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Decorating your staircase for the holidays

how to decorate my staircase for Christmas
Β Blah! Look at that icky, blah, boring staircase. I kept thinking good golly (yes, I say good golly) that is one sad looking staircase. I pulled together some of the tips I had learned about decorating from my mom and a few that I came up with too and got straight to work.
how to decorate my staircase for Christmas
Alright, looking a little better, right? The pretty greens add some much needed color. I found these at Michael’s Craft Store for $4.99. (They wanted $24.99 for the ones with colors, decor, and bulbs on them). These were plain old green garland bunches. Nothing snazzy at all. I walked through the store and found a package of red glittery balls in the dollar area. Yup, an additional dollar and a hot glue gun later and I have pretty red and green garland for my stair case. Now, you may be asking- I thought this blog was about fun things to do with your kid. It is- hold your horses! My 5 year old son helped me decorate the greens. I pulled out my LOW temp glue gun and let him slobber the glittery balls up with glue and smoosh them onto the garland. (You just didn’t see it because I forgot to take a photo- oops)
how to decorate my staircase for Christmas

OK for those who noticed the fact that those three photos are crooked on my wall- plfffffffffffff (that’s me sticking my tongue out at you). I know, I know…I didn’t notice they were all kiddy wompass until I snapped the photo. These were another GREAT and EASY find. Dollar store to the rescue! Three dollars for all three frames and another dollar for the Christmas picks (those things I glued into them). I had some scrap material left over from another project and I cut them each to the 5×7 size of the frame and put them into the frame.Β  Then I let my son glue in the picks (his choices). They are a great 3D look too! Very festive if you ask me! And here is a close up so you can see exactly what I am talking about.

how to decorate my staircase for Christmas
how to decorate my staircase for Christmas

My favorite song for Christmas is “Silent Night” and I thought it would look really neat on the risers of my stairs. If you don’t have a die cut machine (like I do) you can easily find people online to cut out the words to a song or a verse or a saying out of vinyl. I am SO happy with the way they turned out (and to be honest- they were the most expensive part $20, but well worth it to me). I let my son “supervise” this part because I wanted to make sure they were straight and applied correctly. I added a few holiday tins to the side of the stairs and a couple of stockings for a color pop!

how to decorate my staircase for Christmas

To complete the look I added a few of my favorite Christmas finds from over the years (a jolly Santa, a Nativity scene, some glittery letters (Let it snow) and some pretty boxes to top it all off.

Comments

  1. I love the words on the steps! What a cool idea!!

  2. I love the words on the steps! What a cool idea!!

  3. I love what you did with the frames! I’m definitely going to do that – I have just the spot for it!

  4. That looks so cool! I go up and down the stairs so many times it would be fun to look at =-)
    Thanks for linking up to TGIF,
    Beth =-)

  5. I LOVE it!!!! EVERY bit of it!!!! I would LOVE it if you would link up to my 1st Linky Party!!! http://randeesorganizedchaos.blogspot.com/2011/12/sleep-sunday-1.html

  6. Beautiful!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

  7. I just love the writing on the stairs! Wish mine weren’t carpeted!! πŸ™‚ I’d love to see you link this post up at the December Sharing Time Linky Party! http://heathernow.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharing-time-december-2011.html
    Merry Christmas!
    ~Heather

  8. This looks so cute. I love the writing on the stairs! It takes it to another level. Nice job. Visiting from Tip Junkie

  9. This is so pretty, I would never want to take it down!!

  10. love it!!!!

    would love it if you could share this on my link party Serenity Saturday at http://www.serenityyou.blogspot.com

    Natasha xx

  11. That is an amazing idea. And while I know this is just for a Christmas idea you could also do it for a bit of romance. Maybe put some loving message to your partner going up the stairs to the bedroom.

  12. I love this! I wish I had stairs in my house πŸ™‚ Thanks so much for linking up at Taking A Timeout Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to this week πŸ™‚

  13. Great idea!!! I wish my steps could be seen. The only steps I have in the house are downstairs. I still may try it! πŸ™‚