Homemade Christmas decorations don't have to be hard to make or expensive. Make the holidays a memorable experience this year by creating beautiful homemade Christmas decorations for the home. Stunning and timeless holiday tree ornaments and decorations can be created using flowers, leaves, seeds, berries, paper, cookies and candy.
Homemade Christmas Decorations – Evergreen Theme
During the fall and winter season there is an abundance of evergreen trees and shrubs that can be utilized for decorative purposes.
- Use evergreen branches to enhance the appearance of an artificial tree by strategically placing pieces of evergreen branches throughout the tree. The tree may be artificial but with the addition of the branches it will smell like the real thing.
- Fill a bowl with pine cones, evergreen leaves and berries and use it as a centerpiece on the dining room table.
- Use pine cones as tree ornaments. Apply glue to the top of each pine cone using a glue gun and secure ribbon or raffia on the top for hanging on the tree.
- Create a holiday wreath using evergreen branches. Cut branches to size and form a wreath – secure with wire or garbage bag twist ties. Add cranberries, cinnamon sticks, and raffia ribbon throughout the wreath using a hot glue gun.
- Make cranberry garland by stringing cranberries and draping them throughout the Christmas tree.
- Make raffia bows and place them throughout the tree as an additional decorative touch.
Evergreen decorations are inexpensive and smell wonderful. Use evergreen decorations throughout the house during the holiday season.
Homemade Christmas Decorations – Cookie and Candy Theme
There are numerous ways to use cookies and candies and not all of them involve eating! Here are some great decorative ideas using homemade treats.
- Bake cookies and have family and friends decorate them using colorful icing and festive sprinkles. Display the cookies as ornaments on the Christmas tree.
- Place gumdrops and colorful candies in large bowls and jugs on table tops throughout the house.
- Decorate a gingerbread house and use the house as a centerpiece in the dining room or living room. Gingerbread cookies are also a great addition to the Christmas tree.
- Place green foliage or evergreen branches on the mantelpiece and place the cookies throughout as decorations. Hang some of the cookies off the branches so that they dangle over the mantle piece.
- Place candy canes throughout the Christmas tree. Candy Canes can also be added to evergreen wreaths for a fun and festive holiday touch.
Cookies and candies are a great way to create a welcoming holiday environment in the home. Friends and family will be delighted with the cookie and candy holiday theme.
Homemade Christmas Decorations – Paper Theme
Paper is an extremely versatile decorating tool. A fun and festive holiday theme can be created using scissors, markers, paper, glue and a little imagination.
- Create snowflake decorations using a sheet of white paper. Simply fold the paper in half two times making a square and then cut into a circle or octagon. Then cut small diamond and heart shapes into the paper. Open up the paper to reveal a unique and decorative snowflake.
- Cut out paper dolls and use them as garland throughout the tree.
- Create paper stars, hearts, square and snowmen and decorate using sparkling sprinkles. Hang them on the tree. place them in windows and on mirrors for a festive touch.
Paper designs are an easy and cost effective way to decorate the home during the holidays. It is also a great way to get children involved in the holiday decoration festivities.
Homemade Christmas Decorations - Botanical Theme
Fresh fruit and flowers are a fabulous way to decorate the home during the holidays. Not only are they beautiful to look at but they are deliciously fragrant as well.
- Place dried hydrangeas into the Christmas tree for added color and texture.
- Place small chunks of fruit in the oven on low heat to dry them out. Use apricot, apple and orange slices. As soon as they are removed from the oven sprinkle them with sugar. Once they have cooled glue some twine onto each piece and hang them from the tree.
- Fill vases with fresh or dried flower bouquets and place on the mantel piece or anywhere else for a natural and festive holiday touch.
- Fill a bowl with fresh lemons, limes or oranges and use as a centerpiece in the dining room or living room. Add cranberries to the fruit bowls for additional color.
- A month or so before the start of the Christmas holidays plant some tulip bulbs in a small potted plant and watch as they bloom over the holidays. Use the plants as a centerpiece anywhere in the home.
Fresh flowers and fruit are a wonderful way to decorate the home during the holidays or any time of the year. Their beautiful color and fresh fragrance are a refreshing and timeless decorative touch.
Homemade Christmas decorations can be inexpensive and easy to do. This year give the environment a little holiday break by using natural and eco friendly materials to decorate the home. =
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