Want to know how we do it? Our amazing team of designers will be here, sharing their decorating tips and holiday how-to ideas - to help make decorating for the holidays easier and more beautiful for you, too. We will be sharing new designer tips every week, from now until Christmas. You might be surprised at how ordinary items you probably already have around your home can add extra interest to a display or help decorations work in a better way.
If there is something you'd particularly like to see, leave a request on our blog or our Facebook page, or send an e-mail to santa@christmasplace.com, and we'll try to include it. Happy holiday decorating!
Take Your Decorations Higher - October 19, 2012
Adding variations in height to your decorations will make a dramatic difference to the look of your holiday house, porch, or dinner table. It can help to showcase your decorations while leaving more surfaces clear for everyday use of space, too.
Celebrate Fall with a Pumpkin Chandelier - October 12, 2012
Have fun and don't be afraid to experiment with fall greenery, flowers, and leaves of all colors on your chandelier.
How to Light a Christmas Tree - October 5, 2012
Have you wondered how the professionals like our skilled designers at Christmas Place have their Christmas trees lit so uniformly and neatly? Here's how we do it!
Insider Tip: use garden fencing in your Halloween village - September 28, 2012
Inexpensive garden fencing can be purchased from the hardware store. A can of black spray paint turns it into an instant Halloween accessory. You can leave the longer spikes, or trim them off, depending on how you'll use it in your display.
Insider Tip: use tiles from the hardware store in your village - September 21, 2012
Using tiles from the hardware store is an easy way to camouflage your Styrofoam base and emphasizes the height variation of different levels in your village, as well as adding color and texture.
Halloween Village, Glitter Cobwebs - September 14, 2012
Use angel hair to create spooky cobwebs on houses, trees, fences, and graveyards in your Halloween village disply. Gold or silver add a glittering touch, and white will always work.
Styrofoam Ice Cream Cones - September 7, 2012
Make your own Styrofoam ice cream cones as a fun accessory to the new "Nana Split's Ice Cream Parlor" North Pole Village house. You'll need wafer ice cream cones, 3" Styrofoam balls, hot glue, expanding foam insulation, and acrylic paint. Glitter is optional - and highly recommended!
Add Glitter to Any Display - August 31, 2012
With a container of non-aerosol hair spray and your favorite glitter, you can add instant sparkle to almost any surface in your holiday display. We used chunks of real coal to accessorize our North Pole Village "Better Watch Out Coal Mine" lighted house. The hairspray dries almost immediately, and you can collect and reuse any excess glitter that shakes off the item.
Snowflake House Display - August 30, 2012
From the design team at Christmas Place, a Quick Tip that uses a large foam snowflake, cut in half, as a display base and backer for a small lighted house. With a battery-powered light, you can position a small holiday scene almost anywhere for a festive touch! We used a small Department 56 house, the North Pole Village Santa's Hot Cocoa Cafe, and a snowflake that looks like a baked cookie to create our vignette.
Thumbtacks & Hot Glue - August 30, 2012
Secure village street lights to the Styrofoam base of your village display by adding a thumbtack to each lamp base with a dab of hot glue. Press each lamp base into the Styrofoam along your path or street. No toppling over!
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