Easy DIY Holiday Decor

Published December 2011

When decorating for the holidays, it takes just a few simple touches to pull everything together. A touch of lights, some homemade décor, and a colorful hippie tapestry can transform a room into a cozy, creative space. These DIY projects are great not only for the winter solstice, but for birthdays, weddings, and celebrations in general!

Cozy holiday room decorated with glowing lights and handmade decorations

Dixie Cup Garland

Trimming windows with garland can add a lot to a room. The one garland we just couldn’t ignore are these Dixie Cup Lights. We just used plain old dixie cups, and they turned out just as great.

String lights decorated with small paper cups to create a handmade holiday garland

Dixie cup light garland decorating a window for the holidays

Mason Jar and Recycled Tin Can Lights

Candles inside of mason jars and recycled tin cans are also a beautiful eco-friendly way to illuminate a room. You can decorate the tin cans with any puncture design you like.

Candles glowing inside mason jars and recycled tin cans along a window

Accordion Zig-Zag Streamers

To add party appeal to a plain wall space, just hang some of these simple Zig-Zag Streamers and you’ll be all set. All it takes to make these ziggity-zags is some paper in the color of your choice, scissors, and accordion skills. 😉

Colorful handmade accordion-folded zig-zag paper streamers

Zig-zag paper streamers hanging as colorful holiday wall decorations

Pom Pom Garland or Ornaments

Pom Poms are the go-to décor these days, and we can see why, they’re super simple! Pom Poms work great for decorating walls, mantles, trees, or gifts. For these poms, we used recycled tissue paper and followed this simple photo tutorial.

Colorful handmade tissue paper pom poms displayed with a holiday wreath

Step-by-step photo tutorial showing how to make a tissue paper pom pom

Finished handmade tissue paper pom pom decoration

Paper Ornaments

When it comes to paper ornaments there really is no right or wrong. You can pretty much do whatever your heart desires with the craft materials you have on hand. We used old cereal boxes and cut them out into stars; then we decorated them with craft paper, cool scraps, and old buttons. This project is especially fun to do with family. Our Karma-Captain Peggy & Mini-Karma-Captain Siera had a blast making stars! Spending time with family is what the holidays are all about, after all. 🙂

Handmade star ornaments created from recycled cardboard, paper scraps and buttons

Handmade recycled paper ornaments displayed with wrapped holiday gifts

Aren’t these holiday crafts easy, and so very awesome? If you have any further questions on how to make these babies, don’t hesitate to ask! Have a wonderful holiday season!

Peace & Happiness,
Jacqueline Lee
Soul Flower

What’s your favorite holiday craft?