CHEAP WAYS TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS (GENIUS IDEAS!)

What Christmas decorations do you already have at home? Even if you don’t like it, you can repurpose it. Think about ways you can chalk paint ornaments or bowls, baskets, and containers. Do you have faux greens and flowers you can separate?  Are there things you put on the tree that you can use somewhere else? Think about what is salvageable among what you have. And, it may need to make do for a few years until your budget expands. Totally OK.

This is really helpful if you are a no-waste family. I’m sure you have materials around the house you can re-use for decor.

Below is a picture of some berry stems I got from Dollar Tree. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with them, so I took them apart to make a garland for my light fixture (while I’ll be repurposing and updating this spring!)

Below is a picture of a crate I was using outside but didn’t really have a place. I had a Christmas hanging but nowhere to hang, so I took it apart and filled up the crate. Win-win. 

Here is more of the same stems but in a galvanized bucket I usually keep on the porch.

2| USE CROSS-OVER FALL DECOR

Before you totally switch out your fall decor for Christmas decor, what can you use for both? Things like pine cones, red berries, jars, vases, branches, picture frames are all things that can be adapted from fall to Christmas. What can you fill those jars with? What new printables can you put in picture frames? Are there letterboards or chalkboards you can change over with new quotes and sayings?

Lots of fall decor can work for Christmas decor (and even winter decor after).

Below is a picture of a tree I made for fall, using acorns. I just switched out the acorns and added the red jingle bells – from Dollar Tree for $1.

Here’s another year with ornaments!

This is a candle jar I made that I switched out the popcorn inside during the fall, and for Christmas, I put in pine sprigs, cinnamon sticks and dried oranges.

3| START PLACING YOUR ITEMS AROUND YOUR HOUSE, AND THEN MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE YOUR LOOK

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