Christmas trees

How do you deck up your home for Christmas minus the Christmas tree? Is that green fir standing in one corner enough to set the festive mood for your home? Christmas home decorations are more than just Christmas trees and cakes. If you have left it for the last minute then you will have to make do with simple Christmas decorations

for which you need to put together some essentials for the Christmas mood. Since you do not have time, you have to utilize your imagination to decorate your home easy and fast.

Here are some speedy tips to put up Christmas decorations at home.

Last Minute Ideas For Christmas Home Decorations:

• The Holly: Well you obviously do not have the time to do anything extra ordinary but what is stopping you from buying some cheap holly stakes in a lot and putting it up creatively. Holly stakes can be used to flank your entrance doorway.; it looks a little edgy but you can make it bright by making a snow man out of holly sticks and clothing and capping it in red!

• The Mistletoe: A mistletoe is the easiest way to set the party mood in Christmas theme. All you have to do is buy some mistletoe from the super market as it is too late to make them. How you put them up will make all the difference to your Christmas party. Do not use this Christmas essential as direct home decoration items for Christmas. Hide mistletoe under lights, lampshades, streamers to make things interesting because when you come under one, you kiss!

• Paint The Town Red: Red and white are the patent colours for Christmas. Use this colour scheme as a theme and you will be able to keep your Christmas decorations simple. Use red and white cushion covers, red tablecloth (white is too common) and white table mats. Change the curtains to silky reds and whites to make it look bright.

• Pine Needles: Something as simple as pine needles can be used as your centerpiece for Christmas decorations. You can collect pine needles from your garden or any roadside place and display them in a large glass bowl in the spirit of the season.

• Streamers: Get your kids involved in the work so that they have fun and your work gets faster. Employ them to make streamer designs and put them up. It is cheap and easy.

• Fairy Lights & Candles: Lighting is as essential part of Christmas decorations. Use twinkling fairy lights not just on your Christmas Tree but also your walls and and your ceiling. Natural night can be had with a plethora of interestingly shaped candles that you can just pick off the shelf.

• Socks: You can use all of yours and your kids socks (stuffed of course with gifts) to decorate your walls. It looks especially unique on fans and hanging lights.

Use these Christmas home decor ideas to do a festive decor at the last minute!