50+ Recipes and DIY Holiday Ideas
Looking for some Christmas inspiration? Check out these 50 recipes and diy holiday ideas to get your creative juices flowing this season!
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To kick off the Holiday Ideas Blog Hop we’ve rounded up the best recipes and DIY holiday ideas from all of our favorite bloggers! If you aren’t familiar with this annual blog hop, it’s a 4-week event where 50+ bloggers share Christmas ideas 3x a week. Scroll down to meet this year’s Holiday Ideas Team. The official Holiday Ideas Blog Hop starts Monday, November 11, 2019 with all sorts of Gift Guides! In the meantime, enjoy this round-up of the Best DIY Holiday Ideas from this year’s hosts and get started on your DIY holiday projects!
Holiday Ideas Blog Hop Hosts
Intelligent Domestications | My Pinterventures | Chicken Scratch | That Fit Fam | An Alli Event | Domestically Creative | Rosewood and Grace | SmartyPantsKitchen | From House To Home | Happily Ever After, Etc | Across the Blvd | Farm Girl Reformed | Creative Cynchronicity | Country Hill Cottage | My Humble Home and Garden | PolkaDot Poplars | Family Around the Table | Domestic Deadline | Purple Hues and Me | Glitter On A Dime | Sparkle Living | Crafting Is My Therapy | As For Me and My Homestead | Cookies, Coffee and Crafts | The Aspiring Home | Practically Homemade | The Fresh Cooky | Simply Inspired Meals | Love My Little Cottage | Mom Home Guide | Blogghetti | Nourish and Nestle | My Family Thyme | Simple Nature Decor
Interior Frugalista | Elle Marie Home | DIY Adulation | Through My Front Porch | Weekend Craft | Our Crafty Mom | For the Love of Food | Tikkido | Home on the Corner | Adventures of a DIY Mom | My Hubbard Home | Hello Central Avenue | Harbour Breeze Home | This Autoimmune Life | Creative Ramblings | Radiant Pearl Living | Super Mom – No Cape | Little Vintage Cottage | Christmas Tree Lane
50+ Recipes and DIY Holiday Ideas
Holiday Decor Projects
DIY Signs for Christmas
- Christmas Wreath Sign via Creative Ramblings
- How to Make a Christmas Tree Farm Sign via Faeries and Fauna
- How To Make Rustic Wood Christmas Signs via Interior Frugalista
- DIY Painted Window: Santa’s Sweet Shoppe Bakery via Nourish and Nestle
- Rustic Wood Burned Christmas Decor via As For Me and My Homestead
- DIY Buffalo Plaid Cozy Little Cottage Sign via Love My Little Cottage
Fun Holiday Decor
- How To Make A Christmas Garland For Your Mantel via From House to Home
- Painted Dollar Store Nutcracker Decorations via Hello Central Avenue
- Gold Leaf Tabletop Christmas Trees via Sparkle Living
- O Christmas Tree You are Made of Clothespins via The Aspiring Home
- Simple But Effective Christmas Decor via Christmas Tree Lane
- How to Create a Hot Chocolate Bar via My Family Thyme
Easy Holiday Wreath DIYs
- DIY Horse Head Christmas Wreath via Across the Boulevard
- 3 DIY Pine Cone Wreath Ideas via Country Hill Cottage
- DIY Christmas Buffalo Check Hoop Wreath via Domestically Creative
- How to Make a Candy Cane Christmas Wreath via Farm Girl Reformed
- DIY Mini Wreath for Kitchen Cabinets via Intelligent Domestications
- Holiday Bleached Pinecone Wreath via Simple Nature Decor
- Tips and How To Create A Magical Snowman Wreath via My Humble Home and Garden
- How to Turn a Cheap Wreath into a DIY Flocked Wreath via Happily Ever After
Fun and Inexpensive Holiday Crafts
- Mason Jar Christmas Centerpiece via Our Crafty Mom
- DIY Christmas Display Box via Mom Home Guide
- DIY Mason Jar Snow Globes via Creative Cynchronicity
- Wooden Christmas Tree Shadowbox via Adventures of a DIY Mom
- DIY Wood Slice Christmas Tree Sign via Harbour Breeze Home
- Rustic Luminaries via My Hubbard Home
DIY Christmas Ornaments & Christmas Trees
- Dollar Tree Rustic Mickey Ears Ornament via Elle Marie Home
- Prairie Point Star Ornament Tutorial via Super Mom – No Cape
- Prairie Point Christmas Ornaments via Chicken Scratch NY
- Snowman Wood Slice Ornament via My Pinterventures
- Dollar Store Ornament Transformation via Purple Hues and Me
- DIY “Glass” Dome Christmas Ornament via Rosewood and Grace
- DIY Mini Pallet Ornament via Domestic Deadline
- Reindeer Ornament Kids Craft via That Fit Fam
- Vintage Ornament Box Dioramas via Little Vintage Cottage
- Scandinavian Buffalo Check Christmas Ornaments via Crafting Is My Therapy
- Flocked Buffalo Check Christmas Tree via Weekend Craft
Holiday Games
- Free Printable Christmas Scattergories Game via DIY Adulation
- Gift Passing Game via Polkadot Poplars
- Best Christmas Games For Large Groups via An Alli Event
Handmade Gift Ideas
- Christmas Cookie Mason Jar Candles via Glitter on a Dime
- Last Minute Gift-Orange, Cinnamon and Clove Simmer Pot via Home on the Corner
- Shadow Box Ideas-Rolled Flowers Decor DIY Personalized Gift via Radiant Pearl Living
- Merry Crafters Christmas Gift in a Jar via Cookies Coffee and Crafts
Yummy Holiday Recipes
- Homemade Chai Tea Mix with Printable Gift Tags via Blogghetti
- Gingerbread Hot Cocoa Mix via This Autoimmune Life
- Cranberry Bliss Mimosa’s via Practically Homemade
- Mint Chocolate Thumbprints via Family Around the Table
- Gingerbread Cookies – Our Family Tradition! via Simply Inspired Meals
- The BEST Gingerbread House Recipe and Free Gingerbread House Templates via Tikkido
- Eggnog Scones with Browned Butter White Chocolate Glaze via The Fresh Cooky
- Christmas Cookie Pecan Sandies Recipe via Through My Front Porch
Hope you enjoyed these holiday ideas. Remember to check back on November 11 for our kick-off post all about Gift Guides!
I’ll be participating in the dates and topics in bold:
- November 11th- Holiday Gift Guides
- November 13th– Holiday Survival Guides
- November 15th–Kid’s Activities for the Holidays
- November 18th– Party Games
- November 20th–Holiday Advent Calendars
- November 22nd–DIY Wreath Ideas
- November 25th–DIY Christmas Ornaments
- November 27th–Holiday Printables
- November 29th–Christmas Potluck Recipes
- December 2nd– Holiday Desserts
- December 4th–Easy Holiday Breakfast Ideas
- December 6th–Christmas Trees
And now, let’s meet the sponsors of this amazing blog hop.