Repurpose A Kitchen Essential To Add A Touch Of Holiday Cheer To Any Planter

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Got an old wooden spoon lying around? Don't throw it out just yet! This classic kitchen essential may be exactly what you need to spruce up your holiday arrangements with festive decor. By simply sticking the bowl of your spoon into the pot of your arrangement before adding your flowers, branches, and other elements, you'll create a small wooden arm peeking over the container's rim where you can hang bells or other decorations. Simple as it may be, this little hack is an easy way to give your Christmas bouquets a cheerful touch.

You can use this little trick indoors to elevate your DIY holiday dining table centerpieces or stick them in your outdoor arrangements as a way to bring more joy to your front porch. Any type or size of wooden spoon should work, just as long as it's big enough to stick out of your planter pot by about an inch or more. If you have extra-long spoons, you can even incorporate this hack into larger storage baskets around the home. Making creative Christmas decorations with household items is an excellent way to breathe new life into old utensils you would have otherwise thrown in the trash.

To get started, gently bury the bowl of your spoon in the soil of your arrangement, or place it at the edge of the pot if there is no soil so that the handle sticks out at a slight angle. Then, get a decorative element that hangs from a string, like these Minetom Set of 3 Christmas Bells, and hang it from the spoon's handle. Wooden spoons that feature a hole at the end of the handle are also great for hanging hooked ornaments. If you're using a relatively short spoon, you should have no trouble tucking into the greenery so that it's hardly visible. If you have a wooden spoon with a longer handle that's not so easy to hide, consider painting it to help it blend in with the theme of your arrangement. Red and white stripes give the spoon a candy-cane look, or you can simply paint it forest green so it looks like just another pine branch.

To take this budget-friendly Christmas decorating idea to the next level, go all out with hot glue, ribbons, bells, and greenery to transform your wooden spoons into DIY Christmas picks that can be stuck in your arrangement to make it look fuller and more festive. Alternatively, you could flip the spoon around for a completely different way to style your holiday planters, vases, bowls, and baskets. Paint Santa's face or another Christmas image (think gingerbread cookies, snow people, or nutcrackers) on the bowl of the spoon, and stick the handle into your arrangement to add more character.