At our house we leave the Christmas decorations up until mid-January. Since we do not get our get our live tree until the second week in December, we like to enjoy it a little bit longer. You know keep the magic of Christmas around as long as possible or at least until the trash pick up is scheduled.
Most people though like to take the Christmas decorations down the day after Christmas suggesting the season is over (and in my opinion too soon). Due to crazy mothers from kids taking down the ornaments, some just have had enough. My neighbor friend even took hers down a week before Christmas because the cat kept eating the tree needles and puking up the remains.
Well for whatever reason, the tree comes down and the decorations get put away for another year. And the stores stock the shelves with expensive storage containers.
I was racking my brain for some simple storage containers to store our ever-increasing Christmas decorations. Here are a few ideas to more frugal with Christmas storage:
Have a lot of Christmas ball ornaments? Try placing them in a leftover egg carton. Egg cartons separate your balls to keep them safe and nice looking. The cartons then stack up on top of each other reducing the pain of rolling balls. Wrap some bubble wrap around the container for glass balls.
What do you do for those small wreaths that do not fit in those large plastic wreath holders? Utilize your leftover plastic party trays with lids. Wash them up after serving cookies and use it to house your wreath for the year. You could even wash the tray out and use it again to serve cookies next year.
You have many other loose ornaments? Recycle those pretty gift boxes or those boxes you made out of wrapping paper to store additional decorations. Wrap these items in the leftover wrinkled tissue paper to keep secure.
There is no reason to buy those expensive plastic totes to store Christmas decorations. Think outside the box and use what you have around the house. And please share your ideas!
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