Decorating your Toronto apartment or house for Christmas can be expensive and time consuming. So we’ve mustered up 10 ways to decorate easily and on a budget, usually using things that are hanging around the house anyway. Here are just a few ways to bring the spirit of the season indoors!
- Transform Scrabble pieces into festive messages.
Source: Better Homes and Gardens - Hang ornaments from your light fixtures for instant Christmas!
Source: Brassy Apple - Using just one size of Christmas lights is boring. Mix tiny lights with bigger lights to add some oomph to your Christmas tree.
Source: Vintage Revivals - Keep beverages cool in a pretty way. Freeze cranberries in water to make pretty, coloured ice. Garnish with small boughs.
Source: Better Homes and Gardens - Whipped cream on hot chocolate is so average. Instead, spread Cool Whip on a baking sheet, freeze for an hour and use cookie cutters to make fun shapes!
Source: No Biggie - Make snowflakes out of popsicle sticks painted white. Add sparkles.
Source: Better Homes and Gardens - Blast candy canes in the blender and use the powder for absolutely everything. As a topping on cakes, in hot chocolate, in smoothies, to decorate stuff, into cake batter and on ice cream!
Source: Mama Loves Food - Create an advent calendar from a muffin tin. Don’t forget to put chocolates or toys inside!
Source: Better Homes and Gardens - Transform upside-down ice cream cones on top of cupcakes into Christmas trees. Use an icing piper and silver sprinkles to get the look just right.
Source: Better Homes and Gardens - Sick of your Christmas lights getting tangled? Wrap them around a hanger this year after Christmas and skip the hassle next year.
Source: Shabbyblogs.com
By the way, although we normally post Life Hacks for you on Saturdays, check for our Christmas Dinner Life Hack, coming out on Tuesday, December 22.