I love decorating for Christmas. I listen to the music as soon as it starts playing on the radio. I love putting up lights and the gawdy glittery ornaments.
At our old house I went through a brief stint of lighting up every single bush in our front yard.
I say brief because first off, I had to put everything up by myself (except lights on the house, the husband did that.) Second, the power bill. Our bill was well over twice the norm one year. That was it for me.
But I still went pretty crazy inside. At least in our main living space.
Now at our new house, we have two main living spaces. And we’re hosting Christmas, so I need to decorate accordingly.
Unfortunately, brand new Christmas decorations just aren’t in the budget this year, (if we want to buy presents, anyway.) So I thought I would check Pinterest for some budget friendly, DIY Christmas decorations.
Here is what I found, followed by what I did…
1. Easy Wreath
I hit up the dollar store with high hopes for the ornaments. Sadly they only had three colors, but I was willing to make do. They didn’t have the foam circle so I cut up an aluminum pan I already had.
They also didn’t really have much of a variety of sizes, so any random gaps I had, I just stuffed a coffee filter in there (left overs from the wreath I made last week.) This wreath cost me about $3.
2. Giant Wall Snowflakes All I needed to buy for these were Popsicle sticks, so they only set me back a dollar.
3. Ornaments in the window I was pretty excited about this one because I have some ornaments that I love but couldn’t put on the tree because they’re too breakable.
Not the most impressive photo, but it looks pretty cool in person. And it brings Christmas to the room!
Do you have any inexpensive decorating ideas, Pinterest or otherwise? Please share! I have a few open spaces!
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Love these ideas! Heading over to give you a follow on Pinterest. 🙂
Awesome! Thank you!
love all of this…the popsicle sticks turned out so cool and I love the hanging ornaments!
Thank you! It was so fun!
You are so creative! Love this! Great job 😀
Thank you!! It was mostly Pinterest really… ☺️
Well still… 😉
I love the snowflakes! I am going to make those with z next week!
Yes! Those were awesome-I love how they turned out! Have fun!
That wreath is so pretty!
Thank you so much! ☺️
Love all your ideas! I have some extra ball ornaments, so I’ll try the window thing!
I love the ornaments hanging down the window! We decided not to put up our big Christmas tree this year because I’m 100% sure my baby will be tugging on the tree from the bottom… I’ll have to try your window idea! Thanks! 🙂
Thank you! We love it! Its so festive!! 😄 having a tree in our house is a bit risky with the baby too, but so far, so good…
What a good idea to hang the fragile ornaments from the window rather than on the tree. We have a kitten. We have concrete floors. The tree is a ticking time bomb for me this year! A good post with nice pics!
Thank you so much! Haha! “A ticking time bomb” is a great way to put it!
I love the snowflakes – they came out awesome! How festive!
Thank you! They might be my favorite!
The ornaments in your window look really pretty. That is really festive and fun!
Thank you! Next year I’ll probably get some more to add. 😀
So pretty! These are great. I love how they are cheap too!
Thank you! Ha, yes, the price was almost my favorite part.
love it’s! The snowflakes looks awesome!!
Thank you-they’re my favorite!
What great ideas! I’d never seen the giant wall snowflakes before! I’ll have to put them on my to-do list! Pinning them. Thanks!
Thank you! It was so much easier than I thought it would be. And I love how they turned out!