These quick & easy DIY Christmas decorations will make your home look and feel festive!
Decorating for Christmas is one of my favorite parts of the season. It brings back fun memories from years past and brightens up the dark, cold days of winter.
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed crafting plenty of DIY Christmas decorations for our home.
You might want to try a few of them yourself!
DIY Christmas Decorations
DIY Christmas Tree
Christmas tree decorations are some of the most cherished traditions of all. Our boys loved helping us decorate the tree every year. And our trees have had lots of different looks over the years!
White Christmas tree decorations you can make yourself
This burlap & flour sack DIY Christmas tree topper was made the year our island house was hit by winter storms and power outages. As I sat by our woodstove on those dark, dreary days, I came up with Christmas tree decorating ideas. I eventually thought of Carolyn Ingalls and Little House on the Prairie, and I felt a kinship with her as I learned to cook over a fire!
This rustic Christmas decoration is made from leftover cardboard, a coffee sack, and hot glue. It sat on top of our Christmas trees for many years.
DIY Christmas tree garland can be as simple as gathering a torn piece of cotton fabric into a ruffle! Before you reach the final scene of Christmas with the Kranks, you can have yards and yards of ruffle to weave around your tree like ribbon.
This shabby chic bird DIY Christmas ornament uses scrap fabric, burlap, and vintage applique flowers. They were so much fun to make. They can hang from the tree, be tied onto a Christmas present for a special handmade touch, or even be made into a mobile as a DIY Christmas gift idea for a new baby!
Old book pages or vintage hymnals make beautiful paper star ornaments when folded into origami stars. They are fun and easy to make. Click through for the directions, along with a video on how to make a paper star.
DIY Christmas Ball Ornaments
I call this Christmas craft the Winter Wonderland ornament. It’s one of those easy DIY Christmas ornaments for kids. You can buy all the supplies at the dollar store, and kids can have a blast creating their own snowy scene inside.
These DIY chalkboard ornaments have a secret. They only look like chalkboard! They’re actually painted, so the “chalk” won’t rub off. They can be customized to say whatever you like. If you don’t want to dust off your power tools and cut your own wooden ball ornaments, you could use wood slices instead.
I’ll admit it’s a stretch to call these DIY wooden Christmas ornaments “quick & easy.” They were quick and easy for me to paint once my husband had cut them out of wood! ;) Click over to this post for more handmade wooden ornaments and other painting ideas.
DIY Christmas Crafts for Your Home
Sometimes inspiration comes in unexpected forms. Who would have guessed you could make such soft, fluffy DIY Christmas trees out of coffee filters! Click here for the super simple instructions for this little coffee filter tree.
These DIY burlap Christmas stockings were featured in Better Homes & Gardens back in the day! I had so much fun decorating them with buttons, ruffles, and fabric roses.
Wooden Christmas Signs You Can Make Yourself!
I just love rustic wood signs and think they make great farmhouse Christmas decor. I’ve shared many tutorials on making wooden signs, but these wooden signs with sayings don’t require any painting! The post includes step-by-step instructions and free printables that say “Joy to the World” and “Merry Christmas.” (Click here for directions for these Christmas wood signs.)
This farmhouse Christmas tree wooden sign is quick and easy to make. Just paint some leftover wood and glue on wood slices for a perfectly rustic look. It makes beautiful wall decor for your home or a great handmade Christmas gift.
Turn someone’s trash into treasure by painting over an ugly thrift store canvas! With acrylic craft paint and some simple techniques, you can quickly create beautiful new DIY wall decor for Christmas.
Christmas Centerpieces & Table Setting Ideas
Christmas recipes, Christmas parties (with fun Christmas gift exchange games), and gathering around the table to eat are a big part of many wonderful Christmas traditions.
Here are some simple DIY Christmas centerpieces and table setting ideas.
Bring out the colorful Christmas napkins and mix them with some vintage wooden kids’ blocks for a fun, festive table setting. It’s a super quick and simple Christmas decor idea!
I had so much fun putting together this farmhouse Christmas tablescape, using DIY wooden gift place card holders and burlap-wrapped gifts in the centerpiece.
For more Christmas ideas:
- DIY Christmas gifts for mom
- Christmas gift ideas for her in 2020
- 50+ Best Christmas DIY ideas
- The Ultimate Guide to a Homemade Christmas
- Favorite Christmas Cookies: Old Fashioned Rolled Sugar Cookies
- These free Christmas printables make great wall decor!
- Farmhouse Christmas table decorations inspired by Joanna Gaines
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