Decorating for Christmas Southwest Style

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 1: Fun Southwest Christmas Stockings
A quick look online will reveal dozens of fun Southwest Christmas stockings from howling wolves and cartoon cacti to fun and quirky chili peppers. There are also a large array of Southwest handwoven Christmas stockings that have beautiful designs.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 2: Cactus Ornaments
Along with your cactus Christmas stockings you can add fun and quirky Southwest cactus Christmas ornaments. Cactus ornaments can run from artistic renditions done in copper and other metals to beautiful glass ornaments or simply silly comical cactus figures.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 3: Desert Skull Reindeer
Decorate your home with fun desert skull reindeer. Take your typical reindeer skull and add a velvet red ribbon, sleigh bells, and even a red nose for a fun Southwest Santa look.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 4: Gecko Christmas Ornaments
Check out some of these adorable Christmas gecko ornaments. Bright and colorful, they are a delightful addition to your Southwest Christmas decorations.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 5: Chili Pepper Christmas Lights
Chili pepper lights are easily found in many specialty shops like Spencer's. Instead of decking your halls with boughs of holly, decorate your home with fun chili peppers.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 6: Handmade Southwest Baskets
Fill Handmade Southwest baskets with fake Christmas fruit and holly or with yummy Christmas candies and homemade cookies.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 7: Handwoven Christmas Tree Skirt
Handwoven Navajo rugs can make excellent tree skirts and home decorations. Find Navajo rugs which have greens and reds, or pay a local artist to make you a Southwest Christmas tree skirt. You can decorate your home and support local art.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 8: Southwest Navajo Pottery
Try out a website like Cowboy and Lady Native American Pottery or Coyote's Game to purchase handmade authentic Native American pottery. Decorate your home with the beautiful pieces. Fill smaller pottery with Christmas candy and cookies. Large pots can be decorated with lights or other Christmas decorations and stuffed animals.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 9: Christmas Kachina Dolls Nativity Scene
Make your own Christmas Kachina dolls or purchase authentic ones from online stores like Navajo World Online.
Making your own nativity Christmas scene from Kachina dolls can be a fun experience for your and your family. Follow the directions from How to Make an Easy Kachina Doll for instructions on how to make an Kachina doll using recyclable materials.

Southwest Christmas Decorating Tip 10: Christmas Dreamcatchers
Enjoy pleasant dreams of sugar plum fairies by incorporating Dreamcatchers into your Christmas decorations this year. For added fun, you can attach tiny jingle bells to the strings for a jingly effect.