Christmas Window Decorations

One of the most fun-filled events of Christmas is decorating for the holiday season. Yes, during Christmas everyone is busy in decorating their houses, their yards and windows! After the Christmas tree is set up, the outdoor lights are strung; the stairs as well as mantel are all nicely decorated, what's left to decorate? Don't forget your Christmas windows!

Different Ways for Decorating Christmas Windows

Christmas windows can be decorated in several ways. Candles can be a nice option to decorate windows. You can place a classic candle in every window. And, for sure, you can always put colorful, bright lights around each window. Decorating windows for Christmas can be more fun and special if you opt for some different Christmas decoration ideas for windows. Following ideas for decorating Christmas windows are really inexpensive, fun and easy to follow.

The easiest and probably the least expensive idea for decorating Christmas windows is creating paper snowflakes. Paper snowflakes can be formed from all types of paper, including plain copier paper, tissue paper, construction paper, and even Christmas wrapping paper. Sit down with your friends and family members to make this activity more interesting. It's easy to exhibit paper snowflakes in your Christmas windows. Just attach them to the windows with usual tape.

Painting the windows is another great option! If you don't wish to make your own washable paint, you can go in for window markers. Window markers are washable and inexpensive. Do not to use paint made for painting on glass, unless it says that it's washable. Paint specifically made for glass is formulated and is difficult to remove.

It doesn't really take an artist to paint a nice-looking Christmas windows display. You can paint a pretty holiday window scene with a snowman, Christmas trees, snow and a house. Other simple designs that you can opt for painting are candy canes, stars, wreaths, and drums.

Tempera or acrylic paints can be used to make homemade paint for windows. Mix the paint with a ratio of about 3 parts paint to 1 part dishwashing liquid. Make sure that you protect the window sill and frame with tape or a newspaper.

When it's time to remove the paint, spray the glass with a window cleaner. Keep the cleaner on for a few minutes. Wipe the paint off with paper towels. Razor or ice scraper can help scrape off any leftover paint.

Christmas windows can also be decorated using spray flock. Flock spray is available in the Christmas crafts stores. Once the flock spray is sprayed, it appears like snow. Stencils are generally located by the flock spray. Both the flock spray and Christmas stencils are inexpensive.

Tape the Christmas stencils to the windows. After that, lightly spray the flock spray over the stencils. Watchfully remove the stencils. The stencils can be reused. This Christmas windows display is easy to create and it gives great results. Many stencil patterns are available, including Santas, snowmen, reindeer, and nativity scenes.

Try at least one of the above mentioned ways to decorate your Christmas windows. If you're really in the Christmas decorating spirit, why not try all of these Christmas windows displays?