Easy and Simple - Decorate Your Home for Christmas on a Budget

A Bright and Attractive Mantle

he living room is an important place for decorating and the mantle arrangement speaks it all. You might want to place a large, oval mirror along with paper or foam snowflakes scattered all around.

You can also buy or make paper icicles to hand below the mantle.If you’re planning to hang a Merry Christmas banner, the wall behind the mantle would be a great place for it.

Make your own jar candles

There are several DIY sites that teach you how to make your own candles with Epsom salt, glitter wax and perfume.

Get a dozen Mason jars and all the materials you need to make these attractive candles to bring beauty, warmth and a wonderful aroma to your living space.

Miniature Christmas trees

You’ll have one big Christmas tree balloons in your living room, but if you feel that the space is still begging for more decorations, consider making miniature trees with the help of poster board and fabrics. These table top trees will be a big hit among kids. If there are many kids in your house or if you’re having a Christmas party and inviting kids, you can dedicate one little tree to each and decorate them with festoons, little gifts, and candies.

Decorate the walls with snowflakes and icicles

When you can make snowflake streamers so easily, why not make a bunch to hang around the walls. They are quick, easy, and inexpensive to make and still look impressive! As for the icicles, you don’t even have to make them only in white color.

Use color papers, glue, card stock paper, and a fishing line to design something really cool.

Wrap your pictures stylishly

Be it photos or artwork hanging on the walls, you might want to add a Christmas festive touch to them. Simply use lace of different colors to wrap the edges and finishing it off with a bow.

That’s not only extremely inexpensive but also unique and bound to make people look at them in awe!

Make ornament curtains

Get a sack of Christmas ornament in colors of your choice and string them together to make doorway curtains.

Use your creativity – you can choose gold and silver for a dazzling effect, or a mix of colors for a bright one or use a mix of ornaments and candy sticks or stars.

Floating stars for the ceiling

Make floating stars for a really spectacular ceiling decor. Use star templates to cut out shapes and paint them in colors of your choice. You can even fix them up with mini LED lights if possible to add a beautiful glowing effect.

Hang them up from the ceiling with help of tape and string.

Attractive Candle Holders

Do you have a few wine glasses to spare? Using only wine glasses stood upside down and some paint, glitter, glue and twine, you could transform them into outstanding candle holders.

There are plenty of website that show you how to make these candle holders on different themes. For a kid-friendly theme, you can simply play around with red and white colors. Of course, wine glasses aren’t the only candle holders that you can use.

Fill up a glass bowl with ornaments and garlands and place a candle in the middle. Just keep an eye on the candle and don’t let it burn too far down. This bowl candle holder will look beautiful as a dinner table centrepiece.

Christmas card holder

This is the time of the year when you get cards from friends, colleagues and other folks. Design your own card holder with the help of simple materials available at home.

a Fishing line with a bunch of clothespins would do the trick. You can go beyond this and even make a wreath pattern with clothespins and cardboard. You can buy or paint green clothespins for the real wreath effect

Natural Decor

Tree branches and leaves are free and yours to use as beautiful decorative elements. Use spray paint or varnish for decorating the branch and fix it on the wall and hang ornaments from it.

You can replace the ornaments with seashells or stars and still achieve a stunning effect. All the ideas provided here are helpful for saving money while still delivering a stunning interior decor. If you enjoy working on DIY and craft projects, you’ll find it to be a fulfilling experience to make and decorate your house. If you’re having a Christmas party, this decor along with your homemade food are bound your guests’ mind. The best thing about a Christmas decor is that you can easily make it work for kids and adults alike! Are you all set to make this a memorable Christmas for everyone?