20 DIY Outdoor Christmas Decorations

20 DIY OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS Christmas is nearly upon us, so get creative and try your hand at some of these wonderful homemade decorations! 1 3 TERRACOTTA SNOWMAN CHRISTMAS BUCKET CHRISTMAS LIGHT BALLS Nothing says Christmas like a bright and cheerful snowman, but what if you have no snow to build one? Simply place 3 painted terracotta pots on top of each other, add a hat and glue into place. Wrap a scarf round him for the final touch and place outside for a friendly festive face. A simple yet effective way to add some festive spirit to your porch or driveway. Empty out your usual planters or buckets and fill them with a mix of Christmas related items such as firewood, pine cones, fir branches and finish off with some Christmas lights! These lovely balls of light can be created using chicken wire or grapevine, which sometimes be found in your very own garden! Simply tangle the wire of your choice into a spherical shape and wrap battery powered lights around them. These look great in groups within open areas or hung up in trees! can GIANT CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS PICKET FENCE SNOWMEN DRAINPIPE CANDY CANES Baubles aren't only for your tree. Why settle for small and lacklustre Christmas ornaments when you can create your own GIANT ones? Grab yourself some large plastic balls - such as a gym ball or space hopper, some small buckets and wire hangers and glue together as shown above decorations for either your home or garden. Create a small family of snowmen using leftover pieces of ribbon and wrapping paper. Get creative and experiment with facial expressions and styles. Once this has dried, make a hat using wrapping paper and wrap ribbon round as a scarf. You could even do this Make use of any leftover piping you have by crafting these pipe candy cane decorations. These are a fun and brilliant little addition to your home decorations and can be perched up outside your house or stuck in the ground. Simply ensure you have a straight and curved piece of pipe, cut them to size then paint and connect together. to create huge on a standing fence that you are using! some 7 8. 9. WOOD LOG CANDLE PINE CONE CHRISTMAS TREE RULER STAR LIGHT HOLDERS This is a fantastic and cheap way to create a large ornament! If you have any old rulers, the bigger the better or similar sized pieces of wood, simply paint them, glue together in a star shape and wrap fairy lights around them to create a large ornament for your house or porch. These log luminaries can be a brilliant welcoming decoration for your porch or outside in your garden. Simply cut a shallow hole into the top of any old logs you may have lying in your garden, and place a tealight inside to be lit each night or use flame-free alternatives with no chance of blowing out! This is mini alternative to a shedding fir tree which will leave you with an abundance of thistles come January. You could use a mini terracotta pot or maybe paint a small medicine cup, grab a good shaped pine cone on your winter walks, then simply clean and paint it. If you're feeling extra creative, make a star for the top! 10 11 12 LIGHTED HANGING BASKETS CLOTHES PEG STAR GLASS JAR LANTERNS Change up your usual hanging baskets for a Christmas alternative. By filling with leftover ornaments, fir branches and pine cones you can create a lovely piece of decoration to feature around your home. Adding some fairy lights will really make these stand out at night! Turn your old clothes pegs into a small star ornament which you can use on your tree or around your home. Spray them with silver/gold paint or even keep the rustic wood look and coat them in wood oils or varnish, Add more to your illuminated Christmas decor with these beautiful glass jar lanterns. These work best in large jars and in bunches, first clean out a jar then add some battery powered fairy lights and hang them up outside. You could even add some ribbons for that extra Christmas touch, then glue together in the shape above. This is a fantastic way to recycle your old household items for Christmas. (13 14 15 TOMATO CAGE CHRISTMAS TREE WOODEN SNOWMEN SNOWBALL LANTERNS Finished with your vegetable growing for the winter? Transform your unused tomato cages into a homemade Christmas tree. By simply wrapping a Christmas garland around the tomato cage then adding ribbons and ornaments, you will have a tree in no time! What's more, you can use the tomato cage The rustic alternative to your typical seasonal snowman. All you need to make these are some different sized logs and some nails or wood glue. Be sure to cut flat areas for the logs to rest on before sticking them together, this will ensure they have a flat base to sit on and minimise the risk of the logs rolling off Although a small and temporary decoration, this can look great along a path or snowy garden, Place a tealight or candle where you want the decoration then make a mound of snowballs, leaving gaps for heat and light to escape. You could even use fake snowballs to ensure your creations do not melt or you have a severe lack of snow! again once the winter months have gone. each other. 16 17 18 HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS WREATH HOMEMADE SNOWGLOBES WINE BOTTLE DECORATIONS Try your hand at creating a homemade Christmas wreath with items from your garden! Craft the perfect decoration for your mantelpiece or front door with a mixture of fir branches, leftover baubles, ribbons and lights. Maybe even add some of the ornaments we've mentioned on here! Recycle your empty jars with this simple and effective Christmas decoration. These can be a great way to entertain the kids over the Christmas period by letting them create their own. Add small Christmas ornaments and fake snow and shake to your hearts content. There's no denying that most of us like a drink over Christmas, and there will no doubt be a lot of bottles being thrown out during December! Recycle these into Christmas decorations by adding card or felt accessories and a lick of paint. Go on, get creative! 19 20 LIGHTBULB DECORATIONS TIN CAN SNOWMEN These cute decorations can be accumulated Snowmen are synonymous with Christmas. However in less snowy regions of the world these can never be witnessed! So with over the course of the year, by collecting and painting used lightbulbs into Christmas characters! All you will need is a small amount of paint and the lightbulb itself to create some brilliant and cheap ornaments. recycling becoming more and more a common practice, why not create some tin can snowmen for your home? Just make sure you add some sand or dirt inside to weigh it down and ensure it doesn't blow away! SOURCES mostcraft.com pioneersettler.com littlegreenfingers.com diyshowoff.com Primrose www.primrose.co.uk