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Adding Christmas joy to your home shouldn’t leave you worried about your budget. Luckily, there are endless inexpensive possibilities for sprucing up your home for the holidays. From using pine cones from your front yard to filling your home with glittery Christmas balls, with this list you are sure to find a one budget-friendly decorating tip to fill your season with cheer.
Stock Up on Cheap Christmas Ornaments
Ornaments can be used for so much more than decorating your tree. When it comes to decking your halls on a budget, you can never have enough of those nifty Christmas ball ornaments! Check out online retailers for some good deals on packs of these versatile ornaments. You can typically find Christmas balls online in all sorts of colors, sizes, and designs, and you can literally use them to decorate any area of your home. From festive ornament wreaths to a bowl of ornaments on your coffee table, there really are endless options for using ornament decor.
Put Those Extra Jars and Vases to Good Use
We all seem to have a stockpile of clear vases and mason jars hiding under our kitchen sink. So, if you are looking for an inexpensive way to decorate for the holidays, put them to good use! There are many cute holiday crafts you can make with some basic items, some pretty ribbon or twine, and of course a mason jar. Use metallic spray paint and glitter to jazz those jars up then fill them with pinecones or silk poinsettias, or fill your home with the smells of the season with peppermint candy cane candles. Prefer to use old vases instead? Fill them up with pinecones from your yard, bags of cranberries, or some of those leftover ornaments.
Break Out Your Wrapping Paper
Every year, you hit those after-Christmas sales and stock up on wrapping paper. And every year, you wonder what exactly you’re going to do with the 75 rolls you’ve managed to collect. Well, wonder no more! You can use your wrapping paper cache to add some holiday cheer to your home. Cover those empty boxes of Holiday Crunch with some snazzy paper for instant holiday art for your walls, or make your very own custom wrapping paper trees. Got some extra bows and ribbons stashed away? Put them to use by making a wreath or wrapping them around pine cones for some super simple (but super classy) holiday decor.
Light Up Your Yard with Luminarias
Going Clark Griswold with the outdoor Christmas lights can be pretty pricey, and you’re sure to get an astronomical power bill stuffed in your stocking to boot. A more economical option for outdoor decor (and one that won’t annoy your neighbors) is to use paper bags and tea lights to craft your own luminarias. Luminarias are traditional holiday decorations throughout the Southwest, but they can look lovely no matter where you live. If you’re worried about using real candles, you can also opt for battery operated tea lights instead. Use this tutorial and replace the fall motifs with snowflakes, trees or whatever makes your heart happy.
Shop After Christmas Sales for Next Year
When it comes to the holidays, there are definitely a lot of beautiful options for inexpensive, DIY-decor. However, if you want to stock up on all those craft supplies and decorations for cheap, you should make some time to hit up some post-holiday sales. Most stores slash prices on Christmas decor by 50 to 70 percent off, but you do need to get there pretty early for the best selection. Of course, you can always save on craft supplies and decor by checking out coupon sites for deals before you shop too. However you save, be sure to pick up some containers to keep your decorations organized until you’re ready to use them again.
You don’t have to be Buddy the Elf to find creative ways to save on your holiday decorations. All you need is a little time, some inexpensive materials, and this helpful list of low-cost decor solutions so you can deck your halls without going into debt this season!
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