Christmas Decorations

I love Christmas time and I love making my house look festive. There is nothing better than sitting in your living room and enjoying the lights and smells from your Christmas tree. However, the few christmas decorations that we got last year in our little apartment didn't go very far in decorating our home. So, I had to be a little creative in coming up with some cheap, new decorations.

1. Gingerbread house




I decorated it with mostly frosting so I wouldn't have to buy a bunch of candy. I like it better with out all the colorful candy anways. I put Christmas lights in the house and under the snow and it looks so pretty at night when it is all lit up.

Cost: I don't know because I used ingredients from my kitchen. I spent $6 on candy (most of which I didn't use. Peter enjoyed having a candy jar on out table. Thats a first)

2. Wreath



We got our Christmas tree at Lowe's for $24. What a deal. The tree is 7 ft tall and perfectly shaped. They were selling small and pathetic looking trees at Wal-Mart for $30. And they gave us all the free clippings we wanted. I hauled a shopping cart full out to our car and filled our truck. I love free stuff. Then I made this wreath with the clippings.

COST: $1.99 for the wreath wire form. I will be reusing this alot in the future. I love having something cute on my door.

3. Coffee Table Centerpiece




Holly trees grow all over the place here. So I bought a glass bowl at Goodwill and filled it with some free holly clippings. I used wrapping paper folded for my table runner.

COST: $0.99 for the glass container

4. Christmas Tree Decorations


I popped some popcorn and strung it on a thread with cranberries.
Cost: $2.00 for a big bag of cranberries plus $0.50 worth of popcorn




I bought some cheap glass balls from Hobby Lobby and covered them with stips of scrap fabric using fabric glue.
COST: $4.00 for 24 glass balls



I wanted to make a garland out of dried oranges and apples but it was too heavy for the branches of my tree. So, I just hang up the orange slices with a ribbon. It is very simple, but one of my favorite things on my tree this year.

Cost: $2.00 worth of oranges



I used the left over gingerbread dough and frosting to make men to decorate to hang from my tree. They were so fun to frost.