Christmas season is now in the air, and the usual things and activities are just right in the corner waiting to be picked up. Decorations are one of the many things that best exemplify Christmas. It gives life to already alive scenery. Lights and decors hanging around is a typical picture of Christmas season.
However, budget is and has always been an issue when Christmas comes. There are so many things to purchase, but not enough resources to go around. Boundless lists of purchases with limited funds. This should not get your spirit down though. You may still enjoy decorating your homes without actually spending that much. Below is a list that should tell you some practical ways in having fun decorating your home for Christmas without having to spend so much

• Use pinecones to decorate your home. There are so many pinecones to go around and it is for free if you make the task of collecting them yourself. It won't even be a boring task because you could make it as a family activity. You could bring your family members along and together collect pinecones. You could spray paint these pinecones and use them as accessories for decorations. You could make wreaths out of it or any other designs appropriate for Christmas.

• Add accents to your decorations by using pine boughs. When you go out to collect pinecones, include some pine boughs as well. You may experiment with it anything that you could come up with.

• Use your old holiday cards as decorations for the Christmas season. You may choose to string them all together and then hang it for decoration or make a collage out of it. Do anything to make it all worthwhile.

• Candy canes could also add flavour and colour to your overall design, making a grander effect. You wrap some colourful ribbons around the candy canes to enhance and achieve the effect you wish to come out.

• You may also use the old paper boxes and wrap them with Christmas wrappers for a dramatic effect. Set these boxes under the Christmas tree, in the shelves and other appropriate places.

• It might also be helpful if you could wrap your door knobs and stair railings with colourful paper wraps to make your entire house lively.

• You might also utilize well designed boxes by cutting out a portion of it and then make decorations out of the cut-out designs.

There are more practical ways of decorating your houses, and you can experiment with them as much as you like. The overall effect may not necessarily be the way that you imagine it to be, but your effort is worthwhile especially if the whole family contributed to the project. This makes a very good way of bonding with your loved ones, aside from the fact that you have saved a lot of money for the decorations.