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Your house will look full of cheer thanks to these DIY holiday decorating ideas.

By Christy Piña and Corinne Sullivan

Fact: It's never too early to start decorating for Christmas. .. especially if you love the holiday season as much as we do. From outdoor Christmas lights to holiday wreaths, there are endless ways for you to deck the halls and trim your tree, and while they often get neglected during the decorating process, your windows deserve some yuletide love as well. Christmas window decorations are the perfect finishing touch to a festive holiday home, and you don't have to spend a lot to make them sparkle. Not sure how to best dress up your windows for the holidays? These unique Christmas window decorating ideas will help get you started.

Whether your holiday decorating mantra is, "the more the merrier," or you prefer to keep things simple and elegant, there are countless holiday window decorations to suit your style, including garlands, wreaths, string lights, and ornaments, as well as a few more unexpected pieces of decor. From the kitchen, to the living room, to every bedroom in the house, windows are prime decoration real estate and can be enjoyed from the inside or out (and sometimes both!). Get ready to adorn your windows with one of these magical displays, many of which you can easily DIY yourself.

Know How She Does It

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Window Sill Houses

You can liven up a window sill with a row of cute Christmas houses, which really pop when you add a pine needle tree garland over your window.

Get the Window Sill Houses tutorial at Know How She Does It.

SHOP GARLAND

Little Yellow Wheelbarrow

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Rustic Pine Wreaths

Use a rustic branch hanger and some ribbon to suspend simple pine wreaths in your window frame.

Get the Rustic Pine Wreaths tutorial at Little Yellow Wheelbarrow.

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Creative Cain Cabin

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Mini Window Sill Trees

A line of spindly mini trees can add visual interest to your sill, and you can add additional color by hanging blush-colored baubles from your curtain rod.

Get the Mini Window Sill Trees tutorial at Creative Cain Cabin.

SHOP MINI TREES

The Blushing Bungalow

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Dried Orange Garland

Your Christmas decor doesn't have to be limited to red and green. Add dried oranges to a window-framing garland for an unexpected splash of color.

Get the Dried Orange Garland tutorial at The Blushing Bungalow.

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Lia Griffith

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Paper Star Window Decoration

This hangable paper star lantern is so pretty that you'll be tempted to keep it in your window all year round.

Get the Paper Star Window Decoration tutorial at Lia Griffith.

SHOP CARD STOCK

Jennifer Rizzo

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Gingerbread House Garland

If traditional garland isn't your thing, then you can frame your window with mini gingerbread houses and gold bells on baker's twine instead.

Get the Gingerbread House Garland tutorial at Jennifer Rizzo.

SHOP BAKER'S TWINE

The Merrythought

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Winter Wonderland Window Seat

If you have a window seat you can decorate, then try dressing it up with fresh greenery, a white fur throw, and a cute cotton wreath.

Get the Winter Wonderland Window Seat tutorial at The Merrythought.

SHOP COTTON PIPING

Design Improvised

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Cork Wreath

This unique wreath craft is especially easy if you have a sizable wine cork collection already on hand.

Get the Cork Wreath tutorial at Design Improvised.

SHOP STYROFOAM WREATH

Creative Cain Cabin

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Ornament Window Treatment

Fill large glass ornaments with greenery and hang them from the ribbon of your choice to create a quick and easy window display.

Get the Ornament Window Treatment tutorial at Creative Cain Cabin.

SHOP GLASS ORNAMENTS

Sunny Side Up

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"Fa La La La La" Banner

Nothing will get you into the holiday spirit quicker than a banner that encourages you to break out into song.

Get the "Fa La La La La" Banner tutorial at Sunny Side Up.

SHOP BANNER

Design Fixation

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Window Wreath Stack

Ideal for dressing up the windows next to your door, these gorgeous wreath displays are perfectly festive.

Get the Window Wreath Stack tutorial at Design Fixation.

SHOP RED BURLAP RIBBON

The Ginger Home

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Dangling Ginger Stars

Turn your window into a masterpiece with the help of gingerbread star ornaments, faux cedar garland, and copper-dipped string lights.

Get the Dangling Ginger Stars tutorial at The Ginger Home.

SHOP FAUX GARLAND

Design Improvised

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Christmas Bow Wreath

Turn your window into a giant present with the help of this clever Christmas bow wreath.

Get the Christmas Bow Wreath tutorial at Design Improvised.

SHOP STRAW WREATH

Today's Creative Life

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"Merry Christmas" Banner

With this easy gift tag banner, you can jazz up your window and spread Christmas cheer in no time at all.

Get the "Merry Christmas" Banner tutorial at Today's Creative Life.

SHOP GIFT TAGS

LaMiaCasa

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Hanging Mini Wreaths

Hang a collection of wreaths at varying lengths to create a fun holiday display that won't block your view.

SHOP MINI WREATHS

Michael Partenio

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Window Advent Calendar

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Snowflake Window Decals

There's no easier (or cheaper!) way to decorate your window than with a few sophisticated window decals (and a garland-lined sill doesn't hurt, either).

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Brie Williams

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Double Greenery

Whoever said you had to choose between a garland or a wreath for your window? With an understated faux garland and a simple wreath (complete with an oversized bow), your window can have it all!

SHOP RED BOW

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"Oh What Fun" Garland

Cut out letters from red cardstock to spell out the phrase, "oh what fun," attach to string and hang from the top of your window. Add a swag of greenery for extra flourish.

SHOP CARDSTOCK

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Michael Partenio

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Dangling Candy Canes

Hang wrapped candy canes from a bough-decked window with red ribbon for a playful piece of decor.

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Brian Woodcock

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Ribbon Wreath

To create this simple yet festive window decoration, just thread some red ribbon through a miniature store-bought wreath.

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Paule Wichelowe

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Faux Cookies

To make this cute window decoration, cut freehand stars out of cardboard and poke cloves through one star for an affordable, natural air freshener. Line the edges with yarn for an extra festive touch.

SHOP YARN

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Holiday Window Display

A grouping of indoor wreaths adds a festive touch to your home, and they're so easy to make.

Classic Colors: Paint select leaves of a magnolia wreath red, white, and green. Once dry, brush glue onto the tops of the white leaves and dust on glitter for added sparkle.

Snowcapped Village: To embellish a feathery wreath, make a couple of card stock houses and use pins to secure in the middle.

Bells and Bows: Update a boxwood wreath with a few jolly add-ons: Knot two 6-inch pieces of red ribbon, then wire a jingle bell to the center. Hot-glue a skewer to the back and use to push into place.

SHOP BOXWOOD WREATH

Anna Williams

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Christmas Card Garland

A great way to display all the Christmas cards you've received is to string them across a window with some twine and mini clothespins for a DIY garland.

SHOP CLOTHESPINS

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Hanging Pinecones

Hang pinecones from the top of your window at various lengths with red ribbon, and frame your window in garland to complete the look.

SHOP PINECONES

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Curtain Lights

Soft hanging curtain lights and a mini wreath can make an ordinary window look like something out of a fairytale.

SHOP WINDOW LIGHTS

Mike Garten

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Starry Sky

A mix of paper, metal, and wood stars in various sizes and shapes hung with twine acts as a three-dimensional gallery wall across your windows.

SHOP TWINE

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Hanging Gingerbread Men

Hanging gingerbread men and pom-poms from alternating colors of ribbon is another great way to fill a window during Christmas time.

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Bottle Brush Christmas Trees

Line your windowsills with bottlebrush Christmas trees in unexpected colors for a look you can get away with keeping up all year 'round.

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Wooden Letter Message

Set wooden letters on your windowsill to spell out "XMAS," "JOY," "NOEL," or another holiday-themed message. You can even decorate the letters to give them a pop of color.

SHOP WOOD LETTERS

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Christy Piña Digital Fellow Christy Piña is the digital fellow at WomansDay.com, where she covers women’s issues, lifestyle, and entertainment.

Corinne Sullivan Contributing Writer Corinne Sullivan is a digital writer and editor who covers a variety of beats, including lifestyle, entertainment, relationships, holidays and more.

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It is impossible to imagine the New Year holidays without a dressed-up Christmas tree, decorated windows and shining garlands. This is an incomparable feeling when you step on the sparkling snow in the evening, and the soul rejoices from the atmosphere of magic and celebration reigning around. And most importantly - that this fairy tale can be created with your own hands! Decorate your windows for the New Year 2022 - and we at Joy-pup will tell you how to do it quickly, beautifully and brightly.

Snowflakes and vytynanka 2022: do-it-yourself paper decor for windows

The simplest and most affordable window decorations are usually made of paper - these are snowflakes, various New Year figurines, stars, animals, etc. Use special stencils and templates or cut openwork snowflakes, relying on your creative imagination. This decor looks great on the windows of the house, at school or in kindergarten.

Together with children, you can also make voluminous snowflakes with your own hands and hang them by strings on cornices and curtains. Here is one of the options on how to make a three-dimensional paper snowflake.

There are a lot of ideas for decorating windows with paper decor - choose the one that suits you and transform your home for the holiday!

New Year figurines and vytynankas create a truly fabulous picture on the window that you want to look at again and again. And it looks fantastic from the street!

The image of a tiger is one of the main attributes of the holiday, because this animal is a symbol of the New Year 2022.

You can cut out not only snowflakes from paper, but also entire New Year's garlands with your own hands. Decorate them with sparkling lights and enjoy the magic of the holiday.

Here is another video of a little girl making a three-dimensional snowflake. Your kids will repeat this decor for windows.

New Year's fairy tale 2022: drawings, stickers and window stickers for the holiday

Grandfather Frost is always very talented and skillfully decorating our windows with unusual patterns and drawings from a fairy tale. But if there is no frost artist on the street, try to decorate the windows yourself for the New Year and Christmas holidays. This can be done using artificial snow, paints, gouache and even ordinary toothpaste. See photos for some creative ideas.

If you do not know how to draw well, but really want to decorate the windows for the New Year 2022 with your own hands, stick special stickers or use multi-colored stickers.

Decorating windows with Christmas balls

Christmas balls, which we usually hang on the Christmas tree, look very nice in the interior. They can decorate any corner of your home and windows will not be an exception. Christmas balls on threads or ribbon can be tied to the cornice, roller blinds, blinds, roller blinds. The combination of balls of different sizes and colors looks beautiful, with the addition of cones, spruce branches, garlands.

Unusual decor for windows made from improvised materials 2022

When we decorate windows for the New Year, we seem to share our festive mood with everyone around us. Don't limit yourself to snowflakes and paper garlands. As a decor, you can use natural materials - spruce branches, cones, gingerbread, cinnamon sticks and bright "circles" of dried orange.

To create a New Year's atmosphere, even the most unusual ideas and fantasies can be embodied in luxurious decorations. Take a look at the photo how easily and quickly everyday things turn into creative decorations and garlands.

Have you tried making your own Christmas wreath? By the way, this beauty can be hung not only on the door, but also on the window.

Decorating windows with homemade Christmas decorations and shining balls is a very good and bright sign. After all, all these magical decorations symbolize good luck and prosperity, which will definitely accompany you in the New Year 2022 of the Water Tiger. Get inspired by beautiful Christmas photos and try some fresh and creative DIY ideas.

Don't forget to decorate the window sills - place holiday souvenirs, candles and figurines so that they can be seen from the street. Also check out some cool options and try making a small DIY alternative Christmas tree.

Lights all around: decorate windows with shining garlands

The light of New Year's lights turns everything around into a wonderful fairy tale. If you decide to decorate a room for the holiday, you can not do without festive illumination. LED or electric garlands are hung on curtains, mounted on cornices, on window sills and on the windows themselves. In the evening, these multi-colored lanterns look amazing - both outside and inside an apartment or house.

Decorating windows from the outside - a photo selection of ideas 2022

If you live on the first floors or in a private house, decorate your windows from the outside - they will delight not only you and your loved ones, but also neighbors, passers-by and everyone around you.

You can use your imagination and decorate the doors and entrance to your home in a spectacular way.

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We decorate windows for the New Year 2022 with our own hands (stencils)

Before the onset of your favorite holidays, there is nothing more interesting than turning into Santa Claus and decorating windows with various patterns. Just a couple of decades ago, paper snowflakes were the main decor for glass, but now, armed with scissors or a special knife, you can create a real snow-covered city on the window. This is done using stencils that are cut out and glued to the windows. There are several ways to make such decor at home, we will consider them in more detail.

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New Year's stencil with your own hands

there is nothing easier than taking the finished stencil template, cut it out and stick to the window. The most difficult link in this process will be printing the template, since not everyone has a printer at home. In this case, you can create New Year's decor yourself, even if you do not have the talent of an artist.

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We make three small snowflakes with any pattern and combine the composition. We attach balls and a bell to the spruce branch, and decorate the space around with snowflakes.

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Tip!

The technique of working with a clerical knife has its own secrets. To make the edges in the stencil sharper, start cutting from the corners, not towards them. When cutting circles, turn the paper, not your hand.

Winter fairy tale on the windowsill

Winter fairy tale on the windowsill

New Year's stencils can not only be glued to the glass, but also placed on the windowsill, creating magical compositions. The most popular option is a winter town surrounded by snow-covered trees. Thanks to a few simple tricks, you can make lighting in the city and create a unique atmosphere of Father Frost's homeland.

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Put the garland on the base between the stencils, make a small hole in the paper and pull its end out. We decorate the composition with cotton balls and turn on the garland.

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Tip!

To make the composition more durable and last for a long time, cut out stencils from thick paper or cardboard.

Decorating windows with snow patterns

Using paper stencils, you can create unusual and spectacular patterns on windows. You can use ready-made templates or come up with your own, it all depends on your choice. To apply the picture, you will need artificial snow in cans. You can also use ordinary toothpaste diluted with water, but artificial snow is more convenient to use and allows you to apply patterns evenly and efficiently.

Window decor with snow patterns

To decorate windows, it is necessary to make practical reusable stencils. There are several types of materials used for stencils:

Snow Spray Decor

In this tutorial we will use small plastic squares that are easy to work with. The resulting stencils can be used not only for decorating windows, but also for decorating gifts, as well as for drawing.

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  1. We print or draw stencil templates on paper.
  2. Using adhesive tape, we attach the plastic to the paper template, put a cutting board, and carefully cut out the drawings with a clerical knife.
  3. We separate the stencils from the paper, apply them to the glass, and apply artificial snow. Evenly spray the dye, holding the stencil with your hand.

We remove the plastic blank and admire the magical drawings on the glass. As templates, you can use bells, snowflakes, Christmas trees and images of the symbol of the year according to the eastern calendar.


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