Christmas is coming, and in this period people want to decorate home to create a warm and hospitable atmosphere. There are a lot of Christmas decorations in commerce, but this year why don’t you try to do some of these with your own hands? It’s simple and makes you spare money!

You can make beautiful garlands to hang on your doorway, candelabras, decorations to hang on windows or on the balcony.

If you decide that, besides being simple and cheap, your decorations also have to be ecological, nature itself can help you with a lot of materials that can be reused. If you are so lucky to live in the countryside, the possibilities are infinite.

The dried slices of oranges are among the most classic decorations; they are cheap, anyway able to wrap the house with a warm atmosphere that is difficult to recreate with other materials. They are very versatile, wonderful if combined with pines, nuts, canella, anise, laurel and to other natural materials, but also simply hung on tree branches, doorways and everywhere you want to create the Christmas spirit.

Another green and original idea to create Christmas decorations are the spices as canella, anise, cloves or liquorice.

Published 30 November 2016