One of Annie’s favourite artists is Henri Matisse, the French pioneer of Fauvism. His distinctive cut-out shapes, often used in collages, made him famous and serve as wonderful inspiration for these simple, colourful Christmas decorations.

Download our templates for all the shapes you will need to create your own Matisse inspired decorations. Get the whole family involved even kids can make these simple decorations.

Christmas Tree Decorations

Made from modelling clay, the Matisse-inspired shapes look wonderful hung on the tree with hand painted baubles. See step-by-step.

Christmas Garland

Using the same templates as the Christmas tree decorations we made a garland out of cardboard painted shapes. See step-by-step.

Christmas Stockings

Turn plain Christmas stockings into Matisse inspired works of art to fill your home with colour. See inspiration.

Christmas Wrapping Paper

Turn brown paper or white drawing paper into festive handpainted wrapping paper using our Matisse inspired templates. See inspiration.

Bright and bold

We carefully curated a palette of bright and joyful Chalk Paint colours for our Matisse inspired decorations. Tyrian Plum, Florence, Capri Pink, Original and Frida Blue – with highlights in Arles and Antibes Green and a touch of Metallic Paint in Traditional Gold.

Happy Matisse-mass!

Download your free Matisse-mas templates here