Family, friends or company dinners, party clothes, gifts… expenses are accumulating around these dates and this Christmas is especially difficult for everyone. So we have to reduce expenses and who bears the brunt of these domestic cuts is usually the Christmas decoration, which we give up due to lack of money. We can’t do anything if what you like most about decorating your home at Christmas is to go around the shops and buy thousands of the most modern and shiny decorations you can find, but if you are one of those who really enjoy surrounding yourself with the Christmas spirit, we have some tips for you. Do not give up Christmas decorations.
Not without my Christmas tree
- If you are one of those who cannot imagine a Christmas without a tree, surely you can reuse the one from previous years and some of the decorations as well. But you can also create your own tree decorations without spending much effort. Of course, you will have to get plenty of aluminum foil, gold and silver paint and glitter. In this way you can decorate your tree with recycled ornaments and give it your own style.
- Small gift packages are a perfect decoration that you can easily make by wrapping matchboxes or medicine boxes. You can use glossy wrapping paper to wrap them or paint any newsprint yourself. Then you put a bow and ready to hang on the tree. You can also make Christmas balls yourself with old paper, painting them in different colors and adding glitter.
- You can also make an endearing snowman, to hang from the tree or to stick on the wall by cutting out the silhouette in a normal cardboard, painting the eyes and mouth and sticking cotton all over the body of the snowman. If when drawing it you make a hat on its head, you can cover it with gift paper to give it a special touch. And surely you will find something at home that will serve as a scarf. Put your imagination to work .
Natural resources for Christmas decorations
- Remember that in nature you can find an endless number of ornaments, without the need to destroy it. Most people no longer put natural trees for ecological reasons, but in winter it is common to find tree branches on the ground. Pick them up, because they are perfect for creating a different decoration in your home. A broken branch can serve as a miniature Christmas tree and centerpiece at the same time.
- The fallen leaves from the trees are also a good decoration, since you can paint them in gold color and hang them on the tree with a bow. As well as pineapples, which offer a lot of decorative possibilities ? The pineapples can be painted or natural, they can go alone or put together to form the typical Christmas wreath, and they can also be the protagonists of any centerpiece.
- The same function that cones and leaves do some fruits that we find at this time of year. Walnuts and chestnuts are ideal for a Christmas decoration, as are slows, if you are lucky enough to find them in a nearby forest. You only have to use your imagination to let the gold paint and glitter work freely, you will see how this Christmas you get the most original and ecological decorations. And the cheapest.
