3 ways to update old holiday decor

Hi everyone! Micheals gave us 5 common holiday challenges for this month and asked us to find either a clever hack or a creative way to fix them! Mine was 3 ways to update old holiday decor!

I decided to find things around my house in my own decor that could use some sprucing up and go from there. I love a good decor update like I did on these Santas and made them into faux sugar Santas.

The first one was this cute frosty tree I had. It’s super cute and perfect for a small space, but the plain burlap base was a bit blah.

Michaels has this awesome plaid ribbon on a giant wood spool that I found. I secured it with a vintage pin so give it a quick change up and a bit of color.

I sort of love it even more than I thought I could.

My second refresh was for my deer. I know I could have whipped out a can of spray paint and glitter and gone to town, but I really like him the way he is now.

I decided instead to take these fun holiday cards and make him something new to wear.

I used a Martha Stewart snowflake punch and punched out the pattern on the front of the card.

I glued the snowflakes on a pipe cleaner. They were so cute in the package, they look just like little pine branches.

After that, I cut out the message on the inside of the card and glittered the edges and glued it on.

I just wired it around his neck and gave him a cute wreath to wear.

My third update was for a little tree I had.

You can see it in my decor from last year.

I decided it was too plain and needed some color-blocked jingle bells.

They are super cute and easy to make. I used Martha Stewart’s glitter sampler and brushed glue on the bottom half of the jingle bells only.

I gave them a coat of glitter and let them dry.

Once they were dry I just hung them with a thin wire. I also gave him a transplant into an petit urn I had laying around.

They look so pretty with the silver and pop of color.

It gave my little tree  a big,fun update!

Michaels has tons of holiday project ideas and instructions on their Michaels.com, including gift wrapping, home décor, last minute gift ideas, hostess gifts and more.Check out the other four holiday hack topics and the unique ideas all of the makers came up with on Michaels’ blog, The Glue String.