How to Decorate a Dorm Room for Christmas
Bring holiday cheer to your dorm room with these creative decorating tips, designed especially for those on a tight budget. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Decorative Holiday Ribbons
- 12-inch Square Piece Of Cardboard
- 3-foot Tall Christmas Trees
- 9-foot Strand Christmas Garlands
- Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Christmas Wreaths
- Aluminum Foil
- Glues
- Mistletoe
- String Along Light Sets
- Tinsel
- Tape
- Toilet Paper Roll (empty)
- Scissors
- Paper And Binder Clips
Instructions
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Buy a small (3-foot tall), inexpensive artificial Christmas tree or a "Charlie Brown" live tree - skinny and straggly - and put it up in your dorm room. Use white or colored T-shirts as the tree skirting.
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Cover the tree with strands of small holiday lights and, if desired, tinsel.
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Make a tree topper: Cut a star shape, about 12 inches tall, out of cardboard, and cover it with foil. Stick one arm of the star shape into a toilet paper roll (also covered in foil and cut with two 2 1/2-inch slits at one end). Place it atop your tree.
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Buy plain star ornaments from a craft store, along with some puffy paints, and invite your friends over to make their own ornaments. Hang all the ornaments on the tree when they're dry.
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Make white paper snowflakes, and hang them from the ceiling. Hook together paper clips in different lengths to use as hooks.
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Hang a 9-foot garland around the window so it drops down evenly on both sides. Wrap several strands of small holiday lights through the garland.
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Hang holiday lights around the rim of the ceiling and crisscross in the middle, if you desire.
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Hang a wreath on the inside of your dorm room door.
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"Wrap" the outside of your dorm room door and decorate it with ribbon to make it look like a present.
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Don't forget the mistletoe! Hang it right inside the room, over the doorway.
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Tips & Warnings
A lot of lights can make even a cheap tree look great.
Instead of using a foil-covered star for the tree topper, make a big homemade bow with stiff holiday ribbon. Let the ribbon hang down the tree.
In many dormitories, holiday decorations placed on the outside of the door or in the hallways are susceptible to vandalism or theft.
Avoid the holiday snow in a spray can. It may look good, but it is extremely difficult to remove.
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Comments
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Feb 01, 2006
This year in my dorm some girls bought a few strands of white lights and made a Christmas tree in the hallway. The lights were held to the wall with tape, so nothing was damaged, and the soft lights made the whole hallway seem really calm and peaceful at night and early in the morning when the lights were off. Just to be safe, you can do the same thing and make a star of David and a Kwanzaa themed display as well. This is a really nice, low-key holiday decoration, but you should be aware of the fact that some kids might pull the lights down. -
Feb 01, 2006
This year in my dorm some girls bought a few strands of white lights and made a Christmas tree in the hallway. The lights were held to the wall with tape, so nothing was damaged, and the soft lights made the whole hallway seem really calm and peaceful at night and early in the morning when the lights were off. Just to be safe, you can do the same thing and make a star of David and a Kwanzaa themed display as well. This is a really nice, low-key holiday decoration, but you should be aware of the fact that some kids might pull the lights down.
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Nov 22, 2005
Print out Christmas coloring pages and put your roommates' or friends' names on them. Go over the names with a glitter pen, then color the page.
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Nov 22, 2005
Print out Christmas coloring pages and put your roommates' or friends' names on them. Go over the names with a glitter pen, then color the page.
