Even before you know it, the year has slipped away, and Christmas is just around the corner! This magical season is our favourite time of the year — it’s all about joyful holiday spirit, sharing and caring, and laughter and fun times with your family and friends. While the world outside is getting decked up in all its winter finery, get a head start on your own Christmas home décor with these fabulous holiday decorations…every one of them a DIY project that promises hours of fun in the making!
Here’s how you can put your own unique spin on Christmas this year with these handmade Christmas decorations.
Easy DIY Christmas Decoration Ideas
Are you someone who’s handy with a paintbrush and glue stick? You’re sure to love these handmade decorations that will add your personality to your holiday décor. What’s more, crafting these baubles and trinkets with your loved ones can be the start of a lovely new family tradition! Let’s get started.
- Little hands can easily turn old white socks into cute little snowmen. Fill the socks with cotton wool, tie strings for the neck, and add buttons for eyes, a carrot nose, and a scarf for a charming winter touch.
- Let’s turn those discarded toilet paper rolls into the most adorable table top decorations, with a splash of colour and glue, and a whole lot of ingenuity! Add holiday cheer by crafting little Santas, snowmen, reindeer or Christmas trees.
- Dried orange homemade Christmas ornaments smell every bit as great as they look! All you need to do is to cut thin slices of fruit, sun-dry them for a few days, and tie strings around to hang them from the branches of your tree.
- Craft your own wreath using flexible twigs, satin ribbons and paper leaves. You can spray silver paint and add puffs of cotton snow to create a winter wonderland.
- Why not make your own handmade Christmas tree? All it takes is a cardboard cone, some twine, glue and spices to make these unique dining table place settings. The star anise atop your tiny tree is the perfect tree-topper!
- An edible Christmas tree or guiding star just might steal the show at your party! Slice up some delicious fruits like pineapples, kiwis, apples, cherries, and grapes into bite-sized pieces. Insert toothpicks and place them on a plate in the shape of a tree or a star.
Handcrafted Christmas Ornaments for the X-Mas Tree
If creating homemade Christmas trees has been a rewarding experience, you’ll also love dressing up your tree with these handmade Christmas ornaments!
- Take a walk down your street and pick up all the fallen twigs you can find. Cut them into five straight lengths of the same size, and tape the ends together in the form of a star. Easy peasy!
- Tie up small red, white and green balloons in the shape of a wreath and use it as a tree-topper on your homemade Christmas tree. Once the celebrations are done, your little ones will love vying with each other to burst the balloons!
- Fill small Mason jars with chocolate balls, decorate using twigs as reindeer antlers and add paper eyes and red noses. Hang these edible decorations on the lower branches of the tree so that even tiny tots can reach.
- Breathe life into old toys or trinkets, by tying a string and hanging them from your tree. Animal-shaped tokens from board games, coloured rubber balls, pom-poms, and acrylic stickers come to mind!
- Get crafty with some red and white felt, pretty string and cotton wool, and fashion these little tree ornaments that are as cute as can be!
DIY Festive Table Centrepieces
Spruce up your festive table and dazzle your holiday guests with not just delicious eats, but lovely DIY Christmas centrepieces too! Here’s how to add charm to your Christmas eve gathering.
- Arrange some scented red candles, pine cones and festive spices on a rustic cake stand for a fragrant and charming centrepiece. You could even create this arrangement on an old-fashioned wooden sleigh (if you can’t find one, make it yourself using a wooden crate!)
- Fill a large fluted glass bowl with fresh oranges and lemons. Insert cinnamon and clove sticks into the fruit for a zesty centrepiece that packs a punch.
- Create a miniature winter wonderland on your festive table with pine cones, fake snow, tiny snowmen and winter-themed figurines.
- Fashion an edible DIY Christmas centrepiece with gingerbread houses on a tiered cake stand. Decorate with edible gumdrops, candy canes and chocolate balls wrapped in glitter paper.
- A centrepiece with holly and evergreen leaves is sure to hit all the right notes this festive season! Add red and green pillar candles inside star shaped glass holders to complete the look.
- Fill a glass bowl with water, add glitter and floating tea candles. Spray pine cones with silver and arrange them all around, interspersed with slender white and silver candles for an elegant, minimalistic look.
Personalised Kitchen Cabinet DIY Decorations for Christmas
Your kitchen is where all those special bakes and mouthwatering cakes are happening, and it’s only right that this space should be decked up in the Christmas colours as well! Take a look at these heartwarming ideas for your kitchen cabinet decorations.
Once you’ve wrapped up the gifts, you’re sure to have a lot of leftover ribbon at hand! Fashion tiny bows using satin ribbons in red and green, and affix to the knobs and handles of your cabinets and drawers.
- Craft paper cutouts of trees, reindeer and Santa caps, and string them along the windows for a lovely Christmas vibe.
- Make your season’s greetings special with DIY handmade Christmas greetings cards! Hang them with paper clips above the doorway, or tape them to the shutters as kitchen cabinet decorations.
- Christmas lights aren’t confined to just the tree. Dress up your kitchen walls with strings of twinkling fairy lights for a touch of glitter and sparkle.
- Fill mason jars or cheery porcelain jars with fresh seasonal foliage. Add red berries, pine cones and white roses for a dramatic touch.
- Light scented candles on your countertop to fill the kitchen with fragrant smells, even after you’re long done with all the baking! You can light cinnamon and vanilla essential oils in diffusers to keep the aroma going.
- Fashion a lovely Christmas wreath out of poinsettias made of red velvet. Add paper leaves, pine cones and large lace bows for a cheery touch.
Homemade Festive Kitchen Towels and Linens
Making festive kitchen towels and linens is the easiest way to infuse your kitchen with Christmas spirit. If you’d like to try your hand at this, we’ve broken down the steps for you:
- Pick super soft and absorbent hand towels and face towels in white, red or green.
- Use stencils with Christmas themes, or make your own.
- Transfer the stencil pattern onto a corner of the fabric with carbon paper, or try your hand at sketching out the patterns yourself right onto the fabric.
- Bring your sketches to life by giving them a quick run with embroidery stitches, or paint the designs onto the cloth using acrylic fabric paints that will not bleed colour.
- You can sew on tiny satin bows or Christmas bells to the corners of the towels for an extra festive touch.
DIY Christmas Gifts from the Kitchen
Christmas is all about the spirit of giving, and handmade gifts can be on the top of your list this holiday season! Here are some delicious ways to make DIY Christmas gifts from the kitchen for all your loved ones.
- If you are a closet chef, this is the time to let your creative juices flow and whip up mouth-watering dishes that will leave a lasting impression on your guests! Look for online recipes with easy instructions to whip up fruity jams, bakes, and cookies.
- These edible chocolate Christmas trees are sure to be a huge hit with friends and family! Add colourful sprinkles, sugar balls and broken bits of candy as decorations.
- Not much of a cooking enthusiast yourself? Shop for marshmallows and chocolate pops, fill them in pretty glass jars and hand out sweet treats to all the little ones.
- Package shop-bought cookies and cakes in DIY handmade boxes, add a Christmas-themed cutout, and personalise these homemade gifts with a handwritten note that your guests are sure to cherish.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
We hope you’ll enjoy trying your hand at these DIY Christmas decorations just as much as we enjoyed putting together these ideas for you. Get started on creating some lovely new Christmas traditions, and have fun making these homemade Christmas decorations with your family!
With much love from all of us at HomeLane, here’s wishing you and yours a rollicking Christmas and a Wonderful New Year. Pssst…if you’d like the elves at HomeLane to help with your Christmas home makeover, all you have to do is let us know!
