40+ Beautiful Homemade Christmas Decorations To Make This Year

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At a touch of handmade to your Christmas decor this year with these homemade Christmas decorations. There is something extra special about crafting your own festive decor, even if it’s just a handmade touch here and there.

These DIY Christmas decor ideas are sure to add some extra magic to your home over the holiday season! Time to grab your glue gun and get crafting!

Homemade Christmas Decorations For Your Festive Craft Session

One of my favourite things to do at the start of the holiday season (or let’s be honest… after Halloween) is to dabble with some festive crafts.

Each year I usually add at least one handmade Christmas decor item to our home. Some years, it’s many! Especially now I have both a laser cutting machine and a Cricut to create with! Although you won’t need either of those to make any of these DIY Christmas decorations!

Wreaths

When you think of festive decorations, wreaths are often one of the first things that come to mind aside from a twinkling Christmas tree. A DIY wreath can often be one of the easiest holiday crafts too so you might be hanging one from every door in your home soon!

Ornament Wreath

Making your own ornament wreath is such a simple way to suit your Christmas colour scheme since you can use baubles in any colour although this combination of colours is so pretty!

Winter Wreath

This beautiful winter wreath is a simple, classic style wreath with some spray on snow and simple rustic decorations.

Vintage Toy Car Wreath

This vintage toy car wreath is a hoop wreath with miniature trees and a toy car or car ornament as the centrepiece. This would also look beautiful hanging over a tall archway in a small version.

Farmhouse Rustic Christmas Wreath

This beautiful farmhouse rustic Christmas wreath is made with a grapevine wreath form combined with winter greenery, berry picks and a beautiful red and black buffalo bow.

Gingerbread Man Wreath

How cute is this gingerbread man wreath? Such a fun idea that is a little more modern. This is one the kids will love to help you make too!

Braided Rope Wreath

This braided rope wreath is simple to make and looks lovely as a more minimalist or farmhouse style Christmas decor.

Wood Wreath

This wood slice wreath is a unique idea for a rustic look wreath that is simple to make and finished off with some greenery and a ribbon,

Burlap & Plaid Christmas Wreath

This burlap and plaid wreath is perfect for adding some farmhouse decor to your front door, made using a styrofoam wreath form wrapped in ribbon, with everything glued in place with a hot glue gun.

No-Glue Bauble Wreath

If you’re not keen on getting out the glue gun, you can make this bauble wreath without one by tying them onto a hoop instead. Glue will make them stay in place better but doing it this way can be a great kid-friendly Christmas craft idea!

Cinnamon Dough Wreath

This beautiful handmade wreath is made with DIY cinnamon dough snowflakes and greenery for a lovely scented Christmas wreath.

Rustic Christmas Pine Cone Wreath

This lovely rustic pine cone wreath is a simple and creative alternative to using greenery for your wreath, using different sized and types of pinecones and burlap ribbons.

Dollar Tree Snowman Wreath

This cute Dollar Tree snowman wreath is a creative alternative to a traditional round wreath and it would look just as great on the wall in your home as it would on your front door.

Cranberry Holly Winter White Wreath

This cranberry holly wreath is a winter style wreath with white greenery, holly and cranberry berries and flowers, with a little Joy sign.

Garlands

For easy Christmas decorations to make at home, a garland can be a good starting point and they can be used in so many different ways. Use them to decorate the tree, staircases, shelves or walls.

Bauble Garland

This bauble garland is so diverse. You can wrap it around some greenery for a mantle or shelf garland. Or wrap it around your Christmas tree for a more full look (this is my favourite way to use them).

Salt Dough Gingerbread Man Garland

This salt dough gingerbread man garland is adorable and can be used in many different ways. Add it to your Christmas tree, hang it from a shelf or across your wall. You could even use the little salt dough gingerbreads as extra decorations on your Christmas gifts!

Dried Orange Garland

Make your house smell amazing and add a pop of colour with a dried orange garland. This is a pretty addition to your Christmas tree decorations or to hang elsewhere in your home. This is a perfect option for a Summer Christmas too like we have in the Southern Hemisphere!

Crochet Gnome Garland

If you’re handy with your crochet hook, this crochet gnome garland is so cute and can be used on your tree or to decorate other areas of the home.

Felt Christmas Tree Garland

This felt Christmas tree garland is a simple craft to make and one that you could do with older kids as well if you’re looking for a fun family craft project to make together.

Other Indoor Christmas Decorations

These indoor Christmas decorations can add the finishing touches to your home over the holiday season and some of them can potentially be used to decorate your undercover areas outdoors too, such as your porch or patio area.

Giant Fabric Baubles

These giant fabric Christmas ornaments are made using bouncy balls. So simple and quick to make and they look great hanging from high areas such as covered outdoor areas or indoors.

Modern Tiered Ombre Christmas Trees

These bright coloured cone Christmas tree decorations are the perfect way to add some bold and modern touches to your Christmas decor if that’s more your style! But you could do them in any colour scheme you like. They look so funky and great for minimalist chic Christmas decor.

Santa’s Magic Key Sign

This Santa’s magic key sign is a cute homemade Christmas decoration that adds a little extra magic to the Christmas season… especially for the kids! After all, how else will Santa come in without a chimney?

Peppermint Christmas Tree Craft

This edible peppermint Christmas tree craft would look lovely as Christmas table centrepieces or to give as gifts to friends and family.

4×4 Reindeer Decoration

This adorable 4×4 reindeer decoration is made from wood and makes for a great porch decoration or for in your home.

Repurposed Old Door

This repurposed old door is a bold and creative way to add some rustic decor to your Christmas set-up. If you’ve got plenty of storage space for your holiday decor, this is a fun DIY project to do!

Fabric Christmas Tree Ornaments

These free standing fabric tree ornaments are simple to make and are a great minimal style Christmas decor to sit on shelves or window ledges.

Christmas Floral Arrangement

Sometimes it’s impossible to find the exact Christmas arrangement or centrepiece that you have in mind so why not make your own, similar to this simple Christmas floral arrangement.

Music Sheet Christmas Art

You can’t get much easier than this for Christmas decor! Add an oversized Christmas carol sheet music to a frame for an affordable and pretty Christmas framed art. You could do the same for all the different seasons and holidays throughout the year, making this an ever-changing framed art on your wall.

Rustic Scrap Wood Snowman

Turn some wood scraps into wood scrap snowmen with this simple tutorial. You might already have most of the supplies at home already! They look great indoors or outdoors for Christmas decorations.

Candy Cane Decoration

This dollar store farmhouse candy cane wreath looks just as good sitting on a shelf or mantle for a simple and affordable DIY decoration idea.

Mini Wreath Hanging Decorations

Decorate your kitchen cabinets and other handles around your home by making these mini wreaths to hang. Super cute idea!

Sweater Gnomes

Upcycle old sweaters into some super cute sweater gnomes. One sweater can make several gnomes so you can make a few extra for gifts too.

Fringe Christmas Trees

These mini fringed fabric Christmas trees are a great way to recycle some fabric such as denim or flannel to make your own little mini trees.

Nordic Christmas Wall Hanging

This Nordic Christmas wall hanging uses wood slice pieces and a wooden stick for Nordic Christmas inspiration.

Rustic DIY Wooden Christmas Sign

This DIY rustic wooden Christmas sign is a simple DIY project that looks great sitting on a mantle or hanging on the wall.

Upcycled Picture Frame

Turn an upcycled picture frame into festive door decor with some greenery and hanging decoration.

Rainbow Cone Christmas Trees

These bright rainbow cone Christmas trees are simple to create, decorated with bows for a bold (or more traditionally coloured) room decor.

Decoupage Wood Trees

These decoupage wood trees are made using torn book pages with mod podge and painted in an ombre style for simple Christmas decor you can make yourself.

Christmas Sweater Cushion

Turn an old Christmas sweater into a cute Christmas cushion for an upcycled Christmas craft project.

Wall Print Advent Calendar

If you don’t have a lot of room for an advent calendar or Christmas countdown, this wall print advent calendar is a beautiful alternative. It features nails to hang the tiny wreath on the day for your Christmas countdown.

Frosted Illuminary Jars

Use textured Epsom salt, mason jars, and Mod Podge to create pretty mason jar luminaries! These are easy and so simple for winter and Christmas.

Velvet Ornaments

This tutorial includes two ways to make velvet Christmas ornaments for some cozy tree decorations.

DIY Outdoor Christmas Decorations

Add some extra special touches to your porch and outdoor decor this Christmas with these outdoor DIY decorations.

Buffalo Check Christmas Sign

This wooden Christmas sign is made using a black and white buffalo check pattern and it looks great as an outdoor Christmas decoration.

Christmas Pallet Sign

Use the free SVG file to make an outdoor pallet sign or put it on a shirt, gift bags, ornaments or other Christmas decor.

I hope you are feeling inspired and excited for the Christmas season! Handmade decorations for Christmas can be a thrifty way to recreate those fancy decor items you’ve been wanting, but more than anything, it’s just so satisfying to create something yourself to display in your home during this special season.

With so many beautiful handmade holiday decoration ideas, which one will you make first?