Our holiday decorations contest is in full swing and we’re loving the pictures we’ve received so far! For those you haven’t submitted a picture yet, it’s not too late! The final deadline to submit a picture is December 18 (12am, EST). That leaves you with plenty of time to pretty up your apartment and share it with us.
Some people love decorating their apartment, others not so much. An obstacle for decorating the apartment might be money. First you have to buy Christmas presents, and now you have to spend tons of money on decorating your apartment? Fret not. We came up with simple and cheap solutions that won’t empty your wallet.
1. Make Your Own Holiday Wreath
Nothing says welcome home like a homemade holiday ornament hanging on your front door. A holiday ornament doesn’t have to be expensive. You can easily make your own! You can either buy a wreath that’s not decorated, fake or real, or you can make your own by using fresh or fake evergreen leaves/needles and tie it around some old newspapers with a sturdy thread. Then decorated as you wish. Maybe you’re a sucker for pine cones. Or maybe you prefer ribbons. Even stars and snowflakes would look good!
2. Homemade Window/Wall Decorations
Putting decorations up in your windows or walls are an easy way to make any room look a bit more festive. Buy a couple of clear ornaments. Then get your painting on. You could either paint the ornaments in various colors or even make them sparkle. Just put paint or glitter inside of the ornaments while rolling the ornaments adhesive around until the inside of the ornament is completely covered. You can even write on the ornaments after!
3. Creative Table Decorations
There’s nothing like a nicely decked out table. Now, we know that when Christmas Eve comes around your table will most likely look better than it does now but you can still give your table that little extra for the time being. You can either buy a nice gold/red/green plate or use a neutral one of your own. Next step, collect some pine cones. You can either use them like they are or spray them with some gold or silver spray. Place the pine cones on the plate with other Christmas ornaments (maybe the ones you made yourself?) and tada you have a nicely decorative place setting.
4. Your Own Personalized Holiday Candles
You probably knew you could make your own candles. We’re not saying you have to make your own, you can if you want to of course, but how about decorating some boring candles and making them more festive? Buy some candles in the color of your choice and start making them your own. We suggest putting a nice ribbon around the candle with a cinnamon stick in the middle. Not only does it look good but it smells amazing. You can also substitute the cinnamon stick with small pine cones, paint on the candles, or something else creative.
5. Create Your Own Lanterns
With it being December it’s getting dark fast and the days feel short. Something that can light up the apartment, while not necessarily being holiday decorations, are lanterns. Yes, you could either buy simple lanterns and do nothing more with them than putting a candle inside. Or you can take the creative path and paint the lanters! We love seeing lanterns with different festive designs!
6. Lights, Lights, And More Lights
Following up on the decoration tip of creating your own lanterns another suggestion is lights. String decoration lights can easily pretty up an apartment fast. Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, string decoration lights is a good way to decorate your apartment without spending too much money. Hang decoration lights in your windows, on your doors, on your walls. Whatever makes it look nice!
7. Your Own Little Christmas Tree
Most of us don’t have too big of a space to decorate. Getting a big tree in your tiny apartment? Forget it. There’s a solution to that problem though. A mini Christmas tree! Not only is it practical but it’s also super cheap and super cute. You can easily buy a bulk of holiday ornaments for a small price, or you can purchase some miniature candy canes to hang on your tree! While the price for a real miniature tree can be a bit more than you actually want to spend, fake ones are more affordable! By the way, IKEA has super cute ones.
8. Make Your Own Gingerbread Village
Not only is baking fun but you could easily make holiday decorations out of it! What about making your own Christmas gingerbread village? You could either make Santa’s village on the North Pole or what about the street you grew up on? It’s super easy and decorations can be found in candy and frosting. Also, you’ll have a lot of fun eating it all up after.
