Best Holiday & Christmas Decorating Ideas
Clever Displays Using Non-Traditional Items for a Theme
Dec 6, 2006
Add punch to your holiday display by incorporating Christmas Song Titles and their themes into your interior displays.
If you're having guests over for Christmas, consider trying a slightly different decorating theme than the usual pine garland & Christmas Tree decorations. Without straying too much from the wonderful traditional decorations, you can add some punch with thematic holiday decorating. Incorporate a theme such as Winter Wonderland, Babes in Toyland, or Silver Bells into your holiday plan and enjoy the reaction from your guests!
Winter Wonderland Holiday Theme Decorations
- The concept here is a snow covered wonderland. You can accomplish this on a tablescape, mantel or any other horizontal surface by using miniatures -- trees, houses, vehicles, figurines.
- Cover the area with white batting or felt. Conversely, you can use a dark colored backdrop, for an evening effect.
- Incorporate levels into your design (upside down containers or stacks of books), and create a village using the miniatures.
- As a final touch, dust the entire display with powdered sugar for a beautiful effect.
Babes in Toyland Holiday Theme Decorations
- This concept revolves around a children's utopia. Envision Santa's Workshop with every toy and plaything imaginable. You can accomplish this tablescape by raiding your kids' toy box!
- Cover your horizontal surface with a contrasting, solid-colored fabric. Generally, red will be your best option. Incorporate levels into your design, and then arrange the toys artistically.
- Try to use "traditional" toys -- Etch a Sketch, baby dolls, trucks and construction vehicles -- as opposed to the trendy ones that are currently being advertised.
- Tuck festive holiday candies into the display -- candy canes, giant lollipops, and wrapped, colorful hard candies.
Silver Bells Holiday Theme Decorations
- This concepts is an elegant, adult version of holiday decorating. The theme is silver, gold, and white. Anything metallic will work -- look for fabrics that are woven with metallic threads.
- Cover your horizontal surface with metallic fabric -- gold or silver lame, or woven metallic fabric -- again incorporating levels into the display.
- Fill large, clear vases with shiny Christmas balls. These should be metallic and only one color per vase.
- Use different size vases and bowls with the silver and gold balls, and arrange in a pleasing manner. Scatter additional balls at the base of the vases, to create an effect of overflowing abundance.
- If you would like to add more volume to the display, you can weave wire-edged metallic ribbon throughout the display and/or sprinkle metallic confetti across the whole tablescape.
Enjoy your non-traditional holiday theme decorations!
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