Christmas is close and that can only mean that your decorations should be up by now. Give a lift to your mood this festive season and decorate the outside area of your home. The front lawn and backyard can be decked for Christmas if you’re up for the challenge. While there are different themes according to which you can decorate the outdoors, we suggest making the most of what you already have. We have a few outdoor Christmas decoration ideas that can make your home look super festive this Christmas season.
how to decorate outdoors for Christmas?
While this goes for any decorative pieces you already have at home, we mean you should make the most of what your outdoor area already looks like. If you have a deck or a patio designed according to the interiors of your home, you find different ways to enhance the area. Your front lawn may already be set up with a few shrubs, a tree and maybe a swing, so just add a few things here and there to make it more festive.
Knock! Knock Knock!
The door of your house is the first thing any guest would notice. So, it is crucial that you beautify your door for Christmas. The simplest way to do this is by adding a Christmas wreath or two. There is something naturally very alluring about wreaths, however, you can take it a step further with one that lights up. Just like artificial Christmas trees, artificial wreaths are also popular among people who like to reuse their decorations from the previous year.
Feeling Bloated This Christmas?
Recreate how you feel after a humungous Christmas meal as a decoration for your outdoor area with large inflatable pieces. Inflatable Christmas decorations have been a popular trope for decorating the front of the house. You can create a scene or just have the usual suspects- Santa, reindeer, elves and a snowman, hanging out on your front lawn. These inflatable decorations coupled with lights immediately grab your attention and are extremely cute to look at.
For those who don’t have a front lawn or just have a tiny outdoor space, you can opt for small inflatable decorations and surround them with some soft lighting.
Pave The Way
There are a lot of things you can do with Christmas lights. However, we suggest going for a slightly different approach. Instead of going for string lights or rope lights to light up the path to your front porch, use tea lights, flameless tealights to be exact. To make it more Christmassy, you can use small lanterns and place flameless tealights in them. Line them up along the whole path and enjoy the dim glow of the flickering flameless candles lighting the path to your home.
Got a Garden Bench?
Garden benches are a common piece of furniture in people’s front yards or backyards. Dress it up in deep greens, bright red and white. Add a few outdoor cushions and a throw to make it look more Christmas-appropriate. Flannel prints, checks and stripes are excellent print choices for cushions and throws.
Dress up the arms
Whether it is a garden bench, a lawn chair or even an outdoor dining chair, you can intertwine a garland through the arms or legs of the chairs. Just make sure not to use a garland that is decked with too many baubles, pine cones or holly.
It’s All About Going Green
Whether you have adorned your garden with a whole load of plants or not, this Christmas we encourage you to do so. Carefully choose some of your favourite festive greens and flowers.
- Poinsettia is a beautiful red flower with long open petals that immediately brighten up any area. Its vibrant colour would look best in contrast with greens, browns, white and black.
- Douglas fir and Cedar trees are often used as Christmas trees. But you can skip the whole cutting the tree part and bunch up a few branches along with eucalyptus leaves. Tie in a few pine cones and holly to the bunched-up leaves and branches to form unique decorative pieces.
Tree Trimmings
Often you come across many broken-off branches and pine cones from Christmas trees. No need to throw away these pieces. Use up all these broken branches and trimmings as decoration for your doorstep. The area around your front door can be adorned with old wooden milk boxes or planters that are filled to the brim with Christmas tree remains. Create an unruly bunch of tree trimmings, leaves, branches and pine cones for a rustic decor piece. You can even line your entire backyard with this and add a few baubles to the box for some colour.
Christmas, Christmas Lights Are Here!
Christmas lights are a very important part of the whole decoration process. Whether it is indoors or outdoors, there needs to be a sufficient amount of light to bring out the Christmas feel. If you want to know more about buying different kinds of Christmas lights, take a look at our Christmas Lights Buying Guide. Since there are various ways you can decorate with Christmas lights, we’ll break it down for you.
That’s Not a Christmas Tree
Let’s be honest, you can turn it into a Christmas tree if you decorate it the right way. If you are blessed with a tree in your front yard, then it’s time to show off your decoration skills. You will need some skill and patience to perfectly wrap the tree’s trunk and a few branches in lights but the result will be worth it. String lights or rope lights are ideal for this style of decorating.
These Reindeer are Lit
Create your own reindeer garden with these figurines that light up at night. You will need at least four to five reindeer figurines in different postures to add some variations. These lit-up figurines usually use LED lights that are bright enough to shine through the material used to give shape to the figures. Reindeer is not the only option you can go for, but it is definitely a crowd favourite.
It’s a Roof Party!!
We are sure that you do a double-take every time you see a house’s roof is lit up. It is even more eye-catching when people use animated colourful lights for the roof. Be that person and decorate your roof in a way that has everyone stopping on the streets for a second look. We recommend getting animated lights because the movement immediately grabs your attention and at the end of the day it looks pretty.
Let it Glow
There are many different ways to decorate the outdoor area of your house for Christmas. However, the best way to go about it is to make use of all the things you already have. Make the most of your outdoor space, the trees, shrubs, cobbled path and deck. Drape it in lights, reuse some old boxes and just have fun decorating your home for Christmas.
