During the holidays, nothing is better than a festively-decorated room. But decorations can become expensive, especially for things that will only be on display for a month or so each year.
Here are four ways to decorate for the holidays without breaking the bank:
Holiday string lights
String lights can be found for cheap at Walmart or the dollar store.
The ones with the colored lights make a room instantly look more festive and cheery. String the lights around window and door frames, from wall to wall, over entryways, anywhere that they can go to add a festive touch to any room.
A couple of packs of inexpensive lights can dramatically change the look of a room in the winter.
Turn off all the lights except for the string lights and let the glowing warmth of colored lights fill the room.
String light Christmas tree
Don’t have room in your dorm or apartment for a Christmas tree?
String lights on the wall in the shape of a triangle with thumb tacks or command hooks and fill it in with more string lights to create a string light Christmas tree on the wall. This option is not only cheap, but perfect for spaces with not a lot of room for a round, wide tree.
Want to make your string light Christmas tree more festive? Hang ornaments from the strands of lights to give more of an allusion to a real tree.
Just make sure the ornaments hung are light and won’t cause the entire string light tree to come crashing down.
Mason jar candle holder
For a DIY festive decoration, lightly cover a mason jar with glitter of any color and place a small candle in the inside.
The candle will glow through the glitter slightly and create a warm and wintery effect. Make several of these from cleaned-out mason jars that were in your kitchen or buy a few cheap ones from the dollar store as well as inexpensive glitter.
Tie a ribbon around the neck of the mason jar to add an extra festive touch and display throughout the house.
Festive dipped candles
Similar to the glitter mason jar, coat the lower half of large candles in glitter and display them on the dinner table or on end tables in the living room.
The candles can be white with red glitter on some and green on the other, or red with white glitter which would resemble fallen snow at the base of the candle.
Make sure to not burn the candles down to the glitter, as it can become a hazard.
