32 DIY Christmas Decorations Ideas
We all eagerly wait for Christmas every year. Since it is the biggest celebration of the year every member of the household is involved in the decoration of her house. We all look for decorations for indoors, and outdoors, wall decorations, and every other decoration possible. I have come up with the best DIY Christmas decorations ideas that cover all nooks and corners of the house.
Whether we talk about beautiful centerpieces, well-decorated mantels, making a kitchen beautiful or a well-decorated living room, everything needs attention to detail and then only they stand out and earn you praise.
We all want to make this holiday season special so we end up splurging a lot of money. Here I have focused more on DIY Christmas decorations ideas which can save you a lot of money without compromising the beauty and aesthetics.
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Best Christmas Decorations
1. Elegant Stairs
This holiday season these stairs will definitely catch a lot of attention. The leaves, ribbons, and lights are so well put together. It looks even better at night with the lights turned on.
The materials required are Christmas ornaments, ribbons, lights, and leaves. With just a few materials it has completely transformed the staircase and is certainly one of the best Christmas decor ideas.
2. DIY Magnolia Wreath
This is one of the most beautiful Christmas decorations ideas and guess what? you can make it for free. This wreath will work any time of the year. Collect Magnolia leaves both fresh and dried are needed.
Paint these leaves with gold and silver metallic paints. Use cardboard to make a ring. Using a hot glue gun and hot glue stick the leaves to the cardboard. Once done, let it dry and then hang it on your front door.
3. Christmas Tablescape
This is one of the most beautiful Christmas tablescapes. You need eucalyptus greens, a bunch of pomegranates, white plates, gold flatware, cookie name tags, and beautiful wine glasses. I would say the most special addition is eucalyptus green. It smells so nice.
It hardly takes 10 minutes to decorate this Christmas table. One of the major hights is the homemade gingerbread cookie nametags.
4. DIY Wood Reindeer
It is loved by kids. The supplies required are brad nails, pocket hole screws, board, wood glue, and sandpaper. You can use this reindeer year after year as wood is highly durable. Give a different color to it every time and it will look fresh again.
5. Christmas Cabin
This is so classy. The combination looks fantastic. It costs only a few dollars but the outcome is surreal. It does not take much time but everyone will surely love this idea.
I never imagined it would look so good in the picture. I made a Christmas tree and decorated it with Christmas ornaments and kept it near the staircase.
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6. Oversized Hanging Ornaments
Whenever you make something for your front porch, make it big so that it can be seen from afar. The supplies required are gorilla glue, plastic bottle caps, sports balls, a fishing line and a drill.
Decorate the windows with garlands.
7. Christmas Kitchen With Wreaths
This kitchen holiday decor is one of the most aesthetic color combinations. Just a little creativity is required to put up such a masterpiece.
You require a wreath for kitchen chairs. The wreath has to be tied behind the chair. You also require a wired burlap ribbon, and command strip tape. To decorate the ceiling you need garland. This three-foot-tall tree adds a lot to the table. Use snow spray to color it in white.
Though it takes some time to decorate, the result is very satisfactory.
8. Christmas Wreath Trio
It is one of the most beautiful Christmas wreaths for the front door. The supplies required are spool aluminum hobby wire, red metal bow, battery-operated pre-lit Christmas pine wreath, wreath hanger, and ornaments.
Keep two artificial mini Christmas trees on either side of the door. Decorate them with string lights.
9. Silver And Gold Christmas Tree
The silver and gold Christmas tree looks extraordinarily beautiful. Beautiful wrapping paper adds so much to the entire Christmas decor.
Filling the tree with small Christmas ornaments makes it more beautiful. White and gold balls add so much to the beauty and not to forget the beautiful ribbons.
10. Christmas Door
It is one of the most gorgeous Christmas front-door ideas. The supplies required are a wreath, curly willow, large pine cones, black lanterns, birch poles, lighted pine garland, tall black urns and a wreath hanger.
11. Christmas Wall Decoration
This wall decoration is for people who love to have minimalist decorations. It looks amazing. The idea is pretty simple but it has a big impact. I am sure your guests will be taking a lot of selfies with this wall decoration as the background.
12. Planters
You can make this beautiful planter without using real plants. Fill the urn with conifer branches. Add big pine cones, ribbons, red berries and a bow. Make it look colorful and it will be ready in minutes.
13. Christmas Decorated Mantel
The fireplace mantel is my favorite spot for Christmas decorations. I get a lot of creative ideas to decorate it. Just by adding ornaments and designs, it looks completely different.
The materials required are candles, candle stands, ornaments, and a bit of greenery.
14. Christmas Centerpiece
It is a gorgeous Christmas centerpiece. To make the centerpiece the materials required are pillar candles, glass vases, LED fairy lights, wooden crate, clippings of shrubs, and berries.
Use evergreens like Magnolia, Boxwood, Cedar and Spruce. hebe branches are on one of the highlights of this centerpiece. Add Toyon berries to make it colorful.
15. Gold Triangle Flower Holder
You just need to use brass ends and attach them with strings in the shape of a triangle. It will enhance the wall decor. You can also hang this in your entryway.
16. Log Centerpiece
I never imagined log as a centerpiece would work but it did and it looks fantastic. Leyer it with pine cones, branches, greenery and berries. drill holes in the log and those holes will work as a tea candle holder.
17. Reindeer Jars
Reindeer jars are one of my favorite mason jars for Christmas. It just looks adorable. You need wiggle eyes, a hot glue gun, chocolate-covered pretzels, pom-poms, and pipe cleaners.
Fill these jars with homemade chocolate pretzels. Make antlers using pipe cleaners. With a glue gun let them stay put. With a glue stick wiggle eyes and for the nose glue red pom pom The entire decor idea requires only 5 minutes of your time.
18. Mason Jar Table Decor
It is one of the most beautiful centerpieces. Fill the bottom of the mason jars with Epsom salt and then fill it with cranberries and juniper branches. After every cranberry jar keep a jar with a candle and Epsom salt.
Keep all these jars above the sparkly tablecloth. I have used rattan charger plates and Santa Claus plates to complete the look.
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19. Christmas Grungy Rag Canes
This is unique and stands out. Grungy rag canes decor will not cost you much and it will definitely attract a lot of attention. I saw it on my friend’s porch and I loved the idea.
20. Glowing Planter
It is very impressive, I saw this at a Christmas party last year and asked the host about it. The lights give a magical glow to the planters. For the glow, you can either use solar string lights or waterproof outdoor fairy lights.
21. Pine Cone Wreath
DIY Pine Cone Christmas Wreath is a great addition to Christmas decor. You require natural jute twine, hot glue, LED string lights, and of course pin cones. You need around 75 pine cones.
This wreath will look as it is for years and that’s what I like the most. You can customize it by adding lights or berries. To avoid the pine cones from falling wrap twine around the wire wreath. Leave a little space between the pine cones and then we will fill the space with foliage.
For the Christmas wreath add red berries. You don’t have to hang the wreath, you can use it as a table centerpiece also.
22. Street Sign Yard Decor
It is one of the most beautiful lawn decor ideas for Christmas. From Reindeer Crossing to ELF Village and from Santa’s Workshop to Candy Cane Lane, this is a unique but delightful yard.
23. Christmas Decorations For Outdoor
We put a lot of focus on how our living room looks or how the table setting looks but it is equally important to make sure that the front porch also looks fabulous. Remember “First Impression Is The Last Impression“.
You can buy 4 feet Christmas tree and 6 feet Christmas tree. You also require a buffalo check rug and lanterns. Also, you need to add greens to the basket.
24. Lantern With Red Accents
It is one of the most beautiful Christmas decorations ideas. Wrapped with lush greenery it is a pure delight. The red ornaments and vibrant ribbons took it to the next level.
It is one of the most beautiful ideas for your front porch. You can also use it as a wall decor.
25. Snow Frosted Mason Jar
These are magical Christmas centerpieces. You can keep them on a shelf, above a mantel or on a dinner table. The supplies required are Mod Podge, Mason jars, LED string lights and twine.
The other required materials are pine cones, conifer cuttings, and berries. Coat the outer are of Mason jar with Mod Podge and then stick salt(it’s our snow). Now wrap the twine at the rim of the jar. Tie the twine with berries. Add the lights.
26. Christmas Mantel
It is one of the most gorgeous Christmas mantels I have ever seen. The greenery on all the sides makes it look so much appealing. The stars at the top of the mantel welcome the Christmas festive with open arms.
The vases on either side of the mantel look elegant.
27. Christmas Urn
It is one of the most beautiful Christmas decorations ideas. It will look fabulous on your front porch or in your backyard. The urn is filled with greenery, string lights, and red berries.
28. Chalk Pen Galvanized Buckets
It is one of the easiest Christmas decor ideas for outdoors and comes together in just 10 minutes. The supplies required are galvanized buckets, chalk pen, vase, fairy lights, and ribbon.
Tie ribbons to your buckets and add the fairy lights. I wrote it with my hand but you can use stencil to make the letters look better.
29. Outdoor Lighted Christmas Tree
It is just outstanding. You can make a Christmas tree only with lights. Hang the string lights in the form of a Christmas tree. It’s so simple yet impactful.
30. Porch Decor
It is a cozy decor idea. Keep a pair of boots with a bit of greenery on it. Place a wooden box and fill it with pinecones. Some more greeneries near the sitting area will make it cozier.
31. Grapevine Balls
Once you light them at night they will look amazing. For this make wire balls and you can make them using floral wire. The other supplies required are grapevine, wire cutters, twinkle lights, and beach balls. You can use these for other holidays too.
32. Long Crate Centerpiece
This is one of the best Christmas ideas for a long dining table. Decorate a long box with greenery, pine cones, candles, and ornaments. It is simple yet appealing.
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