
Dried orange slices, strung cranberries, popcorn garland — the oldest Christmas decorations were made from whatever the kitchen had on hand, and they still hold up as some of the prettiest options today.
Paper snowflakes cut from folded printer paper, pinecones collected on a walk and dusted with a little flour "snow," and mason jars filled with fairy lights all cost close to nothing and take an evening, not a weekend.
These also make good projects to do with kids — low stakes, low cost, and the kind of decoration that gets brought out again on purpose next year.




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