Christmas decorating starts outdoors for everyone to enjoy. The options to make your lawn a holiday winter wonderland are fantastic and the prices won't deplete your gift buying budget.
The best way to avoid that cluttered, "What were we thinking?" look is to draw up a plan before shopping for your outdoor Christmas decorations. All you need is a simple line drawing of your yard and a flat drawing of the front of your home.
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You can even take a few digital photos of the front yard area and put those up on your computer screen while you're planning so that you can think without standing outside in the cold.
Start with the lights. Do you want a theme like candy canes or a patterned color scheme? Do you plan to use monochromatic lights such as all white or all blue? White lights look like new fallen snow flakes, so pair them with the animated deer and fawn who look as if they're grazing on the lawn and you have an instant snowy Christmas no matter where you live! Add a few spiral lighted trees and from a distance, this is a minimal, classy look.
The Santa's Workshop theme is red, white and green with other primary colors. Find the biggest inflatable Santa and elves that your lawn can accommodate. Get free, large, sturdy boxes from the grocery store and wrap them like presents.
Stick a lawn stake in the yard and make a small hole in the bottom of the gift boxes to affix to the stake. That keeps the boxes in place. Invest in a spotlight to shine on the scene and soon you'll be looking at a North Pole theme right in front of your own home!
Giant inflatable snow globes are gaining popularity. You can use this as the main attraction for your outdoor Christmas decorations and then build smaller elements around it. Choose lights to complement colors in the main decorations.
Use your environment as part of the decorations. Before rushing out to buy, look at your drawing for ways to enhance the landscape. Do you have a tree that could be decorated with lights as a centerpiece for the lawn?
Can you line the circular driveway with lighted candy canes and then follow that candy cane theme around the exterior of your home? It's a simple, yet timeless look. One of the best and cheapest accessories for outdoor lights is a remote control.
This simple attachment plugs into the outdoor electrical socket and the first light string plugs into the remote attachment. No more running out in the cold to turn off the lights late at night. Just push the remote and you're done! All of this convenience is worth it for a ten dollar investment.
Whatever you buy for your outdoor Christmas decorations, remember that you have to find a place to store them for the next eleven months. Inflatable decorations deflate and store easily, but larger attractions might take up too much space.
Outdoor Christmas Decorations Offer Many Options
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