered on a speckled worktop—perfect inspiration for your next SmART Attack or Shredder Challenge with Fellowes products!.Close-up of a pile of shredded paper strips scattered on a speckled surface, some text and coloured patterns visible—perfect for a SmART Attack or your next Shredder Challenge.

The most time consuming task for me was cutting out the templates for the decorations. Whilst I was cutting James was busy covering them with glue and shredded paper. Once the glue dried, I trimmed all the overhanging paper so we could then paint our decorations. 

A round paper ornament made from shredded paper strips—possibly from a Fellowes SmART Attack Shredder—is placed on a speckled worktop. The ornament has a small hole and tag at the top, suggesting it can be hung for the Shredder Challenge.A young child stands at a kitchen worktop painting a small craft with a brush, inspired by SMart Attack. Art supplies, glue, and painted items fill the worktop as the child stays focused on their creative activity.

James is very proud of his baubles and said the blue one was his favourite. We spent just over an hour in total making our decorations but this is definitely one of those activities that you can spend longer doing if you would like.

Two child-made holiday ornaments on a speckled surface: one is red with green and blue paint, the other is white with blue scribbles—both inspired by the SMart Attack Shredder Challenge, featuring yellow ribbon loops.Two homemade Christmas decorations, inspired by a SmART Attack, feature a red stocking with a white top and a green Christmas tree decorated with colourful dots, both lying on a speckled worktop. Perfect creations for the Shredder Challenge!.

Our decorations will be hung on our tree this year. We used a hole punch to make a hole in the top of each one and used a little bit of ribbon to make a hanging loop. 

I did find the challenge very messy. But what is a bit of shredded paper, glue and paint? It all cleans up easily enough, especially if you use children’s paint and glue. James couldn’t get enough of the messy side of things and has asked to make more decorations so we definitely will be doing more very soon.

 If you are looking for ways to keep your children entertained you can find out more and see other creative ways to use shredded paper at Fellowes Google+ page.
A festive graphic with silver snowflakes and a blue, glowing burst background. Text reads: "Here Comes Trouble's CHRISTMAS GUIDE 2013" in playful fonts—featuring the SmART Attack Shredder Challenge for extra fun!.

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