Cheap Christmas Gifts

Let’s be honest – everyone loves to decorate their homes in red, green and white during the holiday season to get the Christmas feel in the air. In addition to the staple Christmas tree, most even like to add a few other holiday touches like lights and indoor decorations to envelop your home Christmas cheer. Ideally everyone wants this, but in reality Christmas decorating can get pricey. Not many want to spend extra on decorating a home for a month or so when so many other things need to be paid for.

Well I’m here to offer very cheap (if not free) ideas on how to decorate your home this season so you won’t be busting your budget. These 10 ideas are inexpensive, but they make such a dramatic and elegant holiday statement for your home. Guests to your home this Christmas won’t believe how you could do so much with so little!

1. Everyone needs a wreath for your home, so why not make your own? Go out and grab a couple branches from a suitable evergreen and tie them into a circle shape with string, rope, whatever works. You can make a large one for your door and smaller ones for the dining table to encircle candles. Spray paint or add flowers and pine cones to make even prettier! These wreaths will also lend a natural earthy and fresh aroma to your home.

2. Make couch pillows more festive by wrapping them with holiday ribbon to look like presents! You can pin on bows or glue rhinestones to give them extra flavor.

3. Raid your local Dollar Store because you won’t believe the amazing finds you’ll discover for dirt cheap. Some items may look a little tacky at first but it’s nothing a little craft-y TLC won’t fix.

4. Dig out those boxes and boxes of holiday greeting cards use them as decorations around the house. Simply line them up on mantles or coffee tables, or if you’re feeling more artistic mount them on boards in a collage.

5. Frame holiday gift wrapping paper and hang it on the wall. You’ll be surprised how elegant and artistic this can look.

6. Pile ornament balls in a pretty shallow dish or bowl. I think clear bowls work best.

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During the holiday season, everyone is used to the idea of making a list of individuals to get presents for. In the midst of today’s frugal economy if your budget this year allows for this celebrated tradition, then may the merriest wishes be sent your way It’s always a pleasure to be able to give a unique gift to each special person in your life! However, I know some folks this year may be thinking their budgets are not giving them too much room for this customary Christmas gift-giving tradition… so why not try something new? I’ve thought up some new holiday gift-giving traditions you can try this year with your friends or family – all of them guaranteed to save you big bucks on Christmas shopping!

Secret Santa

Typically a gift-giving game used in the workplace, why not make it the new family or friend gift exchange tradition as well? Everyone participating in gift giving should have their names placed in a hat. Then the idea is who you give to and how buys for you is determined by drawing names from the hat. The name you pull from the hat will be your gift recipient that you need to shop for. Secret Santa ensures that every individual receives one nice gift, and every individual only needs to buy one nice gift as well. What makes this so much fun is that who you’re shopping for should remain a secret the entire time up until Christmas day. Secret Santa is so much fun and saves you so much money! The only difficulty is that you may find it hard not to buy presents for those you feel closest to on top of your secret gift recipient.

Books-only Exchange

Exactly like it sounds, consider only buying books for one another this Christmas. Books are fantastic gifts because paperbacks usually always range under $10. Restricting the type of presents to books challenges gift-givers to really consider the personality of the recipient and what their interests are. Christmas shopping stress will also be greatly reduced since you’re essentially going to spend all your time at Barnes & Noble or some other book store. This is the perfect gift exchange tradition for any group of avid readers.

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