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15 Simple Christmas Decorating Ideas

By Manuela Williams

Need some easy Christmas decorating ideas? Here are 15 Simple Christmas Decorating Ideas that we all can do.

Easy Christmas Decorating IdeasEasy Christmas Decorating Ideas For Your Home

  • Beautiful Holiday Decor. Create holiday decor that transforms your home into a vision of Christmas through a winter wonderland.
  • Holiday Decorating on a Budget. Frugal ideas to help deck the halls leaving your home filled with ideas you see in stores.
  • adds holiday cheer and brightens your spirits with Christmas colors and
  • Easy and Quick. Projects full of Christmas cheer whether decorating indoors or outdoors bringing festive and fun ideas in minutes.

1. DIY Embroidery Hoop Christmas Wreath

DIY Embroidery Hoop Christmas Wreath with a flameless candle

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A Pumpkin and a Princess creates a stunning Christmas embroidery hoop wreath with only 4 and could be used anywhere in your home or office!

2. Mitten Door Hanger

Easy Christmas decorating idea like filling a mitten with Christmas Greens (makes a cute wreath)

Fill mittens with faux or real greenery! This would be cute on a cabinet as well as a door. From  My Crazy Quilt Life

3. Cheap and Easy Christmas Decorations

Easy Christmas decorating idea like this Christmas urn with branches

Love this! You can spray paint a cheap plastic pot (any color) add some branches and add some ornaments. You can even glitter the branches if you like. from  Pink and Polka Dot

4. Easy Christmas Wreath

hallelujah felt letter board red truck

320 Sycamore brightens their space with an easy ribbon-hung wreath to put you in the Christmas mood.

5. Vintage Book Tree

Collect Books for a DIY vintage inspired book Christmas tree. See how to make it at https://ablissfulnest.com/ #Christmas #ChristmasDecor #DecoratingWIthBooks

For those book lovers who collect vintage books, this book tree could be created in a matter of minutes. This project can be found at A Blissful Nest.

6. Glam White DIY Christmas Trees

I love Christmas trees and have several that I set out every year. The white trees are a great DIY from Blue i Style and will be a great addition.

7. Homemade Christmas Table Centerpieces

Lighted Berry Centerpiece Driscolls Berries

The beauty of these natural centerpieces will light up your table at Christmastime and instructions are available at Confessions of an Overworked Mom.

8. Christmas Kitchen Garland

Christmas gingerbread and marshmallow garlands

Decorating the kitchen for Christmas is one of my favorite things and I will be making these garlands! Cottage at the Crossroads has created the most adorable garlands with marshmallows, gingerbread men, and houses.

9. Candy Cane Christmas Candles

Make these merry candy candy Christmas candles! They're easy, quick, inexpensive and beautiful. Plus there's a free poinsettia pattern included to adorn them!

These simple candy cane Christmas candles can be made in only 10 minutes and will add holiday spirit to any room in your home. The Christmas project is at Craft Your Happiness. 

10. Large Metal Hoop Christmas Ornaments

giant diy christmas ornaments

The Craft Patch inspires us to add metal hoop Christmas ornaments to our tree or display them in baskets or on tables as they add a vintage touch to your decor.

11. Wood Christmas Tree

DIY Christmas tree from 2x4s

Charleston Crafted provides step-by-step instructions for an adorable wooden tree that would be a “Merry” addition to your front porch!

12. Table Centerpiece for Christmas

table centerpiece for Christmas

The Country Chic Cottage displays a beautiful burlap centerpiece that’s perfect for a rustic Christmas.

13. Jingle Bell Door Hanger

This door decoration shouts holiday cheer and will welcome all who enter your home at Frugal Mom Ehh!

14. Christmas Decor

Christmas Vignettes from homework (2)home.work uses frosted pinecones and white Christmas balls to decorate their home with a classic Christmas design.

15. DIY Rustic Felt Christmas Trees

 Finished rustic felt trees

Little House of Four provides these rustic felt Christmas trees that would be adorable setting in a log cabin on the shelf.


9 Simple Christmas Decorating Ideas

Are you done with your Christmas decorating or just starting?

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Comments

  1. Anita says

    December 2, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    You have the neatest ideas! Love the snowman idea and the village..will definitely put these ideas to work.

  2. DFW says

    December 2, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    Going to do the Snowman, w/o the white paint on my Country Housr. I already have some grapevine wreaths that I need to make fatter from wild grapevine grown on my City Property!

  3. Vee says

    December 2, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    You have gathered some fun, attractive ideas and “easy” doesn’t hurt a bit either. I’m off to find some mittens…

  4. Patty says

    December 2, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Love these ideas!

  5. Andie says

    December 2, 2012 at 11:43 pm

    How sweet and perfect for families with small children! Thank you for posting this!

    xo
    Andie

  6. Paula says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:56 am

    I love the mittens filled with greenery. You collected some great ideas.

    • Manuela says

      December 5, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      Thank you! I love the mittens filled with greenery too.

  7. Theresa H. Roach says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:32 am

    Lots of great ideas:) LOVE those little velvet snowmen! Enjoy your day dear friend, BIG HUGS!

  8. Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says

    December 3, 2012 at 9:25 am

    Lots of great and inexpensive ideas, Manuela!

  9. kim says

    December 3, 2012 at 9:34 am

    Great ideas! Thanks for sharing them

  10. The Working Home Keeper says

    December 3, 2012 at 9:47 am

    What great ideas! I just put up the final tree this weekend. 🙂

    Mary Ellen
    The Working Home Keeper

  11. Janet Smart says

    December 3, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Oh, I love the idea with the mittens! I also like to decorate with my Christmas Picture Books. They are so bright and pretty! I’ve been writing about a different one each day until Dec 24th.

  12. Sandi says

    December 3, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Hi Manuela,
    I made that snowman of wreaths at our church several years ago and it was a big hit. Love the mittens and the cardboard village. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas!

    Blessings,
    Sandi

  13. Sandra @Beneath this Roof, Within these Walls says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Love all those ideas, but my favorite is the cardboard village!

  14. Tracey says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    So cute Manuela ! I especially like your candy canes inside the apothecary jar. Somethng like that would be a great gift as. Well…especially if you’ve found the jar at a thrift shop or yard sale.
    Love,
    Tracey xox

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