However, the Bee (our daughter) is almost 2 now, so we wanted it to be really special for her. Last year, she was only 9 months old, and we moved right after Christmas, so we never decorated.
My goal this year was to decorate for less than $10! :) I spent less than $2!
Wrapping Pictures:
It quickly gives your already decorated walls a Christmas theme! Plus, it's really easy to un-decorate! It takes us less than 5 minutes to get it all down, even less if you have kids who are good at unwrapping! This is great not only for Christmas, but for birthdays and other events as well!
I choose color coordinating wrapping paper, or wrap them all in the same paper. You can get it cheap at Walgreens, or use leftover wrapping paper, from last year. This is stuff I purchased last year on a Buy 1 for $1.99 Get 2 free sale at Walgreens ($.66 a roll!). Wrapping all the pictures in the house, I used less than 1/4 of a roll of each paper, (spending about $.66!)
I did purchase some green ribbon at Target today for (they are regularly priced at $1), to jazz up the bows, and for the actual bows, I purchased some last year after Christmas ($.50 for 50 bows at Walmart! I love after Christmas clearance!).
We then hung some Christmas lights up (we bought them several years ago).
It's not a lot (but we don't really have room for a lot!), and my daughter is in awe over all the changes, and I love how just a couple of cheap touches make SUCH a huge difference, without costing much or being a danger to have around for our little Bee. :)
We also go (closer to Christmas) to our local Christmas tree stand, and ask for the cut off branches. They give them to us for free, and it makes the house smell incredible (one more year until we risk a tree!). Throw a few ornaments on arranged branches and you have a super easy centerpiece!
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