Best AC Content on Christmas Decorations

On Associated Content, writers share their ideas for unique, affordable, kid-friendly, themed, or eco-friendly Christmas decorations. Here's some of the best and most helpful content.

Southwestern Christmas Decorations
Many people enjoy organizing their Christmas decorations around a theme, but buying a host of themed decorations can easily turn expensive within a few hours of shopping. Tiffany B. shares her tips for a Southwestern/cowboy decoration scheme. Using her tips in "How to Decorate Your Home in a Southwestern Theme for Christmas," you could decorate with little expense.

Edible Christmas Decorations
Emma S. shares her idea for a dual-purpose decoration, which livens your table and also serves as a snack for guests. "How to Make an Edible Christmas Wreath" describes a simple but festive project.

Pine-Cone Christmas Decorations
Angela Harris describes several ways to use pine cones as Christmas decorations: ornaments, garlands, centerpieces, fire starters, and embellishments. She makes her suggestions available in her article "Christmas Decorating Ideas Using Pine Cones."

Wooden Christmas Decorations
Emma S. offers several examples and basic instructions for turning ordinary wood into Christmas decorations. In "How to Make Almost Any Piece of Wood into a Christmas Decoration," you will read about projects using basic materials such as blocks of wood, slats, yardsticks, and clothespins.

Christmas Party Decorations
Color-coordinated tables, candy cane candles, nutcrackers, and more-Lori Lane provides the scoop, including tips for finding items and pitfalls to avoid. Find it all in "Inexpensive Table Decorations for Your Christmas Party."

Candle Christmas Decorations
If you've often admired the fancy candles in stores but cringed at the prices, you may find "Christmas Centerpiece Using Candles" a helpful article. Gerald Kelly explains how to produce three candle centerpieces with a few simple steps.

More Candle Christmas Decorations
Tiffany B. describes several ways to turn plain candles, maybe ones you already own, into special Christmas decorations. Read "Save Money on Christmas Decorations: Embellish Plain Candles at Home" to discover her tips.

Affordable Christmas Decorations
The title "Frugal, Simple Christmas Decorating Ideas" describes this article perfectly. Tricia Goss provides a number of ways to decorate without spending a lot of money or time.

On-Hand Christmas Decorations
Gypsywind discusses décor with many commonplace items you may already have on hand or may purchase for Christmas, such as kitchen sponges, candy canes, coffee cans, and old Christmas cards. Read "Christmas Decoration Ideas for Your Home" to review these ideas.

Kid-Friendly Christmas Decorations
Lisa S. gives instructions for four tree decorations using pine cones, styrofoam, popcorn, or candy canes in "Christmas Tree Decoration Projects for Children."

Mix and match, tweak, and experiment as you use the ideas that you find on Associated Content. Whether it's your first Christmas in your own home, or you just need a change, have fun this year. As many of these articles prove, you don't have to blow the budget to add some holiday flair to your home.