Fun Outdoor Christmas Decorations You’ll Love to Make

Are you ready to take your outdoor Christmas decorations to the next level? Get ready to make your neighbors green with envy with these creative and fun ideas that will turn your home into a winter wonderland. From dazzling light displays to whimsical yard art, there are endless possibilities to make your outdoor space shine this holiday season. Imagine walking down your street and seeing your home transformed into a magical display of lights and festive cheer. With a little creativity and some DIY spirit, you can create an outdoor Christmas decor that will make everyone stop and admire your handiwork. From traditional red and green themes to unique and unexpected color schemes, the choice is yours to make. Incorporate playful elements like oversized ornaments, sparkling reindeer, or even a life-sized gingerbread house. Hang garlands and wreaths with twinkling lights, and don’t forget to add a touch of whimsy with animated figures and inflatable characters. Whether you prefer a classic holiday look or a more modern and innovative design, these outdoor Christmas decoration ideas will help you transform your home into a festive wonderland that will make your neighbors jealous.

Christmas is just around the corner. Keeping the festivities and spirit of the season alive is especially crucial during this new normal. We understand money can be tight these days, but the good news is there is no need to splurge on expensive Christmas decor to be the best-dressed house in the neighborhood this holiday season.

Here are several ways to transform your landscape into a winter wonderland without breaking the bank:

• Christmas Light Balls – Scatter strategically different sizes of balls of light across your lawn. This do-it-yourself outdoor decor involves wrapping Christmas lights around chicken wire balls. This cost-efficient Christmas decor gives your yard a fancy and magical scene that definitely turns heads.
• Decorated Outdoor Christmas Tree – What is the holiday season with a Christmas tree? Christmas trees are not just an indoor holiday decor. If you have an evergreen tree in your yard, such as a Colorado blue spruce, why not decorate it with colorful ornaments for the holiday season? Brighten up your yard using strings of mini lights throughout its branches.
• Jazz Up Your Christmas Window Box – Window boxes containing annuals are a popular home outdoor decor trend today. Since brightly colored flowers do not survive extreme winter temperatures, substitute them with evergreen boughs, colorful ribbons, and ornaments for Christmas decorating. Incorporating your creative touch gives your window box an impressive look.
• Get Crazy with Garlands – Use evergreen garlands to add significant interest to your front door design. This Christmas decor is flexible and can be easily maneuvered wherever you want to place it. You can hang them on fences or around the doorways and windows.

Other uses may include:

• Mailbox post decorations
• Wrap them around lamp posts and porch columns
• Run them along deck railings
• String them along archways, arbors, and trellises

• Decorate with Topiary Animals – Placing lighted animals strategically in your front yard adds to the holiday spirit in your home. You can put up a group of grazing deer made of grapevine or artificial greenery and position them to illustrate as Santa’s reindeer.
• Highlight Walkways with Pathway Lights – Create a bright welcome path to your front door using light strings held by stakes. Make sure to choose the height of the light stakes accordingly to your local weather patterns. Use a 15-inch stake if you live in an area with lots of snow and 4.5-inch in height in areas without snow.
• Wrap Trees in Light – A tree wrapped in various types of Christmas lights can brighten up your yard this holiday season. wrap LED lights around the trunk of an evergreen tree or a bare tree with empty branches up to its limb. This allows the tree to illuminate in the evening. You can also hang Starlight Spheres from the branches.
• Decorate Hedges with Ribbons – Decorate a row of hedge plants with ribbons for Christmas. Frost forming on the leaves or snow falling on top of the hedge adds nicely to the festive feel of the holiday season.
• Install a Landscape Lighting System – Installing a landscape lighting system in your front yard helps accentuate the best aspects of your outdoor Christmas decor and the surrounding landscape. Modern landscape lighting system features WiFi-connected timers and LED color changing bulbs.

There are a variety of affordable materials you can use to brighten up your house this Christmas. Whether you’re looking for recycled or used pallets and cost-effective outdoor lighting, you can find them with just a little extra effort.