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Outdoor Christmas decorations are a great way to show your holiday spirit. Whether you’re decorating your front porch or back yard, there are tons of ways to make your home festive this season.
The most important thing is to have fun with it. Take a look at these outdoor Christmas decoration ideas and find the one that’s right for you:
You can hang them on the eaves, around windows and doors, along the driveway or anywhere else you want to shine some light on. If you want to get fancy, try stringing them in a pattern that matches other decorations in your yard like pinecones or branches from an evergreen tree.
You don’t have to buy expensive snowflake ornaments when you can make them yourself. Using paper and scissors, create your own custom shapes, then hang them on the tree or elsewhere in your yard.
Pinecones, holly springs and other natural materials can be used as accents for wreaths, mantels and doorways. You can also decorate trees with lights and bows made from fresh greenery for an extra-festive touch.
Create a mantel display with evergreen branches and pine cones in baskets lined up on top of a shelf or mantle piece inside the house. Then place candles at the base of each basket so they flicker when they burn down low enough (a great trick). Or fill small glass jars with sand.
Choose a large tree or shrub that will be visible from all angles of your yard. Pick out a smaller tree or shrub as well, so it will be visible from inside your home as well. Plant them both in pots and place them together on a patio table or near the front door. You could also put them together in the middle of your driveway so they’re visible from all sides.
Shrubs are another popular outdoor Christmas decoration for homes because they are easy to find and easy to decorate too. Simply tie bows around the shrubs’ stems to create a beautiful look. You can also dress up the shrubs with berries by wrapping them with colorful ribbons before attaching them to your shrubbery’s stems using wire hangers or twine (use floral wire if necessary). To make it look more natural, choose berries that match the colors of your shrubs’ leaves/flowers.
There’s nothing quite like sitting outside on a cold evening with a warm scented candle burning in front of you! This can be especially nice if you live somewhere where the weather isn’t always great at this time of year (or if there’s just too much snow).
Create an oasis in your front yard by placing potted plants around the perimeter of the driveway or sidewalk leading up to your front door. You can use large pots filled with colorful flowers like pansies or snapdragons along with small pots containing herbs like rosemary, mint, parsley and thyme. This will also help keep guests warm as they wait for someone to answer the door.
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At Christmas time, things go in overdrive at hotels and restaurants as it brings in a lot of revenue. Still, you need to spend your money to make money. One of those expenditures is a 6-foot artificial Christmas tree with decorations. Like window shoppers looking …
For those who are debating on a tree to get during the Christmas season, you are going to find that you do have options. Have you given any thought to 15 foot artificial Christmas trees? While not every home will be able to accommodate the size of these trees, those who can are often super excited that they decided on this type of tree. What are the benefits to having these trees in your home?
15 foot artificial Christmas trees are going to be huge focal points in a home. Many people find that after decorating these and lighting them up, there is no need to add in more décor throughout your home. This makes decorating even easier for the season, and who doesn’t love easy decorating?!
There is no cleaning with 15 foot artificial Christmas trees. When you have a real tree you will find that you need to constantly clean around it. No matter how much you water the tree the needles seem to come out. Then they land all over your floor. If you have carpet it’s hard to clean these needles up, and even with hardwood floors you are going to have to sweep daily. No one wants to add more work to their routine during the Christmas season!
If you buy a real tree each year, this is money that you are just throwing away for a tree that you keep up for a month or so. By using 15 foot artificial Christmas trees you will find that you save this money. So, you can look at 15 foot artificial Christmas trees as an investment for your home since you can use them for many years to come.