5 Easy Christmas Decoration Ideas
5 Simple Ways to Make your Home More Festive This Christmas
1.Popcorn and Cranberries Strung Together. — a classic.
This is simple, and it can work either with elegant simplicity or utter decadence, or even with a more rural look.
All you need to get started is :
- Quilting thread (or something approximately as sturdy)
- Popped popcorn — Natural, so you don’t end up with butter and salt everywhere — and microwavable is just fine, as long as it meets that requirement)
- Cranberries — Uncooked
- An appropriately sized needle — an embroidery needle might work here, see what works best for you, but obviously you may have problems with anything too small
- You’ll want to double-thread the needle — this could get pretty long, depending upon the look that you’re going for— and anchor a cranberry to the end with the thread with your initial knot.
- Then, all you have to do is thread one after another. Remember, the longer you make each strand, the greater length you’ll have to push each cranberry or popcorn down — so it may be best to knot shorter strands together if you have a lot of area to cover, when hanging.
2.Paper Snowflakes — another old favorite.
Here’s how you make a classic paper snowflake, but really, the only limit is your imagination.
- Start with a square (usually white) piece of paper.
- Fold it in half so that it makes a triangle.
- Fold it in half again, making another triangle.
- Take the triangle you just made — and place it so that its longest side is the closest to you, with the (approximately) right angle facing you. Fold the two “arms” of this triangle over each other — left, and then right— you should now have a shape that approximates a rocket-ship, like that on the Star Trek communications badge.
- Cut off the two legs of the “rocket-ship” you just made, making a triangle again.
- Now, snip away at the shape, before unfolding a beautiful snowflake!
3.Floral Christmas Color — and this doesn’t have to mean poinsettias!
Use a combination of red and white flowers and greenery to invoke the Christmas spirit. For an elegant look, you can float flowers in a bowl of water, perhaps adding (with adequate safety precautions, of course!) floating candles.
4.Garlands of Christmas Candy — the decoration that keeps on giving.
- Bend a clothes hanger into a circle.
- Attach brightly colored candies to it using string, so that they form a candy garland.
- Hang, using the top of the clothes hanger.
Later, it can be given as a gift. Take note that although this is very easy to do, it can be time-consuming, so it is best done over a period of time, say while watching television in the evening, or it can easily be delegated to the kids (who always seem to enjoy working with candy…).
5.One Word — Mistletoe.
Whether you’d rather hang a few sprigs tied together with a pretty ribbon, or would prefer the more ordered shape of the mistletoe ball — made by pressing sprigs into a floral foam ball, this makes a lovely ornament.
