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    How to Update Old Christmas Decorations

    December 1, 2015 |

    We all have stressors during the holidays and this month the Michaels Makers were asked to come up with creative and fun holiday hacks and tips to help relieve some of that stress and make holiday entertaining and prepping fun! We were given 5 common holiday hiccups to choose from and I went with updating your old holiday decor.

    snowy, flocked update for a tired looking wreath using spray paint and a secret ingredient.

    I don't like spending money. I like buying stuff, haha, but I don't like spending money. As much as I'd love to, I can't go out every year and splurge on new Christmas decor. If I'm going to have a new look, I'm either going to make it or I'm going to repurpose what I have.

    Here are three quick #holidayhacks, to refresh the Christmas decor sitting in your storage bins!

    ORNAMENT MAGNETS

    Our kids are always taking down our Christmas tree ornaments and playing with them. Can't say I blame them! I fondly remember making our "skiing Kermit" ornament ski down mounds of laundry, blankets, and pillows. 🙂

    repurpose old and handmade ornaments into magnets! add some tape for a cute Advent calendar tree.

    I took some of our ornaments and attached magnets to the back with hot glue. This is especially great for heavy ornaments and handmade ones! Once they are ready to be ornaments again, it's easy to string them back onto the tree, magnets still attached.

    repurpose old and handmade ornaments into magnets! add some tape for a cute Advent calendar tree.

    I added a little green masking tape to our tree, added a homemade star ornament and let my little ones "decorate" the tree. Add one a day and this would be a cute Advent calendar!

    repurpose your favorite handmade hand-me-down and handmade ornaments into magnets!

     SNOWY JINGLE BELL WREATH

    update your tired wreath with spray paint & this secret ingredient.

    This wreath was basic and tired-looking, the berries were chipped and I thought of donating it! I gave it a "cool" update: a new minty coat of green, an icy blast with my secret-flocking ingredient, and a blast of white glitter.

    For this you'll need:

    -Krylon Colormax spray paint, in Sea Glass
    -Krylon Glitter Blast spray, in diamond dust
    -drywall texture spray (the secret ingredient)
    -clear acrylic sealer

    snowy, flocked update for a tired looking wreath using spray paint and a secret ingredient.

    I sprayed the wreath with the minty green Sea Glass and gave it a heavy dose of drywall texture spray! You'll want to spray from far back with the light setting, then set it to heavy, come up close and give the ends of the greenery a dousing of the spray. After it was coated, I went over the wreath again LIGHTLY with the minty Sea Glass, then again coated it in the drywall texture.

    After it was all done, I came back and hit it with the beautiful glitter blast spray, which gives it just a hint of shimmer. After letting it dry over night, it was beautiful as it was. Since this was going on a door, I added a few of these fun, silver jingle bells.

    snowy, flocked update for a tired looking wreath using spray paint and a secret ingredient.

     

    Dollar Store Village Update

    update a dollar store Christmas village with paint and glitter spray!

    For this you'll need:
    -white spray paint, in gloss
    -Krylon Glitter Blast spray, in diamond dust
    -buffalo snow
    -LED star light string
    -black foam board

    We've collected our village over the years from the dollar store, garage sales, and much of it is mismatched. I gave this house a quick coat of white spray paint, followed by a blast of glitter spray.

    update a dollar store Christmas village with paint and glitter spray!

    I also took a strand of battery operated LED lights and used them to create a starry night. Every year when we set up the village, we are limited on where we can put it. These battery operated lights eliminate the cord. They also are on a timer, 6 hours on, 18 hours off. So I can set em and forget em for the rest of the season. 🙂

    update a dollar store Christmas village with paint and glitter spray!

    Michaels has tons of holiday project ideas and instructions on their Michaels.com, including gift wrapping, home décor, last minute gift ideas, hostess gifts and more. Check out the other four holiday hack topics and the unique ideas all of the makers came up with on Michaels’ blog, The Glue String, or visit them below:

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    Comments

    1. Shonee

      December 30, 2015 at 7:52 am

      Really cute ideas! I love that wreath. It never ceases to amaze me what a little paint can do! Thanks for sharing some fun and easy ideas. I definitely need to try some of these ideas next year. Thanks for sharing!

      Shonee
      http://www.hawthorneandmain.com

    2. chelsea jacobs

      December 03, 2015 at 7:43 am

      The fridge tree is such a cute idea!!

    3. Doug

      December 01, 2015 at 5:18 pm

      Wow! These are great ideas. I always wondered what I could do with the old Christmas junk in my basement. These are perfect!!!

      • Ann Marie Heasley

        December 01, 2015 at 5:33 pm

        Haha! Thanks, Doug.

      • Ashley Dial

        December 11, 2015 at 8:02 pm

        I got a great chuckle from these comments. 😉

        I love the tree on the fridge idea. Gonna put that to use. 🙂

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