25 Christmas Decoration Ideas To Make Your Neighbors Jealous
Christmas is a magical time for most of us and decorating is such a big part of the celebrations. Decorating for the holidays lifts the mood and gives you an overall feeling of euphoria. And a study will show you that doing it earlier than normal is good for your health.
Here are 25 Christmas decoration ideas that will help you bring a festive air in your home, office, or wherever you want to feel the holiday spirit. You can do these yourself or have someone create them for you, either way, they’re sure to beautify your homes this season.
1. Christmas Cards
Spreading the good cheers is done best when you send Christmas cards to your friends and family. For a more personalized greeting, you can design your own using free software such as Canva.
2. Gift Wrapping Paper
Before you start giving out your gifts, place them under the tree or anywhere in the room as decorations. Choose brightly-colored wrapping paper to add a festive air to your home.
3. Gift Tags
Gift tags aren’t just to label your gifts, you can also use them to decorate your Christmas tree. These wonderfully crafted gift tags designed by Lia from liagriffith.com are to die for!
4. Banners
Say Merry Christmas with banners that you can hang anywhere in your house. These beautiful ones will make your home or office look brighter and merrier so much better than it did last year.
5. Curtains
Don’t spare your window space from the holiday festivities, don your curtains with Christmas decoration ideas. You can add ornaments, gold ties, or create designs on your computer and add them to plain colored curtains so you don’t have to buy new ones.
6. Ornament Advent Calendars
Add an advent calendar to your home décor and build excitement each day leading up to Christmas day. This advent calendar holds ornaments that you unclip each day to add to your tree.
7. Website Background
When decorating for Christmas, don’t forget to include your website or your social media profiles. You can get images to use as backgrounds for free from sites such as Pexels.
8. Logos
If you’re a business owner, you can make your logos Christmas-ready without having to spend money on creating a new one. This logo from Lay’s explains it well. A little tweak here and there, voila, a logo to capture the Christmas spirit!
9. Avatars
For your social media profiles, change your avatars to Christmas-worthy images such as these from freepik. You can also use photo-editing software to make your own photos with a Christmas theme.
10. Ribbons
Customize your gift wrapping ribbons to make them more special by using your inkjet printer and lots of creativity. You can also have them made for you if you don’t have time for a DIY project.
11. Doormats
Even before your guests come to your home, welcome them with a doormat that has a Christmas-themed design on it. Or you can make it as a DIY project, just get some templates and paint a blank doormat with these Christmas trees.
12. Keychains
Take a cue from these Color Your Own Christmas Keychains and decorate your keys this holiday season. You can order them or make them yourself using your printer and some coloring pens or pencils.
13. Icons
Decorating shouldn’t be limited to your homes, offices, or social media platforms. For your website, emails, or newsletters, get these Christmas-themed icons to help spread the good tidings. If you have your design cap on, you can always choose to create your own with software readily found on the web.
14. Wallpapers
Wallpapers are a great way to decorate your laptop this coming Christmas. This one from make + tell is so cheerful you’d want to have it on your computer all year long!
15. Wall Murals
Speaking of wallpapers, wouldn’t it be the most wonderful time of the year when even your actual walls are decked with boughs of holly? These removable wall murals add a Christmas touch to any wall in your house.
16. Table Runners
Table runners are great Christmas decoration ideas. And they make the kitchen look stunningly beautiful at Christmas. Have these wonderful creations on your table to make Christmas dinner a special gathering. You can have them personalized or you can use a plain one and add embellishments on it.
17. Clipart
Send a Christmas greeting with an email adorned with Christmas clipart such as these from Clipart Garden. Use them in your greeting cards, party invites, or even as designs for your wrapping paper, the possibilities are endless!
18. Photo Overlays
Make your yuletide bright with photo overlays. You can customize your favorite pic using these overlays that you can use for your Christmas cards, social media accounts, or as decorations that you can hang on your tree or your wall.
19. Portraits
Take a picture of the whole family and have them printed on mugs, calendars, or blankets. For high-quality photos, you may want to hire a professional photographer to do it for you. You can also opt to do it yourself and enhance the image using photo-editing software.
20. Typography
Your website can do with a little Christmas overhaul by using fonts that are specifically designed to bring in the yuletide joys. You can also write your emails using these fonts that you can get for free.
21. Tote Bags
Put your gifts in a tote bag that you can custom-design to have your name or logo in it. As always, you can have them made for you or you can print them yourself.
22. Decorative Tins
Place these decorative tins on your mantle, table, under the tree, or anywhere in your home. You can also use them as gift containers instead of the usual boxes wrapped in paper.
23. eCards
Technology has afforded us to send Christmas cards in the form of eCards. Hallmark has them but an eCard that you create yourself can be more meaningful.
24. Labels
Using a design software, create gift labels for your baked goods, candies, potpourri, and many others. These Christmas decoration ideas from Bloom Designs are the perfect example.
25. Throw Pillows
Throw these Christmas pillows around the house and get that joyous glow all over. Have them personalized or create the designs yourself
