DIY Christmas Decor and Slow Living: The Recipe for a Cozy Holiday Season!
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As the end of the year always symbolizes a marathon, between decorations to install, gifts to find, and meals to organize… It seems that in 2025, the holidays are adopting a slow living attitude by encouraging us to slow down and return to the essentials. This includes taking the time to create our own DIY Christmas decorations. With paper garlands, repoussé metal ornaments, and thousands of bows, a more authentic spirit enters our decorative pieces, which in turn create beautiful moments of creative sharing with friends or family.
The Art of Slowing Down to Enjoy the Festivities
What if this year we slowed down to truly enjoy the end-of-year festivities? Because let’s face it, we look forward to this festive season for months, and once the moment arrives, we rush around, feeling like the holidays pass in the blink of an eye and that we somewhat miss out…
Thus, it is in this spirit that a vision of a slow living Christmas is beginning to stand out on social media. The idea reminds us of Hygge, which is the Scandinavian art of living aimed at anchoring oneself in the present, taking the time to do things and appreciate them. All of this is within a cozy atmosphere, calm, and in complete simplicity.
Explore Your Creativity with DIY Christmas Decorations
This life philosophy leads us to reconnect with our hobbies, such as knitting, patchwork, cooking, painting, reading… Consequently, it teaches us to do things ourselves and to appreciate the whole process (slower and breaking away from our fast-paced environment and daily life).
This art of slowing down invites us this holiday season to rethink our approach to festive times. In particular, it inspires a return to crafts – which many of us have set aside after elementary school. Thus, papers, glues, and scissors are brought out to take the time to create our own DIY Christmas decorations. And the recipe is appealing in many ways!
Beyond the Little Women aesthetic that these DIY Christmas decorations can bring to our home, making your own decorations provides an immediate sense of well-being. Moreover, these creative workshops are also conducive to beautiful moments of sharing with friends or family. And these activities are not just for the little ones!
Indeed, we see both organizing DIY Christmas decoration gatherings within homes that mix several generations and DIY happy hours among friends! It’s an opportunity to gather in a warm setting, break away from routine, and discuss everything and nothing while allowing our artistic side to express itself.
This is a way to prepare for the holidays mindfully and place sharing, creativity, and calm at the heart of the season. And we: we love it!
Create a DIY Christmas Decoration That Reflects You
Creating your own DIY Christmas decorations allows you to craft unique pieces that reflect you and will perfectly match your home. Additionally, these decorations will have extra sentimental value, carrying with them good memories. As a result, we will be able to find them every year with joy and emotion.
Before revealing the DIY Christmas decoration ideas that catch our eye, let’s remember that it is possible to make multiple decorations with dried oranges, cloves, and cinnamon sticks. In addition to adding a festive touch, these fill your home with a delightful scent.
For those wanting to explore their artistic side further, here are some manual activity ideas that we will try ourselves. And between the choice of materials, colors, and patterns, you can adjust these ideas infinitely! (all these ideas and visuals have been spotted on Pinterest or Instagram).
1 – Paper Chain Garlands
Simple and effective, they will bring a joyful and festive touch to your home!
2 – Paper Star Garlands
Colorful, golden, or silver, they will add magic to your decoration. Moons, trees, or swallows can also join in.
3 – Wooden Bead or Cotton Ball Garlands
Perfect for creating nuance in a set of garlands.
4 – Bell Garlands
For a charming musical detail!
5 – Embossed Decorations
Our #1 favorite, to be made with repoussé metal sheets.
6 – Clay Ornaments
For a complete creative workshop!
7 – Sewn and Knitted Decorations
In one word: adorable!!
8 – Cut Paper Lights
A bit more ambitious, but I promise the result will be worth the many knots in your brain!
9 – Bows and Ribbons
On the tree, on a wreath, a candelabra, or even as a table decoration, bows and ribbons are versatile!
We hope these DIY Christmas decoration ideas have inspired you!
Photos: Pinterest
