My mission continues as I strive to save as much money as I can on my Christmas decorations. This week I decided I wanted to decorate my living room fireplace mantel!
Once again, like last week, I drove to my favorite local craft and decor stores to see what was out and about.
Yes, I do this every week and I must say I usually see something I love but once again I was not in love with the prices.
I know EVERYONE loves to save money, especially this time of year which is also my favorite time of the year, Christmas time. Yes, Christmas for me starts in October and peaks in November as I usually start making my Christmas DIY projects.
This is a tradition that I grew up with and now continue with my own family! Okay enough about me, let me get into how gorgeous this week’s Christmas Mantel Decorations project turned out.
Like I said before, Christmas is absolutely my favorite time of year! I love all the cheery music, good food, great sales, and spending time with family and friends. I also love to decorate my home for Christmas, I want beautiful Christmas decor but do not want to spend an arm and a leg to get my desired look.
I was looking for decor ideas and was quite astounded that the items that caught my eye ranged from $30 and up for 1 decor item. From cute little Christmas ornament trees to beautifully embellished candles.
Of course, I refused to pay that price so I drove to my favorite store, yes you guessed it the Dollar Tree and stocked up on most of the supplies I needed to make my own Christmas ornament trees and embellished candles. I could not find all the items I needed in the store, so I purchased the remaining items online and had everything shipped to my local Dollar Tree for FREE.
I decided to make a total of 5 Christmas ornament trees and embellish 3 candles and add a few extra special touches. I am happy to announce my entire mantel cost me a total of $39.00 and the outcome is absolutely gorgeous!
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Let’s Get Started:
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Gold Ornaments
Red Ornaments
Red Glitter Ornaments
Green Ornaments
Small Ornaments
Mini Ornaments
Red Christmas Berries
15 Foot Pine Garland
Garland Ties
Foam Cone
Lights
Red Glitter Poinsettias
LED Pillar Candle
Christmas Diamond Pattern Stocking
How To Decorate Your Fireplace Mantel for Christmas
Directions:
STEP 1: Before you begin, be sure to put on your safety glasses. You are going to be repurposing many items so safety glasses are a must. Now, take the embellishment off your ornament box, trim the excess with your wire cutters and hot glue it to your LED candle.
Create Your Christmas Ornament Trees
STEP 2: Next you are going to create your ornament trees. Let’s start with the red ornament trees. Begin by removing your embellishment off your ornament box. Now hot glue your foam cone on top of the box.
STEP 3: Paint your foam cone red and allow it to dry. Remove the hook on your mini red ornaments, then cut the stem part of the mini ornament off with your wire cutters. Now hot glue the ornament to your foam cone starting at the bottom, continue this process moving upwards until your entire foam cone is covered in mini ornaments. Place your ornament box embellishment on the top of your foam cone.
TIP: The bottom row is the most difficult, be sure to hold each ornament in place for 20 to 30 seconds to ensure it adheres to your foam cone.
STEP 4: Let’s create your second tree. Repeat step 3 using 2 bushels of red glitter poinsettias, with this step you will take your poinsettias and simply insert them into your foam cube.
STEP 6: Repeat step 3 to create 1 more red ornament tree and 2 gold ornament trees, this gives you a total of 5 Christmas ornament trees.
Add Your Garland
STEP 7: Take your 15 foot garland and measure it on your mantel, cut to desired length. I used a total of 4 garland strands. Now take your battery powered Christmas lights and wrap around your garland. Lastly, connect your garland strands using garland ties placing them about 1 foot to a 1 foot and a 1/2, this allows you to layer your items once you decorate your mantel.
THE FINAL STEP
STEP 8:Put it all together!
I absolutely love how my fireplace mantel looks. I hope you enjoy making these easy DIY Christmas projects, be sure to share how yours turned out!
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