Coming up with creative ways to decorate your home, not only saves you money but gives a much homier feel to the season.  Everyone of the ideas listed can be executed at a kindergarten level or a Masters in Fine Arts level, so get crafting !

• String popcorn or cranberries on your tree.  The trick to string popcorn is to soften it first by putting it into a plastic bag with a half apple, overnight.  Otherwise the popcorn kernals will break when push the needle through. Another option is to add beads along with the popcorn or cranberries.
• Bake sugar cookies in holiday shapes and then paint them.  Best to overcook them so they wont be too soft and chewey.
• Use last years holiday cards to either hang from the tree or make a garland to hang over a doorway.  Cut the cards into smaller squares or circles,  punch a hole and string them.
• Paint old CDs or DCDs and hang them from the tree.
• Collect pine cones and put them on the branches of the tree.
• Do away with scented holiday candles and instead stick cloves into an orange and let this infuse the room.
• Make you own Xmas crackers.  Follow the link at the bottom to see how.