How to decorate the house for Christmas with little money

The Christmas season is magical: a tree decorated with lights, gifts, dinner and the traditional hot chocolate. And although none of that is truly important in these holidays, they have become momentous traditions.

Steps to decorate the Christmas tree

When the budget is tight, Christmas decorations become a difficult goal to achieve. And when there are children at home, not putting items allusive to the December holidays could be daunting for them. For this reason, we give you in response several alternatives with elements that you find in your house to decorate it without spending a lot of money:

Table centerpieces

A centerpiece will be more than enough to decorate your dining room; You don’t need to have a Christmas tablecloth or matching crockery. Just your imagination and a few simple items to purchase to have that classic Christmas ornament.

Centerpieces can be made with glasses; you can use the ones you have at home, a large flat plate and some candles. If you want to get more creative, you will not need more than candles and some cinnamon sticks that you can easily find in your local pantry.

Here are the steps:

1. The first center table will be with the glasses. Put three glasses upside down on a flat plate. And inside each glass you can put the balls of the tree that you have to spare or those that lack the hanging tape, As the base of the glass will be upside down, you can place a candle of the color you decide on: red, green or white .

If you do not have Christmas balls, what you can do is choose stones (the ones you find in the park) and paint them in colors, if you like. Failing that, you will have a Nordic Christmas style.

On the Internet you will find several models that can be replicated. For example, in the following image, glasses were not used but rather long glasses filled with water and floating candles; however, the bottom of the glass is full of stones and some flowers.

2. The second option for a centerpiece is much simpler. You will need three thick white or beige candles, several cinnamon sticks and a meter of ribbon of the color of your choice to wrap the cinnamon; If you do not have, you can use sackcloth to wrap.

3. This third option is even cheaper.

Surely your neighbor, the one with a store on the corner, has crates (the boxes where the fruits come, especially the blackberries); Before you get rid of them, ask for them. It is pure gold to decorate the house on these Christmas dates.

Clean the box well and inside it place three fat candles, lemon leaves, branches and flowers. Finally tape around the wood and voila. If you like, you can paint the wood white or leave them natural, with a rustic style.

Cardboard gifts

You can simply decorate your space with the theme of the gifts that the Magi or Santa Claus bring.

Although in Ecuador the tradition is to deliver gifts on December 24, in other countries gifts are for January 6, due to the Catholic celebration of the Epiphany, which means in Greek “manifestation”, in the sense that God reveals himself and makes himself known, according to review ACI Press.

Among the options to make, is to use cardboard boxes of different sizes and line them with cloth or colored paper and make a large bow on the top. Even if the boxes are empty, they will be decorations that will not go unnoticed and will delight your visitors and your children.

The location of these Christmas boxes will depend on the shape of your house and its spaces. For example, if your house has a skylight, you can hang it to be the star of your dining room or living room. Failing that, you can hang it on the balcony or put it in a wide corner.