35 Clever Christmas Hacks That Will Make Your Life Easier
- Use shiny green tinsel to make your Christmas tree look fuller.
Be sure to layer the tinsel on the inner branches to fill out the tree.
- Use plastic cups to neatly store your ornaments.
- Use egg cartons to store your smaller ornaments.
- Wrap Christmas lights around a hanger to keep them from getting tangled.
- Making gingerbread cookies? Turn them into ornaments that will last for years with three coats of varnish.
They won’t rot! Get the recipe for gingerbread cookie ornaments here.
Or poke holes in them and string them as a garland.
- With just a little tape, you’ve got an easy Christmas manicure.
And if you suck at nail art, just do this as an accent fingernail.
- Old Saran wrap or aluminum foil containers make great boxes for gifting cookies.
Get the full directions here.
- Freeze whipped cream on a cookie sheet and use a cookie cutter to make hot chocolate hearts.
- Store your ice cream in a plastic bag to keep it soft and ready to serve.
- Christmas candy sleighs make cheap and easy gifts for kids and teachers.
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- Reuse your leftover Halloween pumpkins to make snowmen.
This way, you can still have snowmen even if you live in a climate that doesn’t get snow!
- Turn an old bulletin board into a pin-the-nose-on-the-reindeer game for the kids’ table.
Directions here.
- Master the Christmas tree napkin fold and you won’t need to buy any special holiday napkins or napkin rings.
Watch the tutorial video here.
- Cut off the fingers of gloves to make an adorable finger puppet kit.
Get the directions here.
- Jars of candy cane Play-Doh makes an insanely easy gift for children.
Get the recipe here.
- Pretzel rings, Fruit Roll-Ups, and frosting are an easy way to make delicious snowman cookies.
Get the directions here.
- Make adorable “elf” donuts out of Cheerios.
Directions here.
- Keep the kids busy with three-ingredient snow slime.
You need Elmer’s glue, borax, and iridescent glitter. Get the recipe here.
- Pulverize candy canes and add them to EVERYTHING.
Icing, cookies, ice cream, mousse, hot chocolate, and cocktail rims are just a few ideas.
- Use a cardboard box wrapped in gift paper as your garbage receptacle on Christmas morning.
It’s prettier than seeing a trash bag in all of your family Christmas photos.
- Cut branches from your Christmas tree to make easy table decor.
You can even hang ornaments on them!
- Command hooks and popsicle sticks make easy decorations that you can hang anywhere.
- You can also use Command hooks to hang wreaths seamlessly over a door.
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- Glue two candy canes together to make easy place card holders.
- Hang ornaments from a light fixture to transform it into a Christmas chandelier.
- Load your icing into condiment bottles for an easy cookie decorating party.
- Attach rope to your presents to make a handle.
- Just a simple burlap garland will spruce up any front porch Christmas tree.
- Use cookie cutters to make festive shapes out of your fudge and brownies.
- Green food coloring and M&Ms turn Rice Krispie treats into a Christmas dessert.
- For the adults: one made out of JELLO SHOTS.
God bless whoever brings this to their holiday party.
- Put your crockpot to good use when making food for the whole family.
You can make hot chocolate and Christmas morning vanilla bean French toast, all in your crockpot (albeit not at the same time!).
- Serve guacamole the festive way with pita bread and pretzel sticks.
Such a perfect party appetizer. Get the recipe here.
- Reuse a wastebasket or a wine crate to corral your wrapping paper.
- Green sherbet and Sprite make fun Grinch-inspired drinks for the kids.
They’ll have something to sip on while the adults are enjoying their eggnog.
- Use double-sided tape for a more professional looking wrapping job.
Get more tips here.
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Merry Christmas, Shannon, love all these ideas Cinda
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How adorable! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas. Em
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Cute ideas, Gayle!
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Great Hacks! Thanks for the ideas.
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