Made Easy: Home Christmas Decorating

There are many more things that you can do in your home to bring out the Christmas spirit. This last set of tips covers simple things that you can do to make your home beautiful and inviting.

1. Ribbons
Ribbons really are a great way to compliment anything during the Christmas season. Red and green ribbon especially say Christmas, or you can also get ribbon that has Christmas print on it.

Here are some ways you can use it:

Tie them around all of your plants in the house
Tie them around the backs of chairs
Use ribbon like garland around your tree
Tie them around candles
Tie them on door handles
Tie them on banisters

2. Wreaths
Wreaths are fun at Christmas because there is such a variety to choose from. They also aren’t just to hang on your front door. Here are some other places that you can hang wreaths:

On the outside and inside of the front and back doors g Above the mantel
In all of your windows
On your Christmas tree (miniature ones)

3. Foil
You can do many things with foil to make your home look more festive at Christmas. Here are some ideas:

Cover cardboard cut out stars
Cover your goodie plates
Use foil as wrapping paper
Wrap your plant pots in foil

4. Christmas Cards
There are lots of fun ways to display your Christmas cards. Here are a few:

Hang a ribbon from one corner of your room to the other and tape your cards to it
Form a Christmas tree with your cards on your front door
Buy a piece of glass to go on top of your coffee table and display your cards under it.

You can also recycle your old Christmas cards and make great ornaments out of them. Here are some ideas:

Cut out the pictures on them and make a Christmas collage
Buy a cheap Christmas photo album and place cutout pictures from your cards in it and display it.
Use the cutout images to make gift labels
Glue pictures from the cards to magnets and display them on your fridge

5. Dough
Kid’s play dough is not only fun to play with, it also can make fun Christmas decorations. All you have to do is shape, let it dry, and maybe paint it. Here are some ideas:

Use cookie cutters and make tree decorations
Make your own Nativity
Make miniature “bulbs” and display them in a glass bowl
Make an advent chain (like you would with paper)

6. Pinecones
Pinecones can be fun to decorate with during the Christmas season. Here are a few things that you can do with them:

Spray paint them with silver or gold paint and display them on your tree
Use glue and glitter to decorate them and display them in a Christmas basket
Dip them in cinnamon scent and place them all over your home for a great Christmas aroma

7. Candy Canes
Candy canes aren’t just for eating; they make great Christmas decorations. Here are some ideas:

Hang them on your tree
Use them to decorate gifts
Place a bunch in a slim vase with a bow around it
Place one or two in the dirt of all of your house plants

8. Popcorn
Popcorn is a cheap and creative way to decorate for Christmas. Here are a couple of ideas:

String them to make garland to put on your tree, window sills, banisters or walls
Make popcorn ball ornaments (they look like gigantic snowballs)
String the popcorn balls to make a bigger garland

9. Nativity Collections
Many people like displaying several different Nativity scenes during the Christmas season. This can be beautiful and also educational, especially if the Nativity scenes are from different countries.

10. Christmas Stockings
Christmas stockings aren’t just for the mantel. Here are some other places that you can display them:

On your tree (miniature ones)
On gifts (again miniature ones)
In the kitchen as utensil holders
In the bathroom (put spare toilet paper in them)
On your stair banister

11. Christmas Bulbs
Christmas bulbs aren’t just for the tree anymore. You can hang them all over your house. Here are some ideas:

Hang them on your mug hooks in the kitchen
Hang them from lamp switches
Hang them on doorknobs
Attach smaller ones to gifts

12. Glass Bowls
You’d be surprised at the decorations that you can make with just a simple glass bowl. Here are some great ideas:

Put some colorful candy or nuts in it and tie a bow around the bowl
Put your favorite Christmas bulbs in it
Put miniature bows in it
Put a bundle of cinnamon sticks wrapped in a bow in it

13. Cookie Cutters
Metal Christmas cookie cutters aren’t just for making cookies. Here are a few things that you can do with them after you’re finished baking:

Tie a ribbon around them and hang them on your tree and other places
Use them to make foil cutouts
Glue or tie 4 alike cookie cutters together in a circle to make a wreath

14. Candles
What’s Christmas without candles? Candles make your home warm and inviting, especially during the Christmas season. Here are some ideas:

Decorate your candles with fabric paint
Tie Christmas ribbons around them
Place several small votive candles across your mantel – this looks great at night when they’re all lit
Use clip-on candles on your Christmas tree (don’t light them though as this is a fire hazard)

15. Christmas Books
Displaying Christmas books is a great way to decorate. You can put them on your coffee table, in your kitchen, or even in your bathroom. Another idea is to get a children’s Christmas board book or pop-up book and stand it up open on the coffee table or mantel.

16. Railing and Banister
Do you have stairs in your house? Here are some creative ways to make that banister more festive:

Wrap garland around and through the railing g Wind Christmas lights around it
Wind greenery and berries around the rail g Wrap Christmas ribbon around it

17. Wrapping Paper
Wrapping paper isn’t just for wrapping gifts. There are lots of other uses for it during the Christmas season.

Here are some ideas:

Wrap the pictures on your wall with wrapping paper, then hang them back up
Wrap your coffee table and put a bow on it
Wrap your front door and put a big bow on it
If you have a fish tank, cover the back of it with wrapping paper
Wrap up a bunch of boxes in a variety of sizes and stack them in a corner of your living room

18. Advent Calendars
Advent calendars are a fun way to keep track of the holiday season. The great thing about them is that they can be very simple or elaborate.

Here are a few ideas:

Use wooden two blocks with numbers on them – then every day in December, display the date with the blocks
Use a calendar made of felt with pockets – each day either take out or put in a candy cane
Use a simple paper chain
Use a big desk calendar – every day that goes by put a bow on that box

19. Cinnamon Sticks
Cinnamon sticks add fragrance and beauty to your home during the Christmas season. You can put them in vents to spread the fresh scent around your home. You can also bunch them up, tie them with a Christmas ribbon and display them everywhere.

20. Christmas Lights
Indoor Christmas lights add beauty and dazzle to every Christmas tree. But these lights can be put in other places as well. Here are some great places to put them:

Around the inside of your windows g Across your mantel
Down your stair banister
Strung on all of your house plants g Around the inside of your front door

21. Windows
There are lots of things that you can do to your windows to make them look festive. Here are some ideas:

Spray fake snow around the corners
Hang paper snowflakes
Paint holiday designs on them using washable paint or children’s bath crayons
Make cool designs by making shapes with indoor Christmas lights inside the windows

22. Table Décor
Setting your table at Christmas time can really set the mood in your home. Here are some things that you can do:

Use a red or green tablecloth
Sprinkle glitter or small cut outs on the table
Put a candle in the middle with a wreath around it
Make gingerbread man place cards
Wrap your table with wrapping paper
Simply set a big plate of Christmas cookies in the middle of the table

23. Doors
When Christmas decorating this year, don’t forget your doors. Here are some fun ways to adorn your door:

Cover it with wrapping paper
Make a shape like a tree or a star out of Christmas lights gString garland around it
Hang bells or tie bows over the doorknob
Wrap your door in white paper with a big bow – have guests sign it as they visit

24. Bells
Bells are always fun at Christmas. Here are some fun things you can do with them:

Hang them around doorknobs
Glue them on clothespins and pin them on your tree
Make necklaces out of them – hang them on hooks or on the tree when you’re not wearing them

25. Poinsettias and More
Don’t forget the Christmas flowers! You can never have too many. Remember that many of the following are poisonous to dogs, so keep these items out of reach. Here’s a few to keep in mind: