DIY Holiday Decoration Storage Ideas

These storage hacks will make storing holiday decorations a (winter) breeze.

Stop – take a deep breath – the holiday rush is officially over. Now that the guests have gone home, the dishes are done, and you’ve had your fill (or chosen not to have your fill) of fruitcake, it’s time to take down and store your holiday decorations. Before you release an exhausted sigh and retreat to the couch with your box of leftover holiday chocolates, here are some simple storage ideas to make breaking down holiday decorations easy – and reassembly next year even easier!

Ornaments

If you managed to keep your ornaments safe from swarms of excited children rushing the christmas tree in search of gifts, you definitely want to keep them safe during the transition from the living room to the storage area. Empty egg carton containers make perfect DIY storage boxes. Just place the ornaments where the eggs usually sit, close the box, and place the box in a storage container with the rest of your decorations. If you don’t have any empty egg cartons, try using some of your leftover plastic cups to make this Plastic Cup And Cardboard Storage Container.

Garland

Whether you hand-string beads and pom poms, or you purchase a strand at your local department store, you don’t want your garland efforts to go to waste due to haphazard storage systems. That’s why using leftover plastic water bottles, like this Bottled Bead Garland Container, is the perfect way to store holiday garland. Just insert one end of the garland into the bottle, and slowly drop the rest of the strand into the bottle, leaving the end of the strand at the top of the container so that you can easily pull it back out next year.

Lights

One of our fondest holiday memories is of mom yelling “Well, we just won’t have Christmas this year!” as she unhappily attempts to detangle a string of holiday lights. Save yourself the holiday hassle by using an empty paper towel roll, panel of cardboard or clothing hanger to store your lights. Just start by wrapping one end of the lights around the object and don’t stop until the entire string is securely wound around your makeshift holiday light holder.

Wrapping Paper

Although grandpa always advised us to “save the wrapping paper!” the festive wrapping doesn’t look quite the same after spending a year in basement storage. To keep your wrapping paper looking fresh through the seasons, try this Cup Hooks And Dowels Wrapping Paper Hanger, or this Plastic Garment Bag Wrapping Paper Holder.

How do you store your holiday decorations? Do you save used wrapping paper? Tell us about it in a comment!