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Simple Homemade Christmas Decorations

December 08, 2019

Two years ago, I built a Christmas photoshoot set for a fundraiser and it was a huge success. My idea was to create a minimalist living room scene. All the decorations were simple and easy to put together.

I hope these ideas will give you inspiration to make your own low-waste and reusable decorations that you can reuse and repurpose year after year. I’d love to hear your ideas so feel free to share them below in the comments!

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Empty boxes (like Amazon boxes) were wrapped in craft paper and finished off with some string, a tag and some real greenery (pine needles, rosemary sprigs, evergreen leaves, etc.)

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For a bit of ambiance, some fairy lights were added but other Christmas lights could work as well.

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Books were wrapped in craft paper and stacked together.

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Real greenery can be used as small details.

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